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Is The Mi-17 The Most Successful Helicopter Of All Time?
October 3, 2014 @ 01:27 PMRussian Helicopters announced earlier this year that it had built the 3,500th export version of the Mi-17 at Kazan Helicopters, a number which makes it perhaps the most successful helicopter model of all time. First introduced in 1977, the Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters has been sold to over 65 countries including the US, India, Afghanistan, Iraq and China among others
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Hill AFB To Undergo $100 Million Makeover For F-35
September 26, 2014 @ 01:51 PMAggressive renovation and modification is in full swing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in preparation for the military's newest multi-role fighter aircraft, the US Air Force said in a press release.Hill AFBs preparations for the F-35A Lightning II, totaling more than $100 million, with 23 projects to be completed between September 2014 and July 2015, and 36 total projects will be finished once construction concludes in 2019
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Saudi Border Security Project Inaugurated
September 22, 2014 @ 03:04 PMKing Abdullah ibn Abdilaziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia inaugurated the Northern Border Security (NBS) Project on 5 September. The NBS project is the first part of the Saudi Border Guard Development Programme, commissioned to secure the kingdoms frontiers
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France Deploys Rafale Fighters To Bomb ISIS Positions
September 20, 2014 @ 12:02 PMFrench Rafale fighter jets carried out air strikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets Friday, according to media reports. Rafale fighter jets accompanied by support planes struck the depot in northern Iraq on Friday morning, and it were “entirely destroyed,” President Francois Hollande was reported as saying
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Weaponized Turboprops Edging Out Fighter Aircraft?
September 18, 2014 @ 12:46 PMTransport and business aircraft equipped with weapons and sensors could be emerging as low-cost alternatives to fighter planes as recent procurements have shown. Boeing announced today at AAD 2014 that it moving forward with its Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA), with ground and flight testing underway
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Spain Will Deploy Patriot Missile Battery To Turkey After Netherlands Backs Out
September 18, 2014 @ 10:21 AMSpanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenes said on Wednesday that his country will send a Patriot anti-ballistic missile battery to Turkey's southern border with Syria as part of a NATO initiative replacing the Netherlands' contribution to the deployment. The announcement comes soon after the Netherlands said it no longer had the resources to keep its batteries deployed, and will end its contribution to the initiative at the end of January 2015, according to Reuters
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Netherlands To Increase Defense Spending By $129 Million From 2015
September 17, 2014 @ 09:18 AMNetherlands King Willem-Alexander announced an increase in defence spending Wednesday as a result of global conflicts including the downing the MH17 flight over Ukraine. The Dutch government will increase its defence spending by 100 million euros ($129 million) per year from 2015, the king said at his traditional opening of parliament speech, which this year marks the 200th anniversary of the Dutch kingdom
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UK sells 123 Surplus Recon Vehicles To Latvia
September 4, 2014 @ 02:40 PMUK has sold surplus 123 combat reconnaissance armored vehicles to Latvia in a $64.6million package, the UK ministry of defense said in a statement
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Germany Ready To Deliver Weapons Worth $91 Million To Kurdish Forces
September 3, 2014 @ 09:01 AMGermany has agreed to deliver weapons and munitions worth a total $91 million to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq in their fight against Islamic State (IS). The weapons will be delivered in three tranches to a secure region of Iraq that has not been affected by the civil war, according to the German Defense Ministry
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Mexican Navy Receives Beechcraft T-6C+ Military Trainers
August 22, 2014 @ 02:27 PMBeechcraft Corporation has delivered two T-6C+ military trainers ordered earlier this year to the Mexican Navy Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR), as well as one King Air 350ER. “Being chosen by the Mexican Navy for this modernization program shows a superior level of confidence not only in Beechcraft products to fill its mission requirements, but in the product support well provide as part of the agreement,” said Russ Bartlett, president, Beechcraft Defense Company
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British Typhoon Aircraft’s Canopy Jettisoned after Suspected Bird Strike
Netherlands Navy Receives Two Renovated Landing Craft
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