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Finmeccanica To Supply Two C-27J Airlifters To African Nation
September 24, 2015 @ 11:53 AMFinmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has won an order to supply two C-27J tactical airlifters to an undisclosed African nation. The two aircraft will be delivered starting from 2017 and will be used for the transport of troops and materials and for homeland security and civil protection operating also on semi-prepared strips, the company said in a statement
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South Korean Remoeye UAV to Spy on North
September 23, 2015 @ 11:25 AMSouth Korea will deploy Remoeye drones to frontline army and Marine Corps units for surveillance of military activity of North Korea. “South Korea received its first home made drone manufactured by UCON system today,” Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) was quoted as saying by Xinhua news daily Wednesday
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Chinese Army To Transform C919, ARJ21 Passenger Jets For Military Tasks
September 21, 2015 @ 03:38 PMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army will possibly transform the countrys C919 and ARJ21 passenger jets for military missions. The head of the People's Liberation Army's General Armament Department, General Zhang Youxias visit to the biannual Beijing Aviation Expo on Thursday led to speculations that China could be following the US in converting civilian equipment for military use, South China Morning Post reported Sunday
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Cubic Wins US Army I-MILES Simulation And Training Contract
September 21, 2015 @ 03:37 PMCubic Corp has won a $20 million contract for its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS) for the US Armys Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). I-MILES IWS is integral to the quality of home-station training as it offers improvements to realism during training
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Chinese J-11B Fighters Equipped With Home-Grown Engines
September 19, 2015 @ 06:22 PMThe China's PLA Air Force J-11B fighters have been equipped with indigenously-built engines. The PLA Air Force held an aviation open-day activity in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province, on September 10, 2015, during which a J-11B fighter of the PLA Air Force conducted three demonstration flights
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South Korea To Host ADEX Defense Exhibition Next Month
September 18, 2015 @ 11:49 AMSouth Korea will host a defense exhibition, ADEX 2015, next month to showcase worldwide high-tech weapons, including the US Global Hawk surveillance aircraft. The Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition that starts on October 20 will run for six days
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India Plans $75 Million Cyber-Crime Center
September 17, 2015 @ 01:05 PMThe Indian Government is likely to to set up a co-ordination center to curb cyber-crime costing Rs 500-crore (US $76 million). The center will also have an advanced application to monitor social media activities related to Ministries of Home, External Affairs, Defense and other government organizations, PTI reported Tuesday
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AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor sets speed record
September 16, 2015 @ 09:42 AMThe Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has set a speed record on a 1000 km ‘point-to-point journey. The aircraft, with its combination of the turboprop airplanes speed and helicopters take-off and landing capabilities, flew from its Yeovil facility in southwest England to its Cascina Costa facility near Milan, Italy, a distance of 1161 km, in just 2 hours 18 minutes
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ST Marine Delivers Second Patrol Vessel To Oman
September 11, 2015 @ 03:45 PMSingapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) has delivered the second of four Patrol Vessel (PV) to Oman. The contract for the design and build four Al-Ofouq Class of PVs was awarded by the Ministry of Defence of the Sultanate of Oman through a competitive international tender in April 2012
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Pakistan's Indigenous Armed Drone Kills 3 Militants
September 7, 2015 @ 12:46 PMPakistan on Monday has killed three militants using its first home-made unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) in Shawal Valley. “First ever use of Pakistani made Buraq drone today
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U.S. Approves $7.41B Sale of Missiles, Smart Bombs to Israel
Argentina, Paraguay Sign Pact to Boost Border Security, Combat Transnational Crime
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U