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US To Deploy 16 F-35B Fighters At Japanese Airbase Next Year
August 23, 2016 @ 04:17 PMThe United States plans to deploy 16 F-35 fighters to the US military base in Japans Iwakuni in Yamaguchi. The plan is to deploy 10 aircraft in January and additional six in August next year
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Pakistan To Participate In Turkey’s TFX Next-Gen Fighter Aircraft Program
August 23, 2016 @ 01:47 PMTurkey has invited Pakistan to participate in the development of its next-generation fighter program, TFX. Pakistans Minister of Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain in an interview with PTV last Sunday, said that Turkey had requested Islamabad to be part of the development program for its next-generation fighter aircraft
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Pakistan, Turkey Collaborate On Building New Fleet Tanker
August 19, 2016 @ 02:23 PMPakistans Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) has launched a 17,000-tonne heavy Warship fleet tanker, which was being constructed by the company in collaborating with the Turkish firm Savunma Teknologiler Muhendisilik (STM). The fleet tanker launched on Friday at the companys facility,
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Boeing Wins $2.8 Billion US Air Force KC-46 Tanker Aircraft Contract
August 19, 2016 @ 08:50 AMBoeing has been awarded a $2.8 billion contract for the acquisition of low-rate initial production (LRIP) of KC-46 tanker aircraft Lots 1 and 2 for the US Air Force
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Malware Called 'South China Sea RAT' Spied on Philippines, Other Targets
August 9, 2016 @ 02:48 PMA malware known as NanHaiShu or “South China Sea Remote Access Trojan (RAT)” in Mandarin was discovered to have gathered intelligence related to the South China Sea arbitration case from the Philippines and organizations involved in assisting the South East Asian country which won an international arbitration case against China. Hackers believed to be from China have attacked government and private-sector organizations linked to the row over the key waterway, a Japan Times report said quoting an analysis by Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure
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China Could Station 24 Fighter Planes In Spratly Islands Claimed By Philippines
August 9, 2016 @ 12:30 PMChina could place upto 24 fighter aircraft in hangers it is building in the disputed Spratly Islands, which the Philippines' claims is a part of its exclusive economic zone. Beijing has built three operational runways in the disputed Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi Reefsislands which it claims is for civilian use but in reality, military fighter and transport planes regularly operate to the islands, a report in Philstar
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Raytheon Wins $129 Million To Provide TOW Missiles To Bahrain And Morocco
August 9, 2016 @ 09:34 AMRaytheon has won a $129 million contract for procurement of tube launched optically tracked wireless guided (TOW)missiles for the US Marine Corps, US Army, Bahrain and Morocco. Work will be completed with an estimated completion date of Aug
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Pakistan Continues To Use Bogus Bomb Detectors Despite Global Ban
August 8, 2016 @ 03:05 PMPakistan continues to use bogus bomb detectors ADE-651 to guard its high-value facilities such as airports and government installations despite being officially banned last month. Pakistan bought more than 15,000 of a new variant of the absolutely useless handheld device,
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ATK To Provide Logistics Support For Iraqi Cessna 208B Caravan fleet
August 4, 2016 @ 10:09 AMAlliant Techsystems (ATK) has won the US Air Force contract to continue providing logistics support for the Iraqi Air Forces Cessna 208B Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Caravan and the Cessna 208B Armed Caravan fleet. “Alliant Techsystems Inc
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Indian Su-30MKI Upgrade Prototype To Be Developed In Russia
August 2, 2016 @ 12:15 PMA prototype of the new upgrade of Indias Sukhoi Su-30MKI to Super Sukhoi will be developed in Russia while the actual upgrades will be carried out indigenously in India. “A prototype of the plane will be developed in Russia while the actual upgrades will be done at Indias state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited,”
Russia May Strike Foreign Ships Suspected of Delivering Arms to Ukraine
Norway Selects Skydio X10D Drones in $9.4M Defense Tender
Israel Signs Contract to Boost Arrow Missile Production
BAE Systems Conducts First Precision Airstrike from Multirotor Drone Using APKWS
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...