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AugustaWestland VVIP Chopper Probe At Advanced Stage
May 9, 2015 @ 01:55 PMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in Agustawestland VVIP chopper deal has reached an advanced stage, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in parliament on Friday. The minister said in a written reply to a question, “The investigation is in advanced stage and during the probe, the central investigative agency has sent Letters Rogatory to Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius in 2013 and UAE, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and British Virgin Islands in 2014
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Pakistan’s MI-17 Helicopter Crashes Killing Foreign Ambassadors
May 8, 2015 @ 12:36 PMA Pakistan military helicopter, MI-17 which was carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday. The military helicopter crashed during an emergency landing in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan territory killing ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the ambassadors of Malaysia and Indonesia, various media reported Friday
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Taiwan To Conduct Computer Assisted War Games To Face Chinese Threats
May 3, 2015 @ 05:33 PMTaiwan in a bid to test its military combat readiness facing threat from China will be conducting computer-assisted war games May 4-8, WantChinaTimes website reported Sunday. The drill will focus on swiftly preparing troops for battle and the mobilization of supplies and reservists
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Iranian Navy Unveils 150-Ton Floating Dock
April 29, 2015 @ 12:38 PMIranian Navy has received an indigenous floating dock with a capacity of launching 150-ton vessels, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported Wednesday. “We can now claim that Iranian Navy experts have indigenized the know-how for building, repairing and maintaining different types of floating docks,” Flotilla Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, Naval Commander said on Monday
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Saab Rules Out Gripen Fighter Jet Sale To Argentina
April 29, 2015 @ 12:28 PMSaab has ruled out selling 24 Gripen E/F combat aircraft to Argentina, as such a deal would face an opposition from Britain, a senior company representative told reporters on 27 April. Britain provides some 30 percent of the Gripen's content, including the radar on its next-generation Gripen E/F
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Finmeccanica ‘Improves’ in Anti-corruption Ranking, Despite Indian Bribery Charge
April 29, 2015 @ 11:27 AMFinmeccanica has ‘improved its position in the international ranking of defense companies engaged in the fight against corruption, according to Transparency International (TI). The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation CBI) is continuing with its investigation into the payment of bribes to secure a contract to sell AgustaWestland helicopters to the Indian Air Force
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China To Deliver 50 JF-17 Thunder Multirole Fighters To Pakistan In 3
April 24, 2015 @ 12:58 PMChina will be sending last batch of 50 FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighters to Pakistan over the next three years, Li Pei, the former head of the aircraft project under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China said in a report by People's Daily Today. Xiaolong, also known as JF-17 in Pakistan is designed jointly by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
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Poland To Buy Patriot Missiles In $5 Billion Deal
April 22, 2015 @ 02:45 PMThe US and Poland governments will negotiate an agreement on purchase of Patriot medium-range air/missile defense systems for Poland, President Bronislaw Komorowski announced Tuesday. The president along with the prime minister and defense minister decided to order the Patriot systems from the US worth up to $5 billion
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Iran Unveils Programmable Drone
April 20, 2015 @ 11:14 AMIran has unveiled a new indigenous programmable drone that moves according to the flight plan in specified routes as part of its army day celebrations, local media reported Saturday. "Basir is a self-control drone that moves according to the flight plan in the specified routes and land in the same take-off point after ending its mission," an official of the Northwestern city of Zanjan's 216 Armored Brigade Mohammad Mohammadi was quoted as saying by Fars news agency
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Pakistan Likely To Opt For South Korean T-50 Trainers
April 20, 2015 @ 11:12 AMPakistan is considering to buy South Korea's T-50 Lead In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) for improving its Air Force training program. Pakistan took interest in Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 trainer as a step to improve the collaboration between Pakistan-South Korean defense industries, DefenseNews reported on Sunday
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