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Estonian Defense Industry To Showcase Military Products In UMEX-2016
March 7, 2016 @ 09:17 AMEstonian Eli, Defendec and Milrem will showcase military products at UMEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi later this week. Defendec will be showcasing an autonomous and fully automated land border monitoring system Smartdec at the exhibition
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Boeing’s Second KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Completes First Flight
March 5, 2016 @ 10:07 AMBoeings second KC-46A tanker aircraft completed its first flight Friday. The aircraft took off from Paine Field and landed later at Boeing Field in Seattle
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Britain, France Sign 2 Billion Euro Combat Drone Project
March 3, 2016 @ 03:52 PMFrance and Britain on Thursday inked a deal to invest more than two billion euros in the development of combat drones and will include BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Following a two-year feasibility study begun in 2014, "we hope to proceed to the next phase in 2017 to prepare for the full-fledged development of operational demonstrators of air combat drones by 2025," AFP quoted the French government as saying in a statement. "This test programme, the most advanced in Europe, will be based on a platform of multi-purpose drones that could provide the basis for future operational capacity beyond 2030," it said
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Rheinmetall To Equip 88 Brazilian, Sweden Gripen Fighters Fitted With Automatic Cannon
March 1, 2016 @ 02:38 PMRheinmetall will be equipping a total of 88 Gripen NG fighter aircraft with the BK27 automatic cannon with a newly developed linkless ammunition feeding system. The order is worth a mid eight-figure euro amount
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Boeing Promises Close Look at Proposed Honeywell-United Technologies Merger
February 27, 2016 @ 01:00 PMBoeing has said it would take a close look at the proposed merger of Honeywell and United Technologies. “Healthy competition in our supply chain is vitally important to Boeing and our commercial and military customers,” the company said in a statement
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Turkey To Receive U.S BLU-109 Bunker Bursting Bombs
February 27, 2016 @ 04:03 AMThe Pentagon has awarded a contract for the sale of an unspecified number of BLU-109 bunker bursting bombs to Turkey. Ellwood National Forge and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems have been awarded a $682,900,000 foreign military sales contract (Turkey) for BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and components
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Kuwait, Italy To Finalize Eurofighter Deal Next Week
February 12, 2016 @ 12:08 PMKuwait will finalize a deal to purchase Eurofighter jets from Italy next week. "Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti will visit Kuwait next week to sign the Eurofighter warplanes deal," Kuwait's Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah al-Sabah was quoted as saying Thursday by
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North Korean Naval Ships Used Japanese Civilian Radar Components
February 12, 2016 @ 10:20 AMAccording to an investigation report by the United Nations, it revealed that North Korea has reconfigured Japanese made civilian radar systems for use by naval ships as showcased at an anti-ship missile test reported last year. The document also cites a ship linked to a UN blacklisted North Korean shipping company berthed near a city in western Japan for a few days last March, Japan Times news daily cited a Kyodo News report
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Iranian Defense Minister To Discuss Su-30 Purchase During Moscow Visit
February 11, 2016 @ 12:21 PMIn the first major defense deal following the lifting of sanctions, Iran is expected to purchase undisclosed number of Su-30 fighter jets from Russia. Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehgan is likely to sign a contract for the Su-30 purchase during his visit to Moscow later this month, Iranian and Russian media outlets reported today
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Indonesia To Buy 10 Sukhoi 35 Fighters, Contract Signing in March
February 10, 2016 @ 05:50 AMIndonesia has decided to buy 10 Sukhoi 35 fighter jets from Russia as part of its plan to modernize the country's air force. "I will go to Russia in March to sign off the contract," Defense Minister Ryamizard told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with visiting Russian Security Council delegation in Jakarta, local media reported
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