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MD Helicopters To Supply Six MD 530G Scout Attack Choppers To Malaysia
February 2, 2016 @ 08:35 AMMD Helicopters has won a bid to supply six MD 530G scout attack helicopters to Malaysia and will be delivering the first chopper by year-end. It will complete full fleet delivery by the end of first quarter of 2017, the company said in a statement Monday
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Boeing Wins $25 Million Contract For Air Force One Aircraft Replacement
January 30, 2016 @ 07:44 AMBoeing has won $25 million contract to start work on replacing Air Force One, the aircraft serving the US president, with a new aircraft based on its 747-800 design, the Department of Defense announced Friday. "The presidential aircraft is one of the most visible symbols of the United States of America at home and abroad," Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said according to an official Air Force News Service (AFNS) report
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Two Serving Indian Army Generals To Be Probed For Bribery
January 29, 2016 @ 01:32 PMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated an inquiry against two serving Major Generals of the Indian Army in connection with disproportionate assets and bribe for securing promotions. The Army officers who are under CBI scanner are: Major General Ashok Kumar and Major General SS Lamba
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US Navy Commander Received Lady Gaga Concert Tickets In Exchange For Classified...
January 29, 2016 @ 12:18 PMA US Navy Commander has pleaded guilty of passing on classified information in exchange for paid travel, prostitutes and Lady Gaga concert tickets from a Malaysian defense contractor. “Commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz is charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and bribery of a public official from his involvement in a scandal surrounding a contractor who serviced ships in the Navys Pacific fleet,” Reuters reported Friday
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Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyers To Undergo Refits Amid Reliability Concerns
January 29, 2016 @ 12:04 PMThe UK Defense ministry has confirmed that the Royal Navys Type 45 destroyers, which are considered the most modern warships, will undergo major refits amid concern over their reliability. The move follows reports of persistent problems with the engines and power systems on the ships
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Ukraine Orders Liquidation Of Antonov Group
January 28, 2016 @ 12:39 PMThe Ukrainian government has decided to liquidate the aircraft manufacturer Antonov while its enterprises will be assigned to the state defense group Ukroboronprom. The government has taken this decision "due to the absence of participants" as all the three enterprises, which actually made up the aircraft manufacturer, quit it already last year to be integrated into Ukroboronprom, TASS quoted the ministrys press office as saying
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Anonymous Hacker Group Attacks Twenty Thai Prison Websites In Protest Of Koh...
January 28, 2016 @ 08:09 AMHackers belonging to the Anonymous group have taken down 20 websites of Thai Department of Corrections on Thursday to protest against the Koh Tao ruling on the murder of two British Tourists. In a post to the Anonymous for Justice Facebook page, a relatively small community among numerous Anonymous pages, hacktivists belonging to the Blink Hackers Group posted a screenshot of a web server status check page showing that the main Corrections Department website was offline, Bangkok Post reported today
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Boeing Awarded $8 Million For C-17 Training To NATO
January 27, 2016 @ 02:21 PMThe Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program will soon train C-17 aircrews at Boeings C-17 International Training Centre (ITC) in the United Kingdom under a new $8 million contract. SAC is comprised of ten NATO countries and two NATO Partnership for Peace countries
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Philippine Navy’s New Sealift Vessel To Undergo Sea Trials In March
January 25, 2016 @ 08:57 AMOne of the Philippine Navys strategic sealift vessels being constructed in Indonesia will be subjected to the final testing process in March this year, before its handed over to the Philippines. The one of two SSVs will be subjected to a sea trial once the ships interiors are finished and its 117-member Navy crew arrives in Indonesia to conduct the test, Inquirer
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BAE Systems Nulka Decoy Launched From US Aircraft Carrier
January 22, 2016 @ 10:35 AMThe US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower completed the first successful carrier launch of the MK 234 Nulka countermeasure fired from the MK 53 Decoy Launching System (DLS), on Dec
India Inks $7.4B Deal With France for 26 Rafale Marine Jets
Turkish Land Forces Induct Havelsan Baha VTOL UAS
North Korea Declares Completion Of Military Operation In Russia’s Kursk Region
U.S. Declines Taiwan’s Request for MH-60R Helicopters, E-2D Radar Aircraft...
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...
