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Italy Provides Evidence In India’s AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Scam
September 28, 2015 @ 09:26 AMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation has received evidential material in the 3,600 crore VVIP chopper bribery scam involving Agustawestland from Italy. Italy has sent a compact disc (CD) two months ago which reportedly has details about various companies and individuals that include former Finmeccanica Chief Giuseppe Orsi and former Agustawestland head Spagnolini Bruno, their bank transactions and other documents
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DARPA Demos Parasailing ISR Payload For Ships
September 25, 2015 @ 03:32 PMAn intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) payload suspended 500 ft-1500 ft from a parasail behind a ship has been demonstrated by the US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA). The low-cost, fully automated parafoil systems prototype is designed to extend maritime vessels long-distance communications and improve their domain awareness
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Egypt To Buy 50 Ka-52 Helicopter From Russia
September 24, 2015 @ 03:46 PMRussia and Egypt have reportedly signed a deal for the 50 Ka-52 helicopters possibly meant to be stationed on the Mistral carrier. "An agreement on the supplies of fifty Ka-52 helicopters has been signed," Tass quoted an unnamed source as saying Thursday
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Gulf Arab States May Part-Finance Mistral Sale To Egypt
September 24, 2015 @ 10:34 AMGulf Arab States such as Saudi Arabia and UAE may part-finance the two Mistral warships which Egypt is to buy under a 950 million euros ($1.06 billion) deal with France
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Russia Okay With French Mistral Carriers Sale To Egypt
September 23, 2015 @ 03:47 PMRussia is likely not to interfere with French Mistral helicopter carriers sale to Egypt as it stands to gain helicopter deals. Egypt has agreed to buy both the French Mistral helicopter carriers that were meant for Russia, the French Presidents office confirmed on Wednesday
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Japan To Launch Defense Procurement Agency On Oct 1
September 23, 2015 @ 01:51 PMJapan is setting up a new defense procurement agency on October 1st to deal with research and development, procurement and export of defense equipment. The defense ministry plans to curb corruption by strengthening its auditing capability at its new agency and cut procurement costs by bulk purchase of common defense equipment for the Ground, Maritime and Air Forces, Japan Times reported Wednesday
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Indian Coast Guard Commissions Patrol, Interceptor Vessels
September 22, 2015 @ 12:46 PMIndian coast guard has commissioned two vessels, ICGS Apoorva Fast Patrol and Interceptor Boat C-421 into coastal security. The ICGS Apoorva is a 50 meter long boat capable of speeding at 33 knots and can displace 317 tonnes
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CACI To Support US Naval Air Warfare Center's Communications Capability
September 21, 2015 @ 03:59 PMCACI International has won a $63.5 million bridge contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to continue its support for NAWCADs Special Communications Mission Solutions (SCMS) Division
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Cubic Wins US Army I-MILES Simulation And Training Contract
September 21, 2015 @ 03:37 PMCubic Corp has won a $20 million contract for its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS) for the US Armys Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). I-MILES IWS is integral to the quality of home-station training as it offers improvements to realism during training
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Pentagon Sets Up India Centric Rapid Reaction Cell For DTTI
September 16, 2015 @ 02:46 PMPentagon has set up India centric Rapid Reaction Cell (IRRC) to work all the initiatives ongoing under Indo-US DTTI (Defense Trade and Technology Initiative). “The cell is part of the efforts to pursue both the initiatives that came out of the joint statement between the US President and the Indian Prime Minister in January in New Delhi and an initiative to move quickly and timely and be thorough, which in my opinion requires dedicated support to ramp up the operational tempo,” Keith Webster, who heads the IRRC was quoted as saying by PTI Tuesday
Russian MS-21-300 Airliner Demonstrates 3800 km Range, Single Engine Take-off
KNDS Announces Initial Pubic Offering to Sell 20% of Existing Share Capital
Ukrainian UAVs Attacked Over 800,000 Russian Targets Since January 2026
French DGA Orders 5000 Combat Surveillance Drones from Harmattan AI
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