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Meteor Missile Upgrade For Swedish Gripen C/D Aircraft
May 24, 2016 @ 03:08 PMSwedish Gripen C/D Fighter Aircraft will be upgraded with the Meteor missile along with a host of other upgrades that constitute the Version 20. In the spring of 2016, all Swedish Gripen C/D aircrafts will be upgraded to Gripen version 20
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Huntington Ingalls Wins $152 Million For US Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Design
May 24, 2016 @ 04:33 AMHuntington Ingalls has won a $152 million contract for initial advance procurement in support of the fiscal 2018 detail design and construction of nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). Initial advance procurement efforts include integrated design, research and development, engineering, and procurement of long lead time materials
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US Lifting Vietnam Arms Embargo Should Worry Russia
May 23, 2016 @ 01:00 PMUS lifting a 50 year old arms embargo against Vietnam should have Russia worried as Moscow currently meets over 80% of Hanois defence imports in value terms. Russia recent despatched the last of six Kilo-class submarines as part of a procurement contract worth US$2 billion signed in 2009
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Royal Navy Selects iXBlue's Inertial Technology For Surface Ships, Subs
May 19, 2016 @ 08:44 AMiXBlue has won a contract to provide 70 MARINS M7 to equip 35 Royal Navy major surface ships and submarines, as part of the Navigation Compass Programme (NCP). The decisions to equip both the Queen Elizabeth-Class Aircraft Carriers and the fourth Astute-Class nuclear-power submarine with iXBlues MARINS Inertial Navigation System (INS) were the first steps made by the UK Ministry of Defense toward the adoption of iXBlue Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology
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South Korea, US and Japan To Carryout Anti-Missile Exercise To Counter North
May 16, 2016 @ 12:14 PMSouth Korea along with the United States and Japan will carry out their first joint anti-missile exercise in Hawaii in June to counter North Korean nuclear and missile threats, The trilateral missile defense exercise will take place on the sidelines of the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, the world's largest US.-led international maritime warfare exercise, to be held from June to August around the US island, Yonhap reported citing the South Korean defense ministry Monday
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Iran Tests Ballistic Missile Capable Of Reaching Israel: Media Report
May 10, 2016 @ 10:01 AMIran reportedly tested a medium-range ballistic missile successfully two weeks ago that can reach as far as Israel, the local media reported Monday. "We tested a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) and eight metres error margin two weeks ago
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Indian Agni-V Missile Test 'Put on Hold' Until PM's US Visit
May 9, 2016 @ 12:40 PMIndia has put on hold testing of its indigenously built surface-to-surface Inter-Continental range Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and will now be conducted after Prime Ministers visit to the US. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the US June 6
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Nuclear Missiles Deployed At Pakistani Karachi Airbase
May 9, 2016 @ 10:28 AMAfter the recent reports of satellite imagery confirming Pakistan setting up tactical nuclear missiles base close to the Indian border, there is more evidence of a second base at Masroor AB, Karachi which houses Raad nuclear missile that provides strategic standoff capability. The satellite imagery dated 21 March 2016 posted by an expert on
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Iran To Stop Western Warships From Entering Strait of Hormuz
May 6, 2016 @ 10:42 AMIran has warned US and its allies that it may close Strait of Hormuz if US continue to use the passage for maritime exercise involving 30 nations. "We have to counter any harmful and ill-intended passage through Strait of Hormuz
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Russia, China To Conduct Computer Enabled Command And Staff Exercise This Month
May 4, 2016 @ 02:43 PMRussia and China will conduct a first joint computer enabled command and staff exercise on anti-missile defense in May. "In May, according to the decision of the Heads of military departments of the Russian Federation and the Peoples Republic of China, it is planned to conduct the first joint computer command-and-staff exercise on antimissile defence Aerospace security – 2016 on the basis of the Central scientific research institute of the Aerospace defence troops," the Russian defense ministry said in a
France Orders 1,000 Micro Quadcopters for Army
Poland Signs Contract for Satellite Navigation Jamming Kits
Swedish Startup NAD Raises $3M, Set to Launch Unique Drone
Indonesian Pilot Flies South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter in First Test Flight
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...
