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Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Singapore’s F-16s In US$914 Million Deal
December 2, 2015 @ 01:09 PMLockheed Martin has received a US$ 914 million contract from the US Air Force to upgrade F-16 fighter jets for the government of Singapore, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced yesterday. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be complete by June 30, 2023," the DoD said
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China, Pakistan Fare Worse Than India In Defense Procurement Transparency
November 5, 2015 @ 11:06 AMIndia is placed in band D high risk category whereas China and Pakistan are placed in Band E very high risk category of corruption index in a latest report on defense transparency for the Asia Pacific region by Transparency International. India has been ranked at eighth position in the band D category for defense procurement alongside Bangladesh at seventh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Tunisia at 9,10 and 11 and 12th positions respectively in the Anti-corruption report published November 4
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Singaporean Firm Develops Underwater Mine-detecting UAV
October 31, 2015 @ 12:13 PMSingapores Microfine Materials Technologies has won a defense prize for collaborating with DSO National Laboratories to design and build an unmanned underwater vessel that can detect mines in shallow water. The annual Ministry of Defence (Mindef) event was held Friday to honour the defence research and engineering at The Chevrons club in Western region of Singapore, Straits Times reported Friday
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Cubic Corp To Showcase Air And Maritime Training Solutions At ADEX-2015
October 19, 2015 @ 08:10 AMCubic Corp will demonstrate game based combat training solutions at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2015 from October 20-25. “Cubic already has a footprint in the Asia-Pacific region and delivers training products and solutions to various military and armed forces in the area such as Japan, Singapore and Korea
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Italy Provides Evidence In India’s AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Scam
September 28, 2015 @ 09:26 AMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation has received evidential material in the 3,600 crore VVIP chopper bribery scam involving Agustawestland from Italy. Italy has sent a compact disc (CD) two months ago which reportedly has details about various companies and individuals that include former Finmeccanica Chief Giuseppe Orsi and former Agustawestland head Spagnolini Bruno, their bank transactions and other documents
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Russia Won't Remove Electronic Equipment From Mistral Warship If Egypt Or India...
September 14, 2015 @ 04:34 PMRussia has conveyed to France that Russian telecommunications and missile control systems installed on-board may not be removed, if Egypt or India buys the Mistral helicopter carriers. Russian officials had "let it be known" that Moscow “could accept India and Egypt receiving the equipment" if either of the two nations will buy them, a French official cited by defense news website Defense One said today
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ST Marine Delivers Second Patrol Vessel To Oman
September 11, 2015 @ 03:45 PMSingapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) has delivered the second of four Patrol Vessel (PV) to Oman. The contract for the design and build four Al-Ofouq Class of PVs was awarded by the Ministry of Defence of the Sultanate of Oman through a competitive international tender in April 2012
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Indian Army To Get First ‘Dhanush’ Howitzer In November
September 8, 2015 @ 04:44 PMIndias indigenously-developed 155mm artillery gun ‘Dhanush is set to be handed over to the army in November. This would be the first artillery gun to be inducted since the Bofors scandal of 1987
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BAE Systems Offers Solutions Against “Zero Day” Cyber Attacks
September 3, 2015 @ 12:29 PMBAE systems has announced a suite of cloud based security products designed to defend against email-based threats including targeted and ‘Zero Day attacks. BAE Systems has introduced the solutions to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand
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Singapore Navy Takes on Pirates
September 2, 2015 @ 01:59 PMThe Singapore Navy (RSN) Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF) has disrupted a sea robbery on a Malaysian-flagged tugboat Permata 1 in the eastern approaches of the Singapore Strait on Tuesday. RSN ship, RSS Resilience was able to escort Permata 1 safely to Singapore waters with the help of Indonesian Navy (TNI AL)
Yemeni Forces Launch Hypersonic Missile at Ben Gurion Airport
Ukraine Drone Strike Damages Pantsir Air Defense System, Aircraft at Russian-Used Crimea...
China's Indigenous C909 Airliner Operates First International Flight
U.K. Air Force to Replace Hawk Trainer with Locally-made Aircraft
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...
