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US Sets-Up Inter-Agency Process For India’s Request For Guardian UAVs
September 7, 2016 @ 10:35 AMThe US government has started an inter-agency process on the Indian request for unarmed Guardian drones for its maritime surveillance in the Indian Ocean. The move comes after India was designated a major defence partner of the US in June
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Nigeria Gets Helicopter Maintenance Center
September 6, 2016 @ 02:30 PMThe Nigerian Air Force has set up its first indigenous Periodic Depot Maintenance center to take care of its aircrafts and eliminating capital flights. It says the centre would now take care of its aircrafts indigenously, and thereby eliminating capital flight
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Sri Lanka’s Former Defense Secretary Among Eight Indicted For Arms Scandal
September 6, 2016 @ 11:07 AMSri Lankas Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) indicted eight people including former defense secretary and three ex-navy commanders for illegally allowing a private floating armory worth $171 million. CIABOC filed charges against former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others for allowing private Avant Garde Maritime Services to operate the armoury and provide sea marshal services,
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders Delivers “TIHAYU” Fast Attack Craft To Indian Navy
September 6, 2016 @ 04:40 AMThe Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC), “TIHAYU” built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was handed over to the Indian Navy. Admiral (Retd) AK Verma, Chairman & Managing Director,
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DCNS To Lose Additional Three Submarine Order From India
September 5, 2016 @ 11:30 AMDCNS is unlikely to garner a proposed order for additional three new submarines from India apart from existing deal for six already being built in the country after sensitive data leak that happened last month. On August 24, this year, a tranche of 22,000 odd documents of the Indian Navys $3
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Polish Land Forces Academy Orders Saab Tactical Simulation System
September 2, 2016 @ 12:32 PMSaab has signed a two-year agreement with General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military Academy of Land Forces in Wroclaw (WSOWL), Poland, to deliver a high fidelity Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS). This initial order will provide the future officers with training system, which offers interoperability options within NATO and beyond, the company said in a statement Friday
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India’s Rafale Deal Reaches Prime Minister’s Office For Final Clearance
September 2, 2016 @ 07:30 AMThe Indian defense ministry has cleared the multi-billion euro deal to purchase 36 Rafale fighters and has sent the file to the Prime Ministers office for final clearance. The Council had last month reviewed the deal and directed the Indian negotiating team to submit its report "expeditiously"
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Kratos, Robonic To Deliver Launchers For US
August 27, 2016 @ 08:37 AMKratos Defense & Security Solutions has partnered with Finlands Robonic Ltd Oy to deliver Robonics third-generation launcher to support US Army drone requirements. Under the Kratos-MRC prime contract, Kratos-MRC and Safran's subsidiary Robonic will deliver two KONTIO launchers to the U
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N. Korea To Develop Larger-Class Submarine For Missile Launch
August 25, 2016 @ 02:38 PMNorth Korea is building a larger-class submarine for further developing the ballistic missile capacity by 2020. North Korea is constructing a new bigger class of submarine than the existing Sinpo-class, and the new project seems to have been started several years ago, Joseph Bermudez, co-founder and chief analytic officer of AllSource Analysis, said at a briefing organized by 38 North
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Who Benefits From Indian Scorpene Submarine Data Leak?
August 25, 2016 @ 11:13 AMEven as French naval contractor DCNS said on Wednesday it may have been the victim of "economic warfare" after secrets about its Scorpene submarines being built in India were leaked, question arises as to who will benefit from the data leak. DCNS is perhaps the most successful submarine manufacturer in recent times with contract wins in India, Austalia, Norway, Brazil and Poland among others
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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