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US Army Takes Delivery Of 100,000th Hellfire Missile Rocket Motor
October 26, 2017 @ 09:30 AMOrbital ATK recently completed 100,000th delivery of AGM-114 tactical motor, a rocket motor that propels the HELLFIRE missile, to the US Army. Orbital ATK designs and manufactures the high performance, minimum-smoke HELLFIRE missile rocket motor at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) in Rocket Center, West Virginia, and is the sole supplier of the rocket motor used across the entire family of missile variants
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US Marines test-fire Land Artillery Rocket System from Amphibious Ship
October 25, 2017 @ 09:19 AMUS Marines conducted a firing of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the deck of an amphibious transport dock, scoring a major extension of the land-based platforms ability to function as naval artillery. A detachment of Marines set up the vehicle-borne launch system on the flight deck of amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
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Indo-Russian Fifth Gen Aircraft Project on Track: Rosoboronexport
October 24, 2017 @ 06:52 PMAn Indo-Russian project to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) is in force as per agreed terms and conditions, Russias Rosoboronexport has asserted. “In connection with media reports on the project of the Russian-Indian 5th generation aircraft, the Russian-Indian agreement is in force and there are obligations, under which the joint project on creating the 5th generation aircraft will be executed by the parties in accordance with the agreed terms and stages,” a Rosoboronexport statement said today
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Germany Signs Submarines Deal With Israel
October 24, 2017 @ 03:51 PMGermany on Monday signed a deal to sell three submarines to the Israeli navy in an agreement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu "welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Germany and the state of Israel to acquire the submarines," his office said in a statement
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Barak-8 Missile System a ‘Cash Cow’ For Israeli Aerospace Industries: IAI CEO
October 23, 2017 @ 12:29 PMIsraeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) expects new orders from India and several other customers for the Barak-8 missile system, considered the single most valuable defence export from Israel. With a US$2
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US Air Force to Recall Up to 1000 Retired Pilots
October 21, 2017 @ 07:34 AMThe US Air Force plans to recall up to 1000 retired pilots to active duty following the signing of a Presidential executive order Friday. "We anticipate that the secretary of defense will delegate the authority to the secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Commander Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement as quoted by news agencies
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Boeing Partners Autonomous Tech Firm to Develop Pilotless Mobility Solutions
October 20, 2017 @ 09:43 AMBoeing and Near Earth Autonomy, a Pittsburgh-based company announced a partnership to explore products and applications in autonomous mobility for defence and civilian applications. Boeing also announced its investment in Near Earth Autonomy which will be through Boeing HorizonX Ventures
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Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000 Among 20 Planes to Land on Indian Expressway
October 19, 2017 @ 12:22 PMIndian Air Forces Sukhoi-30MKI and French Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets will be among 20 airplanes to participate in a landing and take-off exercise on Agra-Lucknow Expressway on October 24, 2017. This will be the first official exercise of IAF after the inauguration of expressway in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in November last year
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First Missile Assembly Facility To Open In Central India By January 2018
October 17, 2017 @ 10:29 AMAn Indian industrial explosives maker Solar Industries India Ltd (SIIL) is developing a missile assembly facility in the central Indian state of Maharashtra which is expected to be completed by January next year. SIILs facility in Nagpur currently manufactures HMX and HMX based compositions like Octol, Oma and Okfol for high explosive anti-tank ammunition and missiles like Akash, LR Sam, Invar and Konkur
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Rosoboronexport Pulls Out from Indian Assault Rifle Tender Citing ‘Outdated’ Specifications
October 17, 2017 @ 07:41 AMRussias Rosoboronexport has pulled out from a tender of Indias Interior Ministry to purchase over 20,000 automatic rifles, as the specifications are of ‘outdated Kalashnikov weapons produced in Bulgaria. A source in the Russian Military and Technical Cooperation was quoted as saying by
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U