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ADMACS Giving Sailors a Next Generation Edge
November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- Engineers at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N
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BOC Aviation Orders 20 A320 Family Aircraft
November 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTOULOUSE, France --- BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing unit of Bank of China, has placed additional firm orders with Airbus for 20 A320 Family aircraft. The announcement was made today at the Zhuhai Air Show in China
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Oshkosh Defense Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract to Provide Next-Generation Family of Heavy...
November 3, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will add more than 6,000 upgraded vehicles to the U
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Remote-Controlled Weapon Stations Delivered to the Bundeswehr On Time
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMKASSEL, Germany --- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has carried out the first partial delivery of seven light FLW 100 weapon stations to the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB). The contract signed in July of this year allows for the production and delivery of 230 light (FLW 100) and 190 heavy weapon stations (FLW 200) in all
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Detecting Dirty Bomb Material with ESA Gamma-Ray Technology
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESAs Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive material mixed with conventional explosives in dirty bombs.>> ESA has supported the development of technology for gamma-ray astronomy for more than 40 years
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AARGM Enters Production
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>Navair has confirmed that the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) has been approved for low-rate initial production. (Navair photo)NAVAIRs newest advanced weapon for destruction of enemy air defenses, AGM-88E, was recently approved to go into low rate production, and the NAWCWD Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) Technical Project Office (TPO) played a major role in achieving that milestone
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U.S. Navy, Raytheon Achieve Program Milestone on New Joint Standoff Weapon Variant...
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTUCSON, Ariz. --- The U
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Fincantieri to Build New Fleet Tanker for the Indian Navy
October 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOn the occasion of the international exhibition Euronaval – the most important trade fair for the defence industries currently in progress in Paris-Le Bourget – Fincantieri has announced the company has gained an order to build a fleet tanker for the Indian Navy. Following previous orders to Russian industries, this is the first order for a surface vessel for which India has chosen a foreign company, Fincantieri, which competed to win the order against leading international players, especially from Russia and Korea
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Spirit AeroSystems to Design and Build Pylon for Mitsubishi Regional Jet
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems has been selected by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation to design and build the pylon for its new next-generation regional jetliner, known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ)
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AF Officials Agree to Ship 18 Cargo Planes to Afghanistan
October 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --- The deal is done for the Air Force officials to ship 18 G-222 cargo planes to the Afghan National Air Corps
Japan to Explore Airbus’ Eurodrone as Maritime Surveillance Anti-submarine Warfare Craft
After Germany, UK Changes Warship Acquisition Plans
UK Army Unveils Challenger 3 Tank to Rival Russian Armata
Poland to Acquire Three A26 Submarines from Saab for $4.8 Billion
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