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US Navy Completes Weapons Load Testing For F-35B Lightning II Fighter Aircraft...
November 22, 2016 @ 12:24 PMThe US Navy completed the Weapons load testing for F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) last week. The Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 embarked America Oct
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Rosoboronexport To Showcase Law Enforcement Systems at IDEAS-2016
November 22, 2016 @ 11:24 AMRosoboronexport will showcase law enforcement systems at IDEAS-2016 to be held in Karachi, Pakistan, from 22-25 November. Rosoboronexport is bringing to IDEAS-2016 combat proven equipment favoured by Russian special units and law enforcement officers, specialized in antiterrorist operations, namely the BTR-80A APC and its most advanced derivative – the BTR-82A, as well as the BMP-3M IFV
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Lincad Developing Battery For Tactical Radio Equipment
November 21, 2016 @ 04:50 PMUKs Lincad is developing a bespoke battery to power tactical radio equipment being manufactured by DTC international communications technology group. The radio is designed to operate in harsh military environments and the battery will be appropriately ruggedised with a machined plastic housing for excellent resilience and strength and a full enclosure seal
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India Commissions INS Chennai Equipped With BrahMos, Barak-8 Missiles
November 21, 2016 @ 12:10 PMindia's Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday has commissioned the third indigenously designed guided missile destroyer ‘INS Chennai that is armed with supersonic surface-to-surface BrahMos missiles and Barak-8 long range surface-to-air missiles. Built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai, the ships construction also marks the end of the Project 15A to build Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers,
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Flight Tests Of Unmanned Air System For Small-Deck Ships In 2018
November 18, 2016 @ 01:48 PMTern, a joint program between DARPA and the US Navys Office of Naval Research (ONR) is scheduled to start integrated propulsion system testing in the first part of 2017, move to ground-based testing in early 2018, and culminate in a series of at-sea flight tests in late 2018. Tern seeks to greatly increase the effectiveness of forward-deployed small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates by enabling them to serve as mobile launch and recovery sites for specially designed unmanned air systems (UASs), DARPA said in a release Thursday
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Korean Defence Procurement Official Held For Leaking Info To BAE Systems
November 17, 2016 @ 02:37 PMA South Korean defense procurement official has been held for a possible leak of confidential information on the KF-16 fighter jet upgrade program to BAE Systems. Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office raided the offices of the state Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) Tuesday and detained the official in charge of contracts for questioning, Yonhap reported Thursday
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Russian Stenovizor PO-900 Portable Radar To Detect Terrorists Through Wall
November 16, 2016 @ 10:55 AMRussian group of tech companies has designed new portable radar Stenovizor PO-900, which permits detection of offenders from behind a wall by sensing their heartbeat as well as breathing. “Our product will allow law enforcement agencies and Special Forces to obtain critical information about the object behind the wall; it will increase the level of security and mobility of the operation
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Lockheed Martin To Upgrade M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System For Saudi Arabia...
November 16, 2016 @ 07:34 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a foreign military sales contract worth $48 million to upgrade the M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System for Saudi Arabia. “Lockheed Martin Corp
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India Requests US To Procure EMALS For Its Naval Carriers
November 14, 2016 @ 10:45 AMThe Indian Navy has sent letters of request (LoR) to the Pentagon under government-to-government deals to acquire Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for its carriers. The LoRs contain price and availability for 22 Guardians and three EMALs catapults and are now under consideration by the US department of defense for clearance under the Foreign Military Sales,
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Iran Confirms Aleppo Missile Factory To Support Hezbollah During Its 2006 War...
November 12, 2016 @ 11:52 AMIran has officially confirmed that it's missile factory had been transferred to the Syrian city of Aleppo for supporting Hezbollah group that was in war against Israel. Lebanons Hezbollah (Shia militant group) had used Iranian-made missiles manufactured in Aleppo during its July 2006 war with Israel, Beirut- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri said
Denmark Signs Agreement with France to Acquire Mistral Missiles
Denmark Commits $970M Military Aid to Ukraine
Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet
Dutch F-35s on NATO Patrol Duty, Intercepted 23 Russian Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...