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Tektronix Acquire Newfield Wireless
December 23, 2013 @ 10:37 AMTektronix Communications announced today that it has acquired Newfield Wireless, a privately held pioneer in next-generation mobile network optimization with geoanalytics intelligence. Within the mobile network, the Radio Access Network (RAN) portion includes thousands of wireless cell towers deployed across vast geographies
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Russia To Help Indian Navy In Submarine Sinking Probe
August 16, 2013 @ 04:20 PMThe recent blow up of a Russian-built Indian navy submarine will be investigated by a team of Russian naval engineering specialists, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday. The INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo-class (Project 877 EKM) diesel-electric powered vessel sank in harbor on Wednesday, after a fire triggered the explosion of at least two torpedoes or missiles on board, in a blast that lit up the city's waterfront, killing 18 crew members
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Tested MK-41 Anti-Ship Missile
June 7, 2013 @ 08:19 AMLockheed Martin recently completed MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) testing of a simulated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). Four consecutive tests verified that the simulated LRASM can break or "push through" the MK 41 canister's forward cover without causing damage to the composite structure, air data probe or coatings of the missile
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Russia Plans To Fulfil Iraqi Arms Deal
May 31, 2013 @ 08:59 AMRussia plans to start fulfilling its arms exports contract with Iraq upon receiving an advance payment, Russian Technologies CEO Sergei Chemezov announced. “The contract is being implemented, the production [of ordered equipment] has started,” Chemezov told RIA Novosti at the opening ceremony of a Russian grenade-launcher assembly facility in Jordan on Thursday
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AgustaWestland Seeks Release of Payment in Indian VVIP Deal
May 28, 2013 @ 12:32 PMAgustaWestland has sought release of payment from the Indian MoD on grounds that it is performing its part of the contract in the supply of 12 VVIP helicopters to India. In separate communications to the Indian MoD and the External Affairs ministry, the company has invoked the performance clause in the contract
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Iraq Reopens Russian Weapons Deal Probe
May 22, 2013 @ 02:19 PMIraq's Central Criminal Court has recommenced a probe into officials suspected of corruption in a $4.2 billion deal to purchase Russian weapons, according to a senior Iraqi official
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Finmeccanica Not Likely To Be Blacklisted In India, Still A Contender For...
April 30, 2013 @ 02:49 PMFinmeccanica does not run the risk of being blacklisted in India despite ongoing investigations pointing to money laundering and corruption, according to reports. And still remains a candidate in an Indian government bidding contest for helicopters
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Iraqi Probe Finds Ukraine Delivered Low-Quality APCs
March 1, 2013 @ 02:54 PMUkraine has come under fire after a senior Iraqi official accused the country of delivering low-quality armored personnel carriers and breaching the delivery terms of a contract signed in 2009. “A probe into Ukrainian arms deliveries to Iraq revealed corruption with regard to Part 3 of the contract, concerning the sale of 420 armored personnel carriers, of which only about 100 have been delivered to date despite the fact that the contract was ratified several years ago,” Shiwan Muhammad Taha, a member of the Iraqi parliaments security and defense commission, said in an interview with RIA Novosti
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Indian Investigation Agency Opens Enquiry Into VVIP Helicopter Scam
February 26, 2013 @ 03:49 PMIndias ace investigation agency the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) on Monday registered a Preliminary Enquiry against the then Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal (retd) SP Tyagi, his cousins, CEOs of Finmeccanica and its subsidiary AgustaWestland in the procurement of 12AW 101 VVIP/VIP helicopters. According to allegations, middlemen influenced and bribed officials on behalf of Finmeccanica to win the helicopter deal
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Indian Govt Freezes Helicopter Payment
February 15, 2013 @ 07:48 AMThe Indian government has frozen payments for nine of 12 VVIP helicopters it intended to procure from AgustaWestland worth $750 million as the countrys premier investigation agency conducts its probe just days after AWs CEO Guiseppe Orsi was arrested. AgustaWestland recently delivered the first three helicopters with the remaining scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year
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