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Australia, France Seal A$50 Billion Submarines Deal
December 20, 2016 @ 08:41 AMAustralia today sealed a 50 billion Australian dollars ($37 billion) submarines deal with France, termed the “largest defense procurement program in Australias history”. The inter- governmental agreement (IGA) signed by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, is for 12 sophisticated submarines to be built by French defence major DCNS
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Romania Receives Three More Portugese F-16 Jets
December 19, 2016 @ 03:37 PMPortugals Air Force last week officially transferred three more F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to Romania. On December 13, 2016, at the Air Base No
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Australia, France To Sign US$37 Billion Submarine Deal On Tuesday
December 19, 2016 @ 01:37 PMFrance and Australia will sign a multibillion dollar for 12 state-of-the-art submarines tomorrow. Australias Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Frances Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will ink the intergovernmental accord estimated 50 billion Australian dollars ($37 billion) in Adelaide on Tuesday with the French shipbuilder DCNS designing and building the Shortfin Barracudas, AFP reports
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Seized US Underwater Drone May Have Gathered Data On Chinese Subs: Chinese...
December 19, 2016 @ 12:57 PMChinese military analysts have said that the US underwater drone that was seized in South China Sea last week must have gathered military intelligence like the movements of submarines. Song Zhongping, a military commentator at Phoenix TV, told the
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DARPA Explores Underwater Radio Communication
December 17, 2016 @ 11:05 AMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring a new fundamental approach, ‘A Mechanically Based Antenna (AMEBA) program, to make underwater wireless communication and data transfer a possibility. With this newly announced AMEBA effort, program manager Troy Olsson of DARPAs Microsystems Technology Office is betting on a little-exploited aspect of electromagnetic physics that could expand wireless communication and data transfer into undersea, underground, and other settings where such capabilities essentially have been absent, DARPA stated in a press release
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Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle For US Army Launched By BAE Systems
December 16, 2016 @ 01:16 PMBAE Systems today rolled out the first prototype Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) to the US Army during a ceremony at the companys York, Pennsylvania facility. The AMPV provides the Army with enhanced mobility, survivability, force protection, and combat superiority
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Raytheon Wins $459M US Navy Contract To Modernize Voice Encryption Systems
December 16, 2016 @ 12:34 PMRaytheon has been awarded a worth nearly $459 million to modernize the US Navy's aging voice encryption systems to meet the National Security Agency's encryption standards. "The Raytheon Company has been awarded a $458,999,839 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for VINSON/Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal (ANDVT) Cryptographic Modernization (VACM) program full-rate production," the Pentagon press release stated on Thursday
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HAL Issues Radar Tender For Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas'
December 16, 2016 @ 12:21 PMHindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) has issued a limited tender to buy AESA (active electronically scanned array) radars for an under-development Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' from global aviation firms. Apart from US, Israel is also a front-runner in the race to win the tender, an official was quoted as saying by
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Lockheed Martin Wins $181M F-35 Lightning II Logistics Support Contract
December 16, 2016 @ 10:15 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded $181 million contract to provide logistics services for F-35 Lightning II aircraft in support of the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. “Lockheed Martin Corp
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BAE Systems To Support Weapons Systems On US Navy's Submarines
December 15, 2016 @ 11:00 AMBAE Systems has won a $368 million five-year contract to provide systems engineering and support services to the US Navys Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office. SSP oversees the Strategic Weapons System and Attack Weapons System on board current US Ohio and UK Vanguard class submarines, as well as on future Ohio replacement and the UK Dreadnought class of submarines
French DGA Awards Contract to Procure 75 Million Rounds of Small Arms
French Army’s All New 'Cheetah' Attack Helicopter Conducts First Firing During Flight...
China’s Upgraded Y-9 Anti-submarine Patrol Aircraft Makes First Public Appearance
U.S. Hits 7 Bridges in 6th Night of Aggression, Iran says 7...
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