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Atlas V Launches Classified NROL-55 Mission

October 9, 2015 @ 04:41 PM

United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s Atlas V 401 rocket has launched the classified NROL-55 mission including spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). ULA has collaborated with the NRO Office of Space Launch and the Air Force on the integration and launch of the NROL-55 spacecraft to orbit with Atlas V vehicle
30 Individuals, Companies Indicted in Taiwan Army Procurement Scandal

October 9, 2015 @ 01:44 PM

Taichung prosecutors in Taiwan have pressed charges against 33 people, including military personnel and executives of three companies over an alleged procurement scandal involving locally produced eight-wheeled CM-32 Clouded Leopard armored vehicles. Chiang Yi-fu, chairman of Chung Hsin Electric and Machinery Manufacturing Corp
Russia Readies Precision Guided Bomb For PAK-FA Stealth Fighter

October 9, 2015 @ 10:56 AM

In what is seen as Russias answer to the US Small Diameter Bomb, the countrys air force is testing the KAB-250 precision-guided bomb on board the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter. The Small Diameter Bomb is meant for the US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and the KAB-250 is designed to fit on the external and internal mounts of the PAK-FA or T-50 stealth fighter under development by Russia
Iran Denies Russian Missiles Fell On Its Territory

October 9, 2015 @ 10:15 AM

The Iranian ministry of defense has denied a US media claim that four of 26 cruise missiles fired from Russia's Caspian fleet at Syrias IS militants have fallen in Iran. We have not received any report indicating the crash of the Russian missiles on Iranian territories, an unnamed official at the Iranian Defense Ministry responded
Thai Army Orders 8 AgustaWestland AW139 Helicopters

October 8, 2015 @ 02:23 PM

The Royal Thai Army has ordered eight AgustaWestland AW139s for transport and utility services in addition to the two currently in service. The Thai order is part of several new sales successes announced by AgustaWestland
Russia Offers Electronic Warfare System, Helicopters To Egypt For Mistral Warship

October 8, 2015 @ 10:25 AM

Russia has offered the 5P28 Pobeditel electronic warfare systems and the Kamov helicopters developed for the Mistral warship which France likely to sell to Egypt, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Corporation has said. “If Egypt decides to acquire the Mistral helicopter warships, then of course we will offer them the helicopters that we developed just for this ship,” Chemezov said in a statement to TASS
France Flying Rights For Qatar Airways After Doha's Rafale Purchase

October 7, 2015 @ 11:38 AM

Qatar Airways, the tiny gulf nations national carrier has received flying rights between Doha and the French cities of Lyons and Nice, barely months after Qatar signed up to buy 24 Dassault Rafale aircraft. The grant of flying rights against stiff opposition by Air France and its unions is considered as an offset for the purchase of 24 Rafale fighter jets worth 6
South Korea, Indonesia Likely To Sign Accord For Joint Development Of KF-X...

October 7, 2015 @ 04:48 AM

South Korea and Indonesia may sign an industrial engagement agreement for the joint development of Korean next generation fighter aircraft later this month. Earlier this week, South Korean government decided to develop some of its own KF-X fighters with some help from outside after the US denied did not allow exports of four major technologies promised for the South Korean project in a decision made in April
Czech Republic Buys Rheinmetall Mithras Illumination Rockets

October 6, 2015 @ 01:05 PM

The Czech military has placed an order with Rheinmetall for the handheld Mithras illumination rocket. The Germany based defence contractor will supply the Czech armed forces with an initial shipment of tens of thousands of Mithras rockets
US Navy Conducts F35 Carrier Variant Fighter Jets Developmental Tests

October 6, 2015 @ 07:15 AM

The US Navys carrier variant of the F35C fighter aircraft is undergoing second phase of developmental tests in the Atlantic Ocean. The tests bring capabilities to the evolving carrier air wings embarked in our aircraft carriers

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