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France, Germany, Italy Confirm Joint MALE Drone Development Program
May 18, 2015 @ 02:53 PMFrance, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement to confirm their support for the implementation of MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone by 2025. The joint proposal was issued by the defense ministers of the three nations, French Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Ursula Von Der Leyen and Italian Roberta Pinotti and has officially announced to jointly conduct a developmental phase study of the drone
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Russia To Develop New Home-made Drones For Transportation By 2025
May 18, 2015 @ 02:36 PMThe Russian military will focus on the production of hundreds of indigenous drones, which can be used for transportation. An United Industrial Corporation executive told RIA Novosti Monday that Russia has realized strategic and military benefits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
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Obama Scraps Some Military Equipment For Police
May 18, 2015 @ 02:07 PMThe US Federal government will no longer provide military equipment to local law-enforcement, President Barack Obama announced Monday. According to the announcement, the local departments will not have armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of
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Indonesia To Set Up Sea Traffic Management Center
May 15, 2015 @ 03:14 PMThe Indonesian Navy plans to set up a Traffic Management Center (TMC) to monitor sea traffic in a bid to offer safety and security by providing traffic on sea lanes' information, Antara news reported Wednesday. The Indonesian Navy plans to have a TMC similar to the one belonging to the Indonesian Police for monitoring road traffic, Indonesian Navy spokesperson Vice Admiral Manahan Simorangkir was quoted as saying by the agency
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US Approves $345 Million Sidewinder Missile Sale To Norway
May 14, 2015 @ 04:23 PMThe US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that it has approved a $345 million Foreign Military Sale of AIM 9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles to Norway. Norway has placed request for 200 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Tactical Missiles, 2 AIM-9X Special Air Training Missiles (NATMs), 40 CATM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs), 10 AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units, and 20 AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units
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Arms Sellers Flock to Japanese Defense Exhibition
May 14, 2015 @ 04:19 PMDefense firms from US, Europe and Asia have flocked to the MAST Asia 2015 exhibition in Yokohama hoping Japan to become the next big buyer of weapons in the world. Coincidentally, the Japanese cabinet today cleared a bill to remove restrictions on the geographic deployment of Japanese troops
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Boeing Offers Advanced Harpoon Missile To US Navy
May 13, 2015 @ 03:56 PMBoeing has offered an upgraded anti-ship and land attack weapon, which doubles the range of the services existing Harpoon to US navy. The Harpoon Next-Generation is a sea-skimming land, submarine, air or surface launched missile guided by GPS and inertial navigation systems for destroying a range of targets such as enemy ships, small boats and land targets, Military
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Russia To Develop Multi-purpose Armoured Vehicle
May 13, 2015 @ 03:04 PMRussian defense ministry has decided to develop a multi-purpose unified engineering armoured vehicle, which will bear a machine gun, means of radio electronic combat and GLONASS system. This project costs about $6
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DCNS To Showcase Anti-Piracy, Anti-Submarine Combat Management Systems At SITDEF Exhibition 2015
May 13, 2015 @ 02:54 PMDCNS announced that it will exhibit the Gowind 2500, the Scorpene 2000 submarines and Subtics, the OPV 90 and Canto during SITDEF exhibition in Lima(Peru) from 14 to 17 May 2015. The solutions are offered in cooperation with Navies and local suppliers
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Turkish Navy To Get $1 Billion Landing Platform Dock
May 12, 2015 @ 04:21 PMTurkish shipyard SEDEF has signed a contract during IDEF 2015 on 7th May with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) for the design and construction of one Landing Platform Dock ship for the nation's Navy. Navantia will provide the design, transfer of technology, equipments and technical assistance to SEDEF for local construction
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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