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US Air Force To Keep A-10 Attack Planes In Service Following Three...
May 29, 2017 @ 10:35 AMUS Air Force has proposed to keep all 283 A-10 attack planes, which were once almost at the edge of retirement, in the 2018 Pentagon budget plan sent to Congress this week. The Air Force have reversed the Obama administration's view of the plane as an unaffordable extra during a time of tight budgets,
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US Army Bases In Asia And Middle East To Get Communication Equipment...
May 27, 2017 @ 11:14 AMThe US Department of Defense has awarded over $212 million contract to Vectrus for support of communications equipment and information systems at the US Army's bases in seven countires across Asia and the Middle East. The contract includes maintaining communications equipment and information systems for the US Army in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, the Department of Defense said in a statement
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Swiss Army Orders 400 New Gen Trucks From Iveco
May 26, 2017 @ 03:09 PMIveco Defence Vehicles (DV) has signed a contract to supply 400 trucks between 2017 and 2021 to the Swiss Armed Forces. The agreement was signed at the powertrain R&D center belonging to Iveco Defence Vehicles CNH Industrial sister brand FPT Industrial in Arbon, Switzerland on May 2, 2017
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Indonesia Begins Operation of Ukrainian Armoured Vehicle ‘BTR-4M’
May 26, 2017 @ 03:01 PMIndonesias Marine Corps has officially begun operating five Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers BTR-4M, which were delivered in January this year. Marine battalion of Indonesian Marine Corps has officially began using of five Ukrainian BTR-4M, which were delivered by "SpetsTechnoExport" in January this year
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Su-30MKI Crash: IAF Orders Court of Inquiry, Search For Pilots, Black Box...
May 26, 2017 @ 02:19 PMIndian Air Force today ordered an inquiry to investigate the crashed Sukhoi jet, whose wreckage was found today near Assam. “A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee was quoted as saying by Dailyexcelsior
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International Defence Firms Complicit in Nigeria’s Massive Procurement Scam: Report
May 26, 2017 @ 01:55 PMKey international suppliers of Nigerian military hardware are facilitating fraud by agreeing to non-competitive or unorthodox contracts, reports Transparency International (TI)
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Pakistan Handed Over Seven British Sea King Choppers
May 26, 2017 @ 01:53 PMPakistan Navy received seven refurbished Westland Sea King helicopters from the UK in a formal handover ceremony Thursday. In an official press release by the Pakistani High Commission in London, the formal handing over ceremony was attended by Pakistans High Commissioner to the UK Syed Ibne Abbas, the U
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3-D Printed Rocket Could Challenge India, China For Affordable Satellite Launch Services
May 26, 2017 @ 11:27 AMThe successful launch of California-based Rocket Labs' battery-powered and 3-D printed rocket yesterday that costs $5 million per flight could challenge affordable satellite launch services from India and China. The first flight was conducted in New Zealand facility because of the open seas to its south, and a relatively low amount of air traffic, unlike in the United States, boats and flights have to be re-routed for most rocket launches
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First Lockheed Martin LM-100J Freighter Completes Maiden Flight
May 26, 2017 @ 10:45 AMThe first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight Thursday. "This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting
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Missing IAF Sukhoi-30MKI's Wreckage Found
May 26, 2017 @ 10:26 AMThe wreckage of the Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighter jet that went missing four days ago has been found. “Wreckage found
Bombardier to Supply Two Global 6500 Aircraft for Korea’s Electronic Warfare Program
Patria Becomes the First Partner Outside the U.S. to Assemble F-35 Jet’s...
Rheinmetall, Space Norway to Collaborate on Space-based Maritime Domain Awareness
French Rafale Jet Gets Anti-Drone Capability with New 68mm Laser-guided Rocket
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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