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India To Replace INSAS Assault Rifles With Imported Weapons

March 6, 2017 @ 10:43 AM

India will replace its home-made INSAS rifles from the army with an imported assault rifle and later manufactured in the country. The Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) is likely to be replaced with assault rifles of higher caliber (7
Lockheed Martin To Test Paragon Direct Attack Munition On F-16 Fighters This...

March 4, 2017 @ 08:33 AM

Lockheed Martin will carry out F-16 test flights with its ‘Paragon Direct Attack Munition integrated on it in the second quarter of this year. “Paragon has been successfully integrated on the F/A-18
Pro-India Senators 'frustrated' Over Pentagon's Reluctance To Sell Guardian Drones to Delhi

March 4, 2017 @ 08:07 AM

A top US Senator has pressed for selling guardian drones to India, which would be next major part of defense partnership between both the country. Democrat Senator Mark Warner and his Republican colleague in the Senate Dan Sullivan, during a program in Washington has asserted that the former Obama Administration and the US Congress designating India as a major defence partner is a major step forward in taking the India-US relationship to the next level
Boeing, Leonardo Offer MH-139 As USAF’s UH-1N Huey Replacement

March 4, 2017 @ 06:52 AM

Boeing and Italys Leonardo have teamed up to enter the US Air Forces UH-1N Huey replacement competition and will offer a militarized version of the Italian firms AW139 helicopter. The aircraft, dubbed the MH-139, will need to incorporate a number of modifications to bring it in line with the services survivability specifications,
Lockheed Martin In Talks With Spain, Switzerland, Belgium To Sell F-35 Fighter...

March 3, 2017 @ 07:58 AM

Lockheed Martin is in talks with the governments of Spain, Switzerland and Belgium to sell its F-35 fighter jets. "We are talking to several other countries - Switzerland, Belgium, Spain," Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin's F-35 programme leader, told reporters at the Avalon Airshow in Australia Friday
US Sanctions Hinder India's Plans To Buy Russian Weapons

March 2, 2017 @ 10:47 AM

Indias plans to acquire strategic defense equipment, including a $5.5 billion shipbuilding contract from Russia are at stake as Russian firms are unable to furnish the required guarantees from Indian banks following US sanctions
WSU Mathematician Clears Up Ways To Defend Against Quantum Computing Attacks

March 1, 2017 @ 03:18 PM

A Washington State University mathematician has resolved how to defend against Future quantum computers, which are likely to have the processing power and algorithms to crack the encryption codes that safeguard internet data today. Nathan Hamlin, instructor and director of the WSU Math Learning Center, is helping to prepare for this eventuality
India's Jindal To Manufacture High Nitrogen Steel For Armour Applications

March 1, 2017 @ 11:36 AM

India's Jindal Stainless (Hisar) today has entered into the defence sector by signing the License agreement with Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence which entails transfer of technology for manufacturing High Nitrogen Steel (HNS) for Armour applications. The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Minister of State for Defence, Dr
Lockheed Martin Wins $1 Billion F-35 Lightning II Logistics Support Contract

March 1, 2017 @ 09:24 AM

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $1 billion contract for recurring logistics support and sustainment services for F-35 Lightning II aircraft in support of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Department of Defense (DoD) participants; and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Sustainment services to be provided include ground maintenance, action request resolution, depot activation, Automatic Logistics Information System, operations and maintenance, reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support, supply chain management, and activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training
China To Build Underwater Platform In South China Sea

February 28, 2017 @ 03:21 PM

China has plans to build its first long-term underwater observation platform in resource-rich South China Sea, where it has territorial disputes with many south-east Asian countries including Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The platform aims to observe underwater conditions in real time, The Global Times reported Monday

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