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BrahMos Aerospace To Showcase Entire Range Of Missiles At Oboronexpo 2014
August 4, 2014 @ 10:01 AMBrahMos Aerospace will display its entire missile family at the Oboronexpo 2014 weapons exhibition, according to various reports. The range of missiles, which can be launched from the air, land, sea surface, or underwater, will be showcased at the exhibition that will be held near the Russian capital on August 13-17
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DCNS Floats FREMM Frigate Languedoc
July 14, 2014 @ 09:22 AMDCNS floated the FREMM multi-mission frigate Languedoc in Lorient, France ordered by OCCAri on behalf of the French Directorate General and the French Navy on12 July 2014. “Over the coming months, the Groups teams alongside the teams of its subcontractors will pursue the assembly and integration of the different systems on the FREMM Languedoc” explains Anne Bianchi, Director of the FREMM Program at DCNS
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DCNS Opens Program-Management Premises in Toulon
July 8, 2014 @ 08:34 AMNathalie Smirnov, director of the DCNS Services division, inaugurated the premises dedicated to the maintenance and modernization program for part of the Saudi Arabian military fleet. These programs correspond to the different Service contracts, of which the most recent LEX (Life Extension) was initiated in the fall 2013
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New Frigate, Destroyer To Leapfrog Indian Navy Surface Capability
June 27, 2014 @ 09:34 AMIndian Navys surface capability is hovering for a quantum jump with the induction of Kolkata (P15 A Destroyer) and Kamorta (P 28 ASW Frigate), said Admiral R K Dhowan on Thursday. Speaking at the bi-annual Naval Commanders' Conference at New Delhi held from 24-26 Jun 2014, Admiral Dhowan discussed the self-reliance program of the Navy and indigenization of platforms, weapons, sensors and equipment, through public as well as private sectors
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GE To Power UK Navy Ships With Electrical Propulsion
June 25, 2014 @ 10:21 AMGE Power Conversion business has won the design, development and assessment (DDA) contract to provide the electric propulsion systems to Type 26 Global Combat Ships of the UK Navy. BAE systems chose GE Power Conversion Business for the program
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Northrop Grumman, USN Flight Test Fire Scout UAV Simultaneously With The MH-60R...
June 12, 2014 @ 02:02 PMNorthrop Grumman and the U.S
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BAE Systems Announces Contracts For Type 26 Frigate
June 5, 2014 @ 11:28 AMBAE Systems will be joined by six companies in building the new Type 26 frigate for Britain's Royal Navy. The six companies include Babcock, for the ship's air weapons handling system; DCNS for work on the vessel's propulsion shaft lines; GE Energy Power Conversion for the ship's electric propulsion motor and drive system; Imtech, for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and the low-voltage electrical equipment; Raytheon, for development of integrated navigation and bridge systems; and Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions for the ship's fixed firefighting systems
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MKU Joins Germany's Baden Wurttemberg Class Frigate Project
June 3, 2014 @ 02:22 PMThe German shipyards, Thyssenkrupp and Lurssen have selected the domestic company, MKU GmbH for its Baden Wurttemberg class frigate project which is being built for the German Navy estimated 650 million Euro. This is a unique project which features enhanced survivability - ensuring that the ships remain operational in spite of severe damage due to accident or enemy action
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New Zealand To Buy MBDA's Sea Ceptor
May 27, 2014 @ 09:34 AMThe New Zealand Ministry of Defence signed a contract on 21st May with MBDA for the provision of Sea Ceptor for the Local Area Air Defence element of the Royal New Zealand Navys ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade (FSU) project. This contract confirms the selection of the system by the RNZN for its ANZAC frigates that was announced in October 2013
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DCNS To Begin Sea Trails Of FREMM Normandie
May 16, 2014 @ 09:51 AMThe FREMM Normandie multi-mission frigate, second of the series ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the DGA (Direction Générale de lArmement) and the French Navy, left the DCNS site in Lorient on 14 May on its way to the DCNS site in Toulon. Over the next few weeks, DCNS will perform a new series of sea trials to test the performance of the FREMMs combat system before delivery to the French Navy at the end of 2014, the company said in a statement
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Iran Tests Qaseed Rocket to Launch Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Italy to Convert Gulfstream Jets into Electronic Attack Aircraft under BAE–L3Harris Deal...
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...
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...