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India To Start Manufacturing Its Own ‘Bofors’ Artillery Gun
April 28, 2015 @ 11:23 AMUsing drawings supplied as part of technology transfer of the original Bofors gun, the Indian Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) plans it manufacture some 114 pieces of its homemade artillery called ‘Dhanush. The plan is to equip six army batteries with the homemade gun
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Russia To Decommission Heavy Nuclear-Powered Missile Cruiser For 221 Million Rubles
April 28, 2015 @ 09:29 AMRussia has announced a tender for decommissioning and recycling of heavy nuclear missile cruiser, “Admiral Ushakov” for an approximate 221 million rubles (US$4.2 million), Ria Novosti reported Tuesday
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Russia Welcomes Hollande’s Statement To Return Money If Mistral Deal Fails
April 24, 2015 @ 04:19 PMMoscow has welcomed French President François Hollandes statement that his government will reimburse Russia if negotiations fail between the two nations over delivery of two Mistral Warships; Ria Novosti reported today quoting a diplomatic source as saying. "If the boats are not delivered, then I don't see how they could be paid for," Hollande told journalists after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday
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USAF Research Lab Analysis Confirms Feasibility Of SABRE Engine Concept
April 18, 2015 @ 09:17 AMReaction Engines announced Wednesday that the analysis of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has confirmed the feasibility of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (‘SABRE) engine cycle concept. The analysis was undertaken by AFRL as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Air Force Research Laboratorys Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ)
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MiG-29K Aircraft Begins Flight Operations Onboard INS Vikramaditya Carrier
April 18, 2015 @ 07:36 AMThe MiG-29K carrier-borne fighter aircraft have commenced flight operations from the deck of India's INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier. The aircrafts had been operating from the Shore Based Test Facility of INS Hansa, on the coast of Goa in western India, this was stated by an Indian Naval officer during a media briefing earlier this week
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Orizzonte Wins €764 Million Contract To Construct Italy's Two Fremm Frigates
April 17, 2015 @ 11:02 AMOrizzonte Sistemi Navali S.p
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Indian Navy’s Indigenous Stealth Destroyer Ready For Launch
April 16, 2015 @ 12:20 PMIndian Navys indigenously built INS Visakhapatanam-class stealth destroyer is ready to launch, Free Press Journal reported Thursday. Visakhapatanam (Project-15B) built by the Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL) is an improved stealth, power packed destroyer and more advanced than Kolkata class
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Finmeccanica Group To Display Helicopters, Airborne Systems At LAAD 2015
April 14, 2015 @ 12:13 PMFinmeccanica group announced on Monday that it will showcase a range of its AgustaWestland helicopters, Selex Airborne Systems, WASS Torpedo and array Sonar during LAAD 2015, held from April 14 to 17 at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Agustawestland will display AW119Kx single engine, the AW109 LUH light twin, the T129 combat helicopter, the AW139 intermediate twin, the AW149 medium multirole aircraft and the AW101 three-engine medium heavy platform
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US Navy Developing Underwater/Flying Drones For Submarines
April 14, 2015 @ 11:53 AMThe US Navy is working on both underwater and flying drones to support its submarines, according to local media reports. The US Navy has started working on deploying Remus 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) performing undersea missions in strategic locations, Rear Adm
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India's Rafale Deal Negates RFP Exercise
April 14, 2015 @ 07:20 AMThe decision of the Indian and the French governments to enter into a government-to-government deal for procurement of Rafale fighter aircrafts by the IAF has actually negated the whole exercise of creating the most detailed RFP ever circulated. Of course, the life cycle costing (LCC) mechanism that was developed for the discovery of the correct price of various offers
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles