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India Modernizes Its Laser Wall To 'Seal' India-Pakistan Border Against Infiltration
October 22, 2016 @ 09:53 AMIndias Border Security Force (BSF) has upgraded the laser wall technology that is being used along the Indo-Pakistan international broder late last month to strengthen the India-Pakistan international border against infiltration. Apart from detecting breach, the laser wall that use laser beams and infrared rays, is also able to distinguish between wild animal and human
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Canada Completes CC-130J Hercules Fleet Upgrade
October 19, 2016 @ 03:06 PMThe Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) marked the completion of a major upgrade of all 17 CC-130J Hercules aircraft. The 17th and last upgraded Hercules was received on October 13, 2016, Canadian Department of National defense said in a statement Tuesday
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India Faces Shortage Of Interpreters To Translate Intercepts Of Terrorist Conversations
October 17, 2016 @ 01:18 PMIndian army is facing shortage of trained interpreters in Urdu, Pashtun and Dari to translate the intercepted conversation between terrorists. Though shortage of trained men to interpret has existed for long, it has become a major issue now as the agencies are picking up frequent chatter after the Sep 29 surgical strikes, the
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Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon In Kuwait’s $194 Million Radar Field Systems Contract
October 14, 2016 @ 03:54 PMThe US State Department has approved sale of radar field systems and related equipment, training and support to Kuwait for $194 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Thursday
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Lockheed Martin To Deliver New and Upgraded Long Range Radars To Jordan
October 14, 2016 @ 12:14 PMLockheed Martin has been awarded $41 million contract to procure, deliver, and install Gap Filler Radar to Jordan. Contractor will provide two long range radars, and three upgrades to existing long range radars, and integrate new and upgraded radar into the overall command, control and communications system, the US department of defense said in a statement Friday
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Alpha To Build Three Simulators For Indian Air Force
October 13, 2016 @ 02:58 PMAlpha Design has plans to build three hi-tech simulators for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to train its pilots to fly fighters and helicopters. The contract is being awarded to the electronic devices manufacturer to build, operate and manage the simulators on its air bases at Adhampur near Jallandhar in Punjab, Sarsawa near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Bagdogra near Darjeeling in West Bengal, Alpha Chairman and Managing Director Colonel H
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General Dynamics Wins $508 Million To Upgrade US Army Stryker Vehicles
October 13, 2016 @ 11:00 AMGeneral Dynamics has won a $508 million contract to upgrade US Armys 215 Stryker flat bottom vehicles to double-V engineering change proposal one configuration. The IAV Stryker is a family of 8x8 chassis armoured fighting vehicles derived from the wheeled armoured vehicle Canadian LAV III, which in turn was based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III 8x8, and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems
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US Approves AC-208 Aircraft Sale To Iraq
October 7, 2016 @ 02:23 PMThe US State Department has approved a $65.3 million worth sale of AC-208 aircraft to Iraq today to continue its fight against ISIL
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IAF Jaguar Aircraft To Be Equipped With Modern AESA Radars
October 6, 2016 @ 03:18 PMIndian Air Force will upgrade its 120 Jaguar aircraft with Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and new Honeywell F-125N engines. During his customary annual press conference ahead of the Air Force Day on October 8, the IAF Chief of Air Staff Arup Raha said: “The air force has plans to re-engine its fleet of Anglo-French Jaguar strike aircraft”
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US Army To Complete MUM-TX Tests For Boeing Apache Attack Helicopters
October 5, 2016 @ 10:54 AMThe US Army will continue testing of enhanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-TX) capabilities for its Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter and hopes to complete them by this year. It will also carry out tests on a host of upgrades known as Version 6 for the helicopter, US Army programme manager Colonel Jeffrey Hager was quoted as saying by
South Korea Bolsters Space Surveillance with Fourth Military Satellite Launch
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AV Secures $46.6M Contract with Italian MoD for JUMP 20 VTOL Drones
China, Indonesia Hold First Meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...
