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UAE To Receive Patriot PAC-3, GEM-T Missiles in $2 Billion FMS Contract

May 12, 2017 @ 09:58 AM

The US has approved a United Arab Emirates (UAE) request for the sale of 60 Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) missiles with canisters and 100 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) missiles worth an estimated US$2 billion. Also included are canisters, tools and test equipment, support equipment, publications and technical documentation, spare and repair parts, U
Raytheon Wins 3DELRR Radar Development USAF Contract

May 12, 2017 @ 09:22 AM

Raytheons Integrated Defense Systems has won a $52.6 million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract from US Air Force for Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System
China’s Ballistic Missiles Cannot Be Intercepted By US Thaad Defense System, Ex-US...

May 11, 2017 @ 10:46 AM

US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) like the one deployed in South Korea does not have the ability to intercept Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a former US official said. "THAAD is a theater missile defense capability that does not have the capability of intercepting Chinese ICBMs," former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Frank Rose, said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) conference Wednesday
USAF Awards $48M Contract To BAE Systems To Operate 5 Phased Array...

May 11, 2017 @ 08:55 AM

BAE Systems has been awarded a $48 million contract by the US Air Force to operate Solid State Phased Array Radar Systems (SSPARS) at five major strategic radar stations. BAE Systems will manage, operate, maintain and logistically support five SSPARS sites: Beale Air Force Base, California; Cape Cod Air Force Station, Massachusetts; Clear Air Force Station, Alaska; Thule Air Base, Greenland; and Royal Air Force Fylingdales, United Kingdom
US Army Orders 20 Extended Range Gray Eagle Drones From General Atomics

May 11, 2017 @ 08:30 AM

The US Army has awarded General Atomics with a $222 million contract to manufacture 20 extended range MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones and associated satellite communications hardware and software. "General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $221,577,527 modification to a prior contract for for hardware acquisition for the extended range Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system," the US Department of Defense said in a press release Wednesday
AeroVironment Introduces Pocket Sized, HD Cam Surveillance Drones

May 10, 2017 @ 04:30 PM

Drone manufacturing firm AeroVironment has introduced a four-rotor surveillance drone that is small enough to be carried by soldiers, squads in their pouch. The relay of high-resolution images and able to record video both day and night is another aspect of this drone that can be launched from hand-palm and can be carried in pouch
KMW Awarded €760M Contract To Upgrade 104 German Leopard 2 Battle Tanks

May 10, 2017 @ 02:23 PM

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has received a contract from the German defense ministry to upgrade 104 Leopard 2 battle tanks for the German Armed Forces from the A4 configuration to the newest A7V standard. Under €760 million (U
Four Minesweepers Left With India After INS Karwar, INS Kakinada Decommissioned

May 10, 2017 @ 11:07 AM

India is facing scarcity of minesweepers as the country is currently left with only four, following decommission of INS Karwar and INS Kakinada. The ships were decommissioned at the Mumbai naval dockyard Tuesday evening, out of the six minesweepers acquired from the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1986-87, The Navy in fact needs about 24 minesweepers to effectively protect the West and East coasts,
Indonesia Declines Russian Offer To Set Up Nuclear Power Plants

May 10, 2017 @ 10:33 AM

Indonesia has said it is 'not ready yet' to take up Russian offer to set up nuclear power plants on turnkey basis. "We have told them that we are not ready yet
IAF To Get Vintage Douglas DC3 ‘Dakota’ Aircraft This Year

May 9, 2017 @ 09:35 AM

The Indian Air Force will soon add a restored Douglas DC3 'Dakota' aircraft to its vintage fleet, as Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that it is now getting all the mandatory clearances. Speaking to IANS, the businessman-turned-lawmaker said that the aircraft is currently in London and expected to arrive in India in some months

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