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Admiral Lanba Takes Over As New Indian Navy Chief
June 1, 2016 @ 02:30 PMVice Admiral Sunil Lanba has taken over as Indian Navy Chief on Tuesday, as Admiral RK Dhowan superannuated from service. “I am sure under his leadership, the Indian Navy will execute every task,” the ex-chief of the Naval Staff, Dhowan said
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Finmeccanica Blacklist Is Retaliation For Marines' Return: Italian Media
June 1, 2016 @ 02:27 PMIndias decision to cancel all on-going tenders for defence equipment won by Italys Finmeccanica is in retaliation to return of the marines involved in killing two Kerala fishermen in 2012 to Italy. Accoridng to Italian publication,
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Bangladesh Army Deploys SWORD Software For Command Post Training
May 31, 2016 @ 09:42 AMMASA has delivered a completely customized version of its wargame with automated forces, SWORD, to the Bangladesh Army, in order to equip its Computerized War-Game Center (CWGC). The Bangladesh Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC) has chosen to employ SWORD for command post training from Battalion to Division level
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Bulgarian Cabinet Approves 1.16B Euros Worth Jet Fighter, Patrol Ship Projects
May 30, 2016 @ 02:34 PMThe Bulgarian Cabinet last week approved defense projects worth well more than a billion euro to acquire new jet fighters and two new naval patrol vessels. The Bulgarian Parliaments committees on defence and on budget and finance has approved the military shopping list, also including armoured vehicles, at the end of March, The Sofia Globe reported
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Russia To Deliver Two Frigates To Vietnam In August, September
May 26, 2016 @ 02:31 PMVietnam will receive two Project 11661 Gepard-3.9-class frigates built by Russias Zelenodolsk Shipyard in August and September this year
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US Lifting Vietnam Arms Embargo Should Worry Russia
May 23, 2016 @ 01:00 PMUS lifting a 50 year old arms embargo against Vietnam should have Russia worried as Moscow currently meets over 80% of Hanois defence imports in value terms. Russia recent despatched the last of six Kilo-class submarines as part of a procurement contract worth US$2 billion signed in 2009
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Royal Navy Selects iXBlue's Inertial Technology For Surface Ships, Subs
May 19, 2016 @ 08:44 AMiXBlue has won a contract to provide 70 MARINS M7 to equip 35 Royal Navy major surface ships and submarines, as part of the Navigation Compass Programme (NCP). The decisions to equip both the Queen Elizabeth-Class Aircraft Carriers and the fourth Astute-Class nuclear-power submarine with iXBlues MARINS Inertial Navigation System (INS) were the first steps made by the UK Ministry of Defense toward the adoption of iXBlue Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology
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Indian Navy Orders MAN Medium Diesel Engines For Stealth Frigates
May 18, 2016 @ 07:15 AMThe Indian Navy has ordered MAN medium diesel engines for its Project 17A stealth frigates. The Indian Navy has ordered seven of the 149 m guided missile frigates, each equipped with two MAN 12V28/33D STC engines
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Iran Equips M60 Tanks With Anti-TOW Jamming Systems
May 13, 2016 @ 10:29 AMIran has equipped its M60 tanks with jamming system to improve performance of TOW and other anti-tank guided missiles. "We have mounted fire-control and jamming systems on M60 tanks to be able to divert TOW and other anti-armored missiles," Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General
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Iran To Mass Produce Home-Grown 'Bavar-373' Air Defense System This Year
May 10, 2016 @ 11:13 AMIran will mass produce its indigenous air defense system this year even as it has equipped its air defense base with Russian S-300 missile system. “The Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has received the strategic S-300 air defense missile system,” Iranian defense minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying by
Taiwan Unveils Chiang Kung Missile Defense System
U.K. to Provide Ukraine with New Truck-mounted 40mm Air Defense System
Airbus Flexrotor Drone Helps Identify Narco Boat, Monitor Interdiction
Belgium Army Unveils First 'Griffon' Armored Vehicle
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
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...
