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BAE Systems, General Dynamics Win US Navy Surface Ships Maintenance Contracts
February 17, 2016 @ 05:28 AMBAE Systems, Marine Hydraulics International, and General Dynamics are being awarded multiple contracts to provide complex emergent and continuous maintenance and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities on surface ships including surface combatants (DDG and CG) class ships and amphibious (LSD, LPD, LHA, and LHD) class ships. These contracts contain options which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $2
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Senegal Uses Securiport IICS Watchlist To Arrest Two Extremists
February 17, 2016 @ 05:03 AMSenegal has recently detained two suspected jihadists, radicalized overseas by the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) using Securiports watch-list of wanted persons while transiting the nations Dakar airport. According to the media report, Senegals Intelligence Services requested that the name of a suspected terrorist be entered into the Securiport Watch-List, which successfully identified him upon his arrival in the country, Securiport said in a statement Tuesday
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Philippines Receives Third And Final Airbus C295 Transport Aircraft
February 16, 2016 @ 03:17 PMThe Philippines Air Force has taken delivery of the third and final Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft from Airbus DS. The aircraft was ferried from the final assembly line at Seville, Spain to Clark Air Base, Philippines, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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Russian Helicopters To Supply 7 Kamov, 2 Mi-171 Choppers To China
February 16, 2016 @ 03:01 PMRussian Helicopters has signed a number of contracts to supply seven Ka-32A11BC and two Mi-171 helicopters to China. The Fire Department of the Department of Public Safety, Qingdao, China, will receive two Ka-31A11BC helicopters in firefighting version in 2016, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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US To Send Four F-22 Stealth Fighters To South Korea
February 16, 2016 @ 01:09 PMThe United States will send four F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea. In yet another show of force against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, the US military plans to deploy four F-22s to the Korean Peninsula tomorrow (Wednesday)," a defense official was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency Tuesday
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China Opposes US THAAD Missile Deployment In South Korea
February 16, 2016 @ 12:49 PMChina has opposed the deployment of an advanced Thaad missile defense system by US in South Korea. "We exchanged views on the THAAD issue and the Chinese side expressed opposition," Chinese executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui was quoted as saying in a statement by Yonhap news agency after talks with his South Korean counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam
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US Navy Tests Raytheon-Built JSOW C-1 Weapon System
February 16, 2016 @ 08:30 AMRaytheon Company and the US Navy have conducted a successful operational test of the new Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding, precision-guided weapon. Conducted in a challenging flight environment, the test further demonstrated the capabilities of JSOW C-1 against a broad set of land targets
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General Dynamics’ QTrust Server To Maintain German Bundeswehr's IT Networks
February 16, 2016 @ 08:08 AMGeneral Dynamics partner QGroup received a contract from the Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) to deploy and maintain QTrust Server security appliances for their secure IT networks. QGroup´s QTrust Server is based on General Dynamics Mission Systems' PitBull Trusted Operating System (PitBull)
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CSIR-NAL, Tata Sign MoU for Indigenous Mission Computer
February 16, 2016 @ 08:01 AMCSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)to jointly develop sophisticated state of the art onboard computing system for Civil Avionics requirements in line with “Make in India” initiative. The Integrated Global bus Avionics Processing System (IGAPS) called Mission Computer is a CoreAircraft Computing Platform with features like ARINC 664 global bus, ARINC 818 fibre channel video bus and ARINC 653 compliance
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Thales Wins German Navy Tactical Trainer Contract
February 15, 2016 @ 03:03 PMThales has won a contract to modernize German Navys tactical and procedural trainer. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and in Source Support (BAAINBw) has awarded the contract
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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