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Chinese PLA Shuts Down Regional Military-Run Newspapers
January 19, 2016 @ 11:14 AMThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) has shut down several military-run newspapers recently as part of the ongoing reform. The newspapers were run by China's seven regional commands, respectively headquartered in Shenyang, Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Lanzhou, Global Times reported Tuesday
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Three Former Employees Of Singapore's ST Marine In Corruption Net
January 14, 2016 @ 11:33 AMThree former employees of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) were charged in the State Courts of Singapore on 13 January for their involvement in the corruption racket. As part of 2011 investigation launched by Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), former ST Marine employees - chief operating officer Han Yew Kwang, President of commercial business Tan Mong Seng (Tan) and Senior Vice President Mok Kim Whang (Mok) are charged under the section 477A of the Penal Code of the Prevention of Corruption Act
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US Army Awards $900 Million To 17 Companies For Biological And Chemical
January 13, 2016 @ 01:23 PMThe US Army has awarded $900 million in contracts to 17 companies in logistics and services for biological and chemical war projects. The companies, including the Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio and the Camber Corp
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ADSB, Drydocks Sign MoU To Strengthen UAE Maritime Sector
January 12, 2016 @ 05:51 AMAbu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC (ADSB) and Drydocks World signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday to create an industrial entity to strengthen maritime projects in the UAE and across the GCC. The MoU aims to enhance knowledge transfer and capabilities exchange between the two companies and is the basis for future cooperation agreements
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Russian Military Base In Armenia Gets New Set Of Takhion UAVs
January 11, 2016 @ 11:54 AMThe Russian military base in Armenia has received a new batch of domestically-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the press office of Russias Southern Military District said on Monday. "Modern domestically-made drones Takhion have entered service in the UAV unit of the Southern Military Districts military base located in the Republic of Armenia," the press office said in a statement, TASS reports
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South Sudan’s Army Acquires Shoulder Missiles From Unidentified Source: Report
January 5, 2016 @ 01:11 PMThe Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), an official army of South Sudan, has admitted to have recently acquire supplies of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles from an unidentified source, local media reports. A high ranking military officer in the army and a longtime military ally of President Salva Kiir told Sudan Tribune on the New Year Eve that the army had obtained dozens of shoulder missiles
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Indian Air Force Base Under Attack, Two Soldiers Killed
January 2, 2016 @ 08:09 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) base in the northwestern state of Punjab was attacked by a group of gunmen on Saturday morning. Four of the gunmen were killed by the security forces at the base in Pathankot, located about 50km from the Pakistan border, Al Jazeera reported Saturday
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China Unveils New Reforms To Restructure Military
January 2, 2016 @ 07:38 AMChina has launched a major military restructuring process, as part of a major overhaul of the armed forces announced by President Xi Jinping in November, state media said on Friday. At a ceremony on Thursday, Xi inaugurated a new general command unit for the army, a missile force and a strategic support force for People's Liberation Army (PLA), state news agency Xinhua said
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Phillippines To Receive 10 Patrol Ships From Japan
December 29, 2015 @ 11:59 AMThe Philippine Coast Guard will receive ten new multirole response vessels from Japan starting next year until 2018 via a financial assistance of US $156 million from Japan. The first three vessels would start arriving every other month in the second half of next year, five more by 2017 and the remaining two in 2018, Coast Guard officer-in-charge Rear Admiral William Melad was quoted as saying by Philstar news daily Tuesday
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DARPA, Northrop To Build Full-Scale Demo of UAV For Small Ships
December 29, 2015 @ 08:48 AMThe US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a Northrop Grumman-led team a project to build a full-scale technology demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV called Tern, designed to use forward-deployed small ships as mobile launch and recovery sites. The first two phases of Tern successfully focused on preliminary design and risk reduction
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...
