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Fincantieri, Finmeccanica Wins $4 Billion Italian Navy Contract To Construct Seven Patrol
May 7, 2015 @ 09:37 AMFincantieri, Finmeccanica announced today that they have won a 3.5 billion Euros (US$ 4 billion) contract for the construction of seven ships in the plan to renew Italian Navy fleet
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US Approves $21 Million AMRAAM To Malaysia
May 6, 2015 @ 04:50 PMUS Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that it has approved $21 million worth sale of AIM-120C7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Malaysia. Malaysia has placed a request for 10 AMRAAM, missile containers, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U
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US Sells $395 Million Ammunitions To Iraq
May 6, 2015 @ 04:07 PMUS Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced Tuesday that it has approved sale of $395 million worth Ammunitions to Iraq. Iraq had placed a request for 5,000 81mm High Explosive Mortar Ammunition, 684,000 M203 40mm High Explosive Ammunition, 532,000 MK19 40mm High Explosive Dual Purpose Ammunition, and 40,000 155mm High Explosives
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India, France To Set Up Teams For Rafale Acquisition Deal In 'Time...
May 6, 2015 @ 12:29 PMIndia and France will set up team to discuss the acquisition of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters in a ‘time bound manner. A short statement from India's MOD said after the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Delhi today to flag off the acquisition process
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US Marine Gen Joseph Dunford Jr Likely To Be Next Joint Chiefs...
May 5, 2015 @ 02:26 PMUS Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford Jr is likely to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff succeeding Army Gen
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US Navy’s UCLASS Drone Program Delayed Due To Debate Over Its Primary...
May 5, 2015 @ 12:49 PMUS Navys Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system has been delayed due to an ongoing debate about the primary role of the drone, the US Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Monday. "Ongoing debate about whether the primary role of the UCLASS system should be mainly surveillance with limited strike or mainly strike with limited surveillance has delayed the program," GAO report said
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American Systems Wins $5.8 Billion Network Centric Solutions Contract From USAF
May 5, 2015 @ 10:47 AMAmerican System today announced that it has won a $5.8 billion Network Centric Solutions 2 (NetCents-2) contract from the United States Air Force
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Turkey Issues RFI For Unmanned Aircraft System
May 4, 2015 @ 03:48 PMThe Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) has requested for information from various defense suppliers to procure MALE or HALE category Armed Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the nation's Air Force on April 28. The Request for Information (RFI) is issued by SSM within the scope of Armed UAS Project in order to gather general information on potential suppliers of the Armed UAS in the market and have an idea of availability of the required Armed UAS
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Nordea Blacklists Boeing For Nuclear Weapons' Production
May 4, 2015 @ 03:04 PMThe Nordic fund company has blacklisted Boeing as the group is manufacturing and supplying nuclear weapons, Financial Times reported Sunday. Nordea added that the move is due to the groups involvement in producing components for replacement of nuclear-armed Trident ballistic missile submarines in 2014
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Gilat To Display Mission Critical UAV Connectivity At AUVSI 2015
May 4, 2015 @ 02:05 PMGilat Satellite Networks announced today it will display Low SWAP BlackRay terminals for Unmanned Vehicles at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2015 event at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, USA from May 5 to7. BlackRay terminals enable connectivity for long-endurance flights while maximizing payload weight
U.S. DoW Signs Agreements with L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin to Increase Patriot,...
BMP-3 Armored Vehicle Deliveries to Russian Troops Gathers Pace
U.S. Issues Licence to Export GE F110 Engines for Turkey’s KAAN Fighter...
U.S., Iran Halt Strikes on One Another, But Tankers War Continues
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