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Saab Offers Gripen Fighters in Fly-Away Condition to India
July 10, 2015 @ 01:43 PMSaab has offered to supply an unspecified number of Gripen Aircraft in a fly-away condition to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to replenish its fleet in the short term. Sources told defenseworld
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Poland To Repair Bulgarian MiG-29 Fighter Jets
July 10, 2015 @ 11:59 AMBulgaria plans to sign a contract with Poland to repair its MiG-29 fighter jets. Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said on Thursday that nine of the country's nineteen MiG-29 fighter jets need repair
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USAF Tests Guided Nuclear Bomb Launch
July 10, 2015 @ 11:42 AMThe US Air Force and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have conducted the first flight test of the B61-12 guided nuclear bomb launched from a Boeing F-15E. The NNSA announced yesterday that the nuclear weapon couples a refurbished B61 nuclear bomb with a tail kit assembly produced by Boeing
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India’s Nuclear Powered Submarine To Undergo Missile Tests This Year
July 10, 2015 @ 11:11 AMIndias nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant will undergo first underwater missile and deep diving tests this year. “INS Arihant will go for deep sea diving this year and along with a series of tests, we would like to test B-05,” Director-General of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Secretary (Research and Development), S Christopher said to Indian media Thursday
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Indonesia Eyes C-17, A-400M As C-130 Hercules Replacement
July 9, 2015 @ 03:50 PMIndonesian Air Force is planning to replace its C-130 Hercules aircraft with either Airbus A400M or Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Marshal Agus Supriatna told ANTARA News Tuesday "We have conducted a study to replace C-130 Hercules aircraft with the new ones either from France, the US, or Russia, but the replacement depends on the government"
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Ukraine Boosts Tanks, Armored Vehicles Production
July 9, 2015 @ 11:48 AMUkrainian armorers have built 105 tanks and armored vehicles, almost 3,000 rockets, 605 missile and artillery systems, 459 radio communication, electronic jamming and navigation units since January this year. It is 36 times more than what they did during last year, the countrys top arms maker announced on Wednesday
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DCNS Validates Maritime Surveillance Solution in Piracy-hit Gulf of Guinea
July 9, 2015 @ 09:45 AMTogether with the French Navy, DCNS conducted three demonstrations of its POLARIS mission system and the interoperable NIDL tactical data link solution. These tests took place in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Guinea, an area in which over one quarter of worldwide acts of piracy are concentrated
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Hackers Breach German Patriot Missile Battery In Turkey
July 8, 2015 @ 01:37 PMSuspected hackers issued ‘unexplainable commands to Germany's Patriot missile defense battery on the Syrian-Turkish border Tuesday. German monthly Behördenspiegel reported Tuesday that attackers might have found vulnerable spots in the system
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Cubic To Show Littoral Combat Ship Virtual Training System
July 7, 2015 @ 04:02 PMCubic Global Defense will showcase the US Navys Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) virtual training program at the 10th Annual Capitol Hill Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Expo in USA on July 9th. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Immersive Virtual Courseware is set within the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) and trainees perform tasks in a realistic multi-user environment
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France Denies Mistral Ships Sale To China
July 7, 2015 @ 04:01 PMFrance has denied rumors of a possible sale of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to China. French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian denied the wide spread speculation of possible arms sales to China after a joint news conference with US secretary of Defense Ash Carter at the Pentagon on Monday
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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