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France’s Multimission Frigate Aquitaine Launches First Torpedo
July 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe French Navy, defence procurement agency DGA and teams from DCNS have completed a new test campaign abroad the first-of-class FREMM multimission frigate Aquitaine, which is also the last and most important -- the first ever torpedo launch test. Earlier in march, demonstrations of the Aquitaine's compatibility with a 10-tonne Caïman helicopter (the French version of the Eurocopter/EADS NH90) were completed
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Thales To Modify SMART-L Radars For Netherlands Navy
June 27, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThales and the Netherlands Defence Materiel Organization have signed an agreement today to modify four SMART-L volume search radars installed on the “De Zeven Provinciën” class air defence and command frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The new SMART-L radar will be optimized for the early detection of ballistic missiles
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Rolls-Royce To Supply MT30 Gas Turbine For Korean Navy
June 26, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Korean Navy has chosen Rolls-Royce to supply its MT30 gas turbine to power a new FFX frigate, the first order for the MT30 in Asia. The FFX frigate will use a single MT30 rather than a pair, which demonstrates that the engine is suitable to power a variety of naval ships
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Thales Will Provide New Generation SDRs To France Worth $1.3 Billion
June 22, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThales has won a $1.33 billion contract from the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) procurement office for a new-generation software-defined radio, dubbed Contact
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DCNS Picks Pipavav As Indian Partner
June 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDCNS has chosen Indian defence company Pipavav to establish a strategic partnership is to build the highest state of the art strategic assets including modern warships for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Patrick Boissier, DCNS Chairman and CEO, said, “Through the P75 Scorpene submarines, the on-going indigenization programme and DCNS India, we are working to enlarge our footprint in India
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South Korean Navy To Acquire Rheinmetall’s MASS naval countermeasures system for LST-II-class...
April 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRheinmetall has been chosen by the Korean Navy for the installation of MASS naval countermeasures system which includes state-of-the-art decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels (LST-II). Since MASS’ launch in 2002, Rheinmetall has booked orders from the navies of 11 nations and a total of 186 launchers for 22 different classes of vessels
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Raytheon Awarded $106M Contract for Aegis Radar Work from US Navy
April 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
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Interception of a supersonic sea-skimming target
April 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe French Navy’s Horizon class air defence frigate, Forbin, successfully engaged a supersonic target simulating an anti-ship missile flying at very low altitude. The target was launched from the DGA’s (the Direction Générale de l’Armement) missile test centre based on the Ile du Levant in the south of France (Var region) and intercepted in flight by the Forbin’s Aster 30 system
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Thales Secures GPS Contract for Helicopters from French Navy
April 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThales has been awarded a contract by the Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé), France's military aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service, to supply stand-alone GPS receivers for the French Navy's Lynx helicopters, which are currently being upgraded by the French defence procurement agency (DGA). Thales’s GNSS 1000-S receiver relies on SAASM (Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module) technology to access military GPS encrypted signals
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Tender Conditions in Indian Defence Procurement Are Very Demanding: Rosoboronexport
March 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AM"Competition has been on the rise in recent years. This is an objective process since Indian market is a strong attraction for manufacturers
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
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