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US Navy Guided Missile Canisters Contract For BAE Systems
April 7, 2016 @ 09:08 AMBAE Systems has won a $38.2 million contract modification from the US Navy to provide additional missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
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Indonesia To Deliver First Warship To Philippines Next Month
April 7, 2016 @ 09:05 AMThe first Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) ordered by the Philippines defense ministry from Indonesia will be delivered next month. M Firmansyah Arifin, the President director of the Shipbuilding Company PT PAL Indonesia was quted as saying by Antara News Tuesday that the first SSV christened Tarlac will be delivered in May after the final touch on the ships hold
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Israel Used Drones To Kill Terrorists In Gaza
April 6, 2016 @ 02:53 PMIsraeli Army used Hermes 450 attack drones to kill terrorists in Gaza in 2014. In an official unclassified document, the Israeli army said on its website that, it operated Hermes 450 drones and attacked 5,226 targets during the war in Gaza and acted against 32 tunnels, 14 of which were part of the Israeli territory,
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Russian Aerospace Forces Gets Upgraded Tupolev Tu-95MS Bomber
April 6, 2016 @ 02:16 PMThe Russian Aerospace Forces has received second upgraded Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber, the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported on Tuesday. "The plane has been upgraded within the framework of the state contract
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Lockheed Martin Demos Miniature Hit-to-Kill Interceptor
April 6, 2016 @ 11:12 AMLockheed Martin successfully launched its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor from a Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in an engineering demonstration today at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The launch demonstrated the agility and aerodynamic capability of the MHTK missile, which is designed to defeat rocket, artillery and mortar (RAM) targets at ranges greatly exceeding those of current and interim systems
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Philippines To Receive Refurbished C-130 Plane From US
April 6, 2016 @ 08:26 AMThe Philippines will receive one refurbished C-130 Hercules planes from the US next week. Col
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DARPA Demos Aircraft, UAV Collision Avoidance System
April 6, 2016 @ 08:11 AMThe US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first flight tests of the integrated sense-and-avoid (SAA) system that is designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid potential mid-air collisions. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) repeatedly used the technology demonstration system to detect and track in real time a Cessna 172G aircraft approaching from various vertical and horizontal distances
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Textron Wins $65 Million Contract To Supply APCs To Iraq, Columbia
April 5, 2016 @ 03:49 PMTextron has won $65 million contract to provide variants of Commando Select Armored Personnel Carriers to Iraq and Columbia. Textron has to provide 54 Commando Select APCs each along with 40/50 turret; four Commando Select APCs with 40/50 turret and command and control variant and two each Commando Select APCs to Iraq and Columbia, the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday
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Finmeccanica Signs 28 Eurofighter Aircraft Deal With Kuwait
April 5, 2016 @ 03:40 PMThe Kuwait Ministry of Defence and Finmeccanica have signed a contract for the supply of 28 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, to be built in Italy. The intergovernmental contract was signed in presence of Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Shaikh Gen
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Russia Orders Additional Su-30SM Fighters From Irkut
April 4, 2016 @ 03:56 PMThe Russian Ministry of Defense has signed a new contract with Irkut corporation for the supply of 30 additional Su-30SM fighter aircraft for its Air Force. “The contract was signed by Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov and President of Irkut corportation Oleg Demchenko,” Russian MoD said in a statement Monday
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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