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China Unveils New Reforms To Restructure Military

January 2, 2016 @ 07:38 AM

China 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
Phillippines To Receive 10 Patrol Ships From Japan

December 29, 2015 @ 11:59 AM

The 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
DARPA, Northrop To Build Full-Scale Demo of UAV For Small Ships

December 29, 2015 @ 08:48 AM

The 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
10 Killed In Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Crash

December 26, 2015 @ 12:05 PM

At least 10 people were reported killed in a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crash in the countrys northern Krasnoyarsk region Thursday. "Latest data showed that 10 people have died in the crash and 15 others have been taken to hospital," the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office said in a statement
Saab, UMS Aero Form Tactical UAVs Joint Venture

December 22, 2015 @ 06:08 AM

Defence and security company Saab and UMS Aero Group AG, a Swiss supplier of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are forming a joint venture under the name UMS Skeldar AG. UMS Skeldar will strengthen Saab's offerings in the tactical UAV market
Philippines Plans $1.8 Billion Defense Spend To Tackle Chinese Threat

December 21, 2015 @ 02:44 PM

Philippines has allocated 83.9 billion pesos ($1
Thales Gets New Head Of Media Relations

December 21, 2015 @ 08:46 AM

Cédric Leurquin has joined the Thales group as Head of Media Relations and Newsdesk. He reports to Matt Pothecary, Vice-President, Group Communications at Thales
Israeli Navy’s New Submarine ‘Rahav’ Sets Sail

December 18, 2015 @ 02:01 PM

Israeli Navys new submarine Rahav set sail from the German port of Kiel. During the voyage, the Rahav will drop anchor and hold a brief ceremony near the spot where the Israeli submarine "Dakar" sank in 1968
Artec Wins Boxer Vehicles Contract From German Bundeswehr

December 18, 2015 @ 12:37 PM

Artec, a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall has won a contract worth EUR 476 million to provide the German Bundeswehr with 131 high-protection vehicles of Boxer type. The order commissioned by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), is due to deliver the Boxer vehicles between 2017 and 2020
Lockheed Martin Sues Pentagon Over $6.7 Billion Combat Vehicle Contract

December 18, 2015 @ 10:18 AM

Lockheed Martin has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon over the decision to award $6.7 billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract to Oshkosh for replacement of US Armys Humvee fleet

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