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Switzerland To Restart Fighter Procurement Program
February 25, 2016 @ 02:48 PMThe Swiss government plans to evaluate a new fighter aircraft to replace ageing F/A-18 Hornet and F-5E Tiger II jet fighters. The fighter replacement program had ground to a halt after Swiss voters rejected the procurement of 22 Gripen fighters in a referendum
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Finmeccanica Starts Final Assembly Phase Of First Two M-346 Trainer Aircraft To...
February 25, 2016 @ 10:22 AMFinmeccanica has started the final assembly phase for the first two Aermacchi M-346s of the eight advanced jet trainer that are to be supplied to Polish Air Force. The delivery of the first two M-346 aircraft is scheduled for the end of November 2016, in line with the programmes time frame, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Belgian F-16 Fighter Replacement To Cost Close To $16.4 Billion
February 24, 2016 @ 02:16 PMBelgiums plan to purchase 34 fighter aircraft will cost nearly 15 billion euros (16.4 billion) which includes purchase and use for over forty years
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Cyber Five More Vulnerable To Cyber-Attacks In Asia Pacific Region; DTTL Report
February 24, 2016 @ 09:22 AMSouth Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore appear nine times more vulnerable to cyber-attack than other Asian economies. “We're seeing a huge shift in defense focus across the region as more than half of global container traffic now moves through Asia-Pacific waters, and regional navies are building up to defend these economic lifelines
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South Korea, US Plan To Deploy THAAD Missile Defense System
February 23, 2016 @ 01:08 PMThe US and South Korea are planning to sign a deal on placing a US THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system in the country. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun was quoted as confirming by Yonhap news that Seoul was not going to purchase the defense system from Washington
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US DoD Awards Army Contracts Worth $5 Billion To 17 Firms
February 23, 2016 @ 07:23 AMThe US Department of Defense announced Monday the US Army contracts worth $5 billion awarded to 17 firms to provide commercial hardware, software, and related incidental services to federal clients. The awardees are Affigent, Herndon, Virginia; Telos, Ashburn, Virginia; Unicom, Suite 100, Herndon, Virginia; IBM, Maryland; Dynamic Systems, El Segundo, California; Dell, Round Rock, Texas; GTRI, Denver, Colorado; Hewlett-Packard, Herndon, Virginia; CDW-G, Vernon Hills, Illinois; Iron Bow, Chantilly, Virginia; Wildflower, Santa Fe, New Mexico ; WWT, St
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Cubic Wins $44 Million I-MILES Additional Contract From US Army
February 22, 2016 @ 01:45 PMCubic Global Defense has won $44 million additional contract for its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS). The contract was awarded by the US Armys Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), the company said in a statement Monday
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Nigerian Authorities Order Immediate Inspection Of Sikorsky S76C Helicopters
February 22, 2016 @ 12:38 PMThe Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday ordered all Airlines operating the SIKORSKY S76C series to carry out a safety inspection on this helicopter type with immediate effect. The SIKORSKY S76C series operated by Bristow Helicopters has been involved in series of air accidents in the coastal waters of Nigeria
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Germany Considers Training Tunisian Soldiers To Counter Islamic State
February 22, 2016 @ 10:32 AMGermany is mulling to send troops to Tunisia in order to train soldiers in the fight against IS. Representatives of the defense and foreign ministries will be holding discussions on Thursday and Friday on how Germany could support a training mission
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Russia's Rubezh Ballistic Missile To Be Test-fired In 2016
February 22, 2016 @ 09:30 AMRussias Strategic Missile Forces will test-fire an RS-26 Rubezh state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missile in the second quarter of 2016, TASS reported Saturday. "The firing is to be conducted in the second quarter of this year from the Kapustin Yar range at the Balkhash range in Kazakhstan," a source in the defense industry sector was quoted as saying
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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