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Taiwan To Induct To Warships From The U.S By 2015
November 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMTaiwan’s defence minister Kao Hua-chu has announced his country’s plan to two warships from the U.S to modernise its naval force amid a perceived military threat from China
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Italian Politics, Commercial Rivalry Behind The AgustaWestland Bribery Reports In India?
November 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s defense procurement plans have been marred by a barrage of bribery and corruption allegations that seem to weasel out at an inopportune moment. Recently, the Indian Air Force’s plan to procure 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland came under the scanner after reports of kickbacks surfaced in a section of the Indian media
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French DGA Successfully Carries First End To End Firing Of MBDA Naval...
October 26, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe French DGA has successfully carried out the first end to end firing of the MBDA Naval Cruise Missile (MdCN)in its submarine version. MdCN will equip the French Navy’s multi-mission frigates (FREMM) and its Barracuda submarines in 2017
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Thales To Support Flash Dipping Sonars On French Navy's NH90 Helicopters
October 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThales announced it has won a two year contract by the NATO Helicopter Management Agency to support 14 FLASH dipping sonars on the French Navy's 27 NH90 NFH helicopters. According to the terms of the contract the company will contribute to the operational readiness of the French Navy NH90 NFH helicopters equipped with the FLASH sonar system and will enable them to fulfill their antisubmarine warfare missions in conjunction with the Navy's FREMM frigates equipped with the Captas-4 variable depth sonar from Thales
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Next Generation Multimission FREMM Frigate Launched By DCNS
October 19, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDCNS launched the next generation multimission FREMM frigate on Thursday. The next major phase is installation of the mast infrastructure, which will house the vessel's sensor suites radars, antennas, cameras, jammers
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Asian, East European Nations Lead Global Defence Budget Hikes Amidst Spending Cuts...
October 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMWhile NATO nations make large cuts to their defense budgets for the next fiscal year, Asian and Eastern European countries are taking advantage of their increased budgets. However, despite the decrease in defense budgets this year, it does not gap the wide difference in budgets between the two realms
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Russian Tech Converts BrahMos Cruise Missile Into Super Rocket
October 9, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Navy has carried out the successful test-firing of the upgraded BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on October 7 from the frigate INS Teg off the coast of Goa. The sea-launched variant has an advanced satellite navigation system from Russia's Kh-555 and Kh-101 strategic long-range cruise missiles, adding GPS-GLONASS technology to the existing doppler-inertial platform
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Norway To Focus On Training, Readiness With 2013 Budget Plan
October 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Norwegian government will spend $7.4 billion on defence in 2013, an increase from 2012’s $52
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General Dynamics To Upgrade Abrams M1A2 Tank Vetronics
September 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Dynamics has won an eight year contract worth $395 million for research development and testing of the Abrams main battle tank engineering change Proposal 1 (ECP 1) production by the U.S army
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Saab To Upgrade Thai Navy’s Combat Systems On The Frigates
September 27, 2012 @ 12:00 AMSaab has won a contract worth $83.1 million from the Royal Thai Navy to upgrade the Combat Systems on the frigates H
Indonesia Signs Implementation Contract to Procure 48 KAAN Fighter Jets from Turkey
Russia Unveils ‘Shturm’ Robotic Assault Tank Based on T-72/T-90 Chassis
Peru Selects Israeli PULS Rocket System over China’s NORINCO MLRS in $60M...
Turkey Tests New Thermobaric Bomb, Bunker Buster Capable of Piercing Deep Concrete
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...