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China Seeks Safety in Encounters with US Armed Forces
May 26, 2015 @ 07:58 AMChina will seek to improve rules of behavior for safety of air and maritime encounters with the United States Armed Forces so as to strengthen mutual trust, prevent risks and manage crises. A white paper of the Peoples Liberation Army released this morning says it will seek a confidence-building measure (CBM) mechanism through the notification of major military activities to the US Navy and other forces
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Obama Scraps Some Military Equipment For Police
May 18, 2015 @ 02:07 PMThe US Federal government will no longer provide military equipment to local law-enforcement, President Barack Obama announced Monday. According to the announcement, the local departments will not have armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of
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Airbus To Test Flight A400M Transport Plane Despite Nations Grounding Aircraft Fleet...
May 11, 2015 @ 02:29 PMAirbus will continue with test flight of its A400M military transport despite Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey grounding their aircraft following a crash outside Seville on Saturday, killing four crew members. “Testing would go ahead as planned on Tuesday to demonstrate to our customers, the air forces, that we fully trust this great transport plane and are as committed to the program and the further ramp-up of deliveries and capabilities as ever," Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus was quoted as saying in a letter to Airbus Staff by Reuters
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ECIL To Supply Electronic Systems For Indian Akash Weapon System
May 5, 2015 @ 12:45 PMElectronics Corporation of India in partnership with Bharat Dynamics (BDL) is supplying mission critical electronic systems for Akash Weapon System (AWS), Times of India news daily reported Monday. BDL is the prime contractor for indigenous Akash Surface to Air Missile developed by Defense Research Development Laboratory (DRDL), under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) BDL has entrusted the responsibility of realizing the critical Ground Support Systems i
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General Dynamics Releases NSA-Approved TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software
April 30, 2015 @ 04:24 PMGeneral Dynamics announced Thursday that it has released NSA-Approved TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software on the TACLANE-1G (KG-175G). TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software provides intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system capabilities that monitor network traffic and is a first-of-its-kind optional feature for Type 1 encryptors
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GRSE Wins $3.1 Billion Indian Navy’s Frigate Order
April 23, 2015 @ 02:43 PMIndian Defense PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has won $3.1 billion (INR 20,000 crore) order to build three advanced stealth frigates for the countrys navy
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Rheinmetall Passes Acceptance Test For Indonesian Leopard 2 Simulators
April 22, 2015 @ 11:27 AMRheinmetall announced today that it has successfully passed acceptance tests for Leopard 2 simulators for the Indonesian Army. Rheinmetall has produced driving simulator and gunnery simulator systems for training Indonesian Leopard 2 tank personnel
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Indian Rafale Jets Likely From France’ Own Military Order
April 16, 2015 @ 12:08 PMFrance is eyeing to divert Rafale jets from its own military production in order to fulfill Indias urgent requirement for 36 warplanes, Press Trust Of India reported Thursday. The French are working out the modalities and nitty-gritty and will finalize once Indian and French government start talking in detail, French defense sources were quoted as saying
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Spy Agencies Stuck In ‘Technology Arms Race’: UK MI6 Chief
April 1, 2015 @ 12:17 PMMI6, Britains Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) is facing threats from terrorists, malicious actors in cyberspace and criminals and is caught in ‘technology arms race, Alex Younger, said after he became the Chief of MI6 on Monday. Alex defended the use of data by the SIS after the release of documents by former CIA contractor Edward Snowden sparked criticism of mass surveillance by intelligence agencies
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Chinese J-10 Aerobatic Team to Perform At LIMA 2015
March 14, 2015 @ 04:10 PMA People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force acrobatic team will perform at the LIMA 2015 air show in Malaysia stating next week, in their second international appearance. The team will be flying the locally made J-10 fighter jets, PLA Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke was quoted as saying in the Chinese media
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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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U