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Having Recovered US$377 Million From AgustaWestland, India Likely To Close Bribery Probe
June 23, 2015 @ 03:53 PMIndia is likely to shut the AgustaWestland chopper bribery case due to lack of evidence after recovering INR 2,400 crore (US $377 million) deposited as bank guarantee in Italy and India. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has not made any headway in the scam investigation that involves former Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief SP Tyagi, his cousins and former top executives of Finmeccanica, the parent company of AgustaWestland
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Russia To Start Building New Aircraft Carrier After 2025
June 22, 2015 @ 10:48 AMRussia will start building a new aircraft carrier for its Navy after 2025, a Russian Military official said Monday. “Work for creating an aircraft carrier has never stopped
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Small Arms Maker Colt Files For Bankruptcy, Receives Buyout Offer
June 19, 2015 @ 12:19 PMUS based Firearms manufacturer Colt has filed for bankruptcy after it failed to garner support of bondholders for a debt reshaping agreement, the company said in a statement last Sunday. "Colt plans to try to reduce its $355 million debt burden via a court-supervised auction of its business, to generate proceeds to repay some of its lenders," Wall Street Journal reported Monday, 15, June 2015
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Bavarian Police Receives Upgraded Airbus H135s Helicopter
June 19, 2015 @ 08:39 AMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it has delivered the first retrofitted H135s choppers to the Bavarian Police in Germany. The H135s, currently showcased at the ongoing Paris Airshow is upgraded to retrofit package that significantly improves the operating performance and the handling qualities retaining the payload lift capabilities of this lightweight twin-engine rotorcraft
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Airbus Helicopters To Display Combat, SAR Choppers At Paris Air Show 2015
June 11, 2015 @ 02:03 PMAirbus Helicopters will be showcasing its latest combat, search and rescue and tactical transport helicopters at Paris Air Show 2015, the company said in a statement today. Airbus helicopters will display H160 rotorcraft that has distinctive Blue Edge blades, canted Fenestron and biplane stabilizer TM
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China Customs to Become World’s First Such Agency to Use Remotely Operated...
June 3, 2015 @ 07:05 PMCybAero which designs and manufactures remotely operated choppers as completed tests of its remotely piloted helicopter systems to be supplied to China Customs for use from its new ships. The tests were performed with the Chinese shipyard that builds the ships for the end user
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India To Clear Apache, Chinook Helicopter Deals Soon
May 27, 2015 @ 12:04 PMThe Indian defence ministry has cleared more than $3.1 billion worth two deals to buy US-built attack and heavy-lift helicopters for equipping the Indian Air Force, Hindustan Times reported Tuesday
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Delivery Of Russian S-300 Missiles To Iran "Soon": Iranian Minister
May 26, 2015 @ 08:28 AMThe delivery of the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran will take place ‘quite soon, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday. "The negotiations on the subject have ended in success
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Russia Expects Notification On Ka-226T Choppers Production In India
May 22, 2015 @ 01:04 PMRussia is expecting a formal notification from the Indian government on its decision to launch Ka-226T cargo-transport helicopter project at the earliest, Sputnik reported Thursday. We expect 200 aircraft to be manufactured in the initial phase, a formal notification from the Indian side is expected in the near future,” Alexander Mikheev, Russian Helicopters CEO was quoted as saying by the news website
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Saudi Arabia To Buy $1.9 Billion 10 Sikorsky MH60R Choppers, Precision Weapons
May 22, 2015 @ 08:56 AMSaudi Arabia will be buying 10 Sikorsky SeaHawk MH60R multi-mission helicopters equipped with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and Hellfire II missiles from US for $1.9 billion
Colombia Confirms Gripen Jet Purchase
Russian TU-22M3 Bomber Crashes Near the Russian Far East, One Pilot Killed...
French DGA, Airbus Unveils All-new NH90 Caiman Standard 2 Helicopter
Israeli Airstrike Targets UNRWA Clinic in Jabalia, 19 Killed
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...