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Six South Korean KF-16 Prototypes To Fly By 2021
January 22, 2016 @ 01:14 PMSouth Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Thursday that six prototypes of KF-16 indigenous fighter jet would be ready by 2021. DAPA in a commencement meeting in the headquarters of contractor Korea Aerospace Industries in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province for the fighter jet project held Thursday said that South Korea would be able to introduce the fighter in mid-2020s
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Kuwait Allocates Additional $10 Billion For Military Modernization
January 19, 2016 @ 02:16 PMKuwait has allocated an additional $10 billion funds to purchase new fighter jets, tanks and air defense systems over the next decade. Kuwaits parliament unanimously approved a request by the state government
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Belgium Rules Out Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
January 8, 2016 @ 12:40 PMBelgium has decided against supplying arms to Saudi Arabia citing mass executions carried out on Jan 2 and the nations role in Yemeni conflict. “We have rejected the request (for military shipment to Saudi Arabia),” RTBF broadcaster cited Belgiums Flanders Minister-President Geert Bourgeois as saying to the Flemish Parliament Wednesday
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Iran To Drop Lawsuit Against Russia Before S-300 Missile Supply
December 21, 2015 @ 10:34 AMIran will drop lawsuit against Russian Rosoboronexport before the supplies of the first S-300 missile systems are delivered. "[Now the lawsuit] has not been dropped
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India’s DRDO Inducted Equipment Worth $27 Billion In Defense Services
December 19, 2015 @ 11:44 AMIndias Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) inducted over INR, 1.8 lakh crore (US $27 billion) in systems, products and technologies into services or in the process of production
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Indian Top Auditor Slams IAF For Underutilization Of AWACS Aircraft
December 19, 2015 @ 10:11 AMIndias Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Indian Air Force (IAF) for underutilization of operational capabilities of Air-borne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft purchased for INR 5,042 crore (US $760 million) in 2004. "There was sub-optimal utilisation of operational capabilities of 'AA' in terms of flying task achieved mainly due to un-serviceability of 'AA'
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Kuwait Will Have To Wait For Its Eurofighter Jets Beyond Christmas
December 14, 2015 @ 12:45 PMFinmeccanica might delay the signing of a contract worth 7-8 billion euros to sell 28 Eurofighter jets to Kuwait. Finmeccanica CEO, Mauro Moretti said last Thursday that the contract may not be signed before December 25
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Iraq Requests More Assistance From Germany To Fight Islamic State
December 10, 2015 @ 12:51 PMIraq has requested Germany to assist further in the fight against Islamic State (IS). Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had in particular asked the German government to provide help with troop training
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Indian Domestic Defense Vendors Bagged 62 Per Cent Contracts In 2014-15
December 9, 2015 @ 07:23 AMIndian defense vendors bagged about 62 per cent of INR 65,591 crore (US $9.8 billion) contracts in 2014-15
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Japan To Test Locally-made Stealth Jet In Early 2016
December 3, 2015 @ 06:12 AMJapans Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expected to test fly a locally-made stealth jet by March 2016 with technology developed in-house. The plane, called Advanced Technology Demonstrator X (ATD-X) will then be handed over to the Japanese Self Defence Force (SDF), which will start conducting its own tests, Bloomberg quoted Hirofumi Doi, a program manager at the Defense Ministry as saying
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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...