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Indian Navy’s First Scorpene Attack Submarine Starts Sea Trials
May 2, 2016 @ 09:35 AMKalvari, the Scorpene-class submarine being built for the Indian Navy, successfully embarked on its maiden sea trial on May 1, Indias defense ministry said Sunday. Built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Mumbai (MDL), the submarine sailed out at about 1000 hrs for the first sea trial, off the Mumbai coast and during the sortie, completed a number of preliminary tests on the propulsion system, Auxiliary Equipment and Systems, Navigation Aids, Communication Equipment and Steering gear
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More Countries Line-Up For Chinese CH Series Combat Drones: Media Reports
April 29, 2016 @ 03:47 PMChina claims to have a number of foreign nations awaiting delivery of CH series of military drones. The CH series attracts overseas buyers searching for 'powerful, affordable' models even as the combat drone in the series, the CH-5 is awaiting government approval for export,
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Lockheed Martin Wins $70Mn To Update US Navy’s MH-60, SH-60B Chopper Software...
April 29, 2016 @ 10:16 AMLockheed Martin is being awarded a $70 million contract to update and maintain operational, vendor, maintenance-related, flight test, and laboratory support software in support of the MH-60 R/S and SH-60B helicopters. Work is expected to be completed in September 2018
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Starts Fabrication Of Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer For US Navy
April 28, 2016 @ 10:56 AMHuntington Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started fabrication for the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr
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US To Deliver More Than 100 F-35 Fighters In 2018
April 28, 2016 @ 10:41 AMThe US will deliver more than 100 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft to consortium partners in 2018 and up to 145 by 2020. After ‘major design problem coming from the in-testing stealth F-35 fighter aircraft, Frank Kendall III, the US undersecretary for defense acquisition, technology and logistics was quoted as saying by
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Russia Not To Supply S-300 Air Defense Systems To Syria
April 27, 2016 @ 12:05 PMRussia does not plan to deliver the S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria. "There are no such plans as of today," head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin told reporters on Tuesday answering a question whether the possibility of supplying these weapons systems to Syria was negotiated
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US Clears $260 Million Missiles Sale To Qatar
April 25, 2016 @ 11:43 AMThe US State Department has cleared a $260 million worth surface-to-air missiles deal to Qatar last week. The proposed deal, approved by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is for 254 tactical missiles, two Rolling Airframe telemetry missiles and associated equipment and support
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MBDA Offers Vertical Launch MICA Missile For Indian Navy’s SRSAM
April 25, 2016 @ 11:17 AMMBDA has offered co-development of its Vertical Launch (VL) MICA based missile to Indian Navy. India is developing a short-range surface-to-air missile (SRSAM) for nations navy after rejecting indigenous Akash missiles
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Finmeccanica Demos Reverse-IFF System With Typhoon Jet
April 23, 2016 @ 08:47 AMFinmeccanica with the Italian Defense General Staff has demonstrated the successful integration of a Mode 5 Reverse-IFF (Identification Friend-Foe) system, providing air-to-ground IFF capabilities for a Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon. An IFF system provides pilots with the ability to distinguish between ‘friendly vehicles and potential threats by sending out an interrogation signal and verifying the responses from other aircraft
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China Seeks Export Licence For Lethal Drone
April 21, 2016 @ 12:30 PMChina is seeking an export licence for its new CH-5 combat and reconnaissance drone which is capable of launching air-to-surface missiles and laser-guided bombs. Developed by state-owned China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, CH-5 made its first flight in August, becoming the heaviest and strongest military drone in China
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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