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Brazil Forms Committee To Monitor FX-2 Project
May 12, 2014 @ 03:41 PMBrazil has formed an interministerial committee to monitor the FX-2 Project to acquire 36 Gripen fighters for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). This is the objective of the FX-2 Project Monitoring Committee (CAF-X2), which held its first meeting on Friday (May 9) in the Ministry of Defence (MD)
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Indian Navy Deploys INS Vikramaditya With MiG 29K Aircraft
May 9, 2014 @ 02:26 PMThe Indian Navy has inducted its largest warship, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, along with a fleet of MiG 29K combat aircraft. "The navy has inducted aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya which is now operationally deployed with MiG 29K aircraft embarked and being flown by Indian naval pilots," Navy chief Admiral Robin Dhowan was quoted as saying by Press Trust Of India (PTI)
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Sweden To Hike Defense Budget Over Ukraine Crisis
April 24, 2014 @ 10:54 AMSweden plans to increase its annual defence spending over the next 10 years, citing the crisis in Ukraine and an "unsettling" development in Russia. The government on Tuesday said that spending would rise gradually until 2024, when the annual defence budget increase would be around 5
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FLIR Systems Wins $18 Million Worth Contracts For DR SKO Program
April 16, 2014 @ 03:53 PMFLIR Systems received a full-rate production decision from the US Department of Defense for its integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat response system for the Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (DR SKO) program. Additionally, FLIR has been awarded a $12
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MdCN Cruise Missile Successfully Launched For Second Time
April 14, 2014 @ 09:20 AMFrance's defence procurement agency, the Direction Générale de lArmement (DGA) successfully carried out the second qualification firing of the Missile de Croisière Naval (Naval cruise missile, MdCN) on April 8, 2014. This test, carried out from DGAs missiles test center at Biscarosse, in the Landes district, was representative of a firing from a frigate
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Is India Caught In the US-Russia Cyber Warfare Crossfire?
April 7, 2014 @ 01:25 PMThere could be more to it than meets the eye in the recent downpour of leaked information on the Indian Air Forces Su-30MKIs. Anti-Russia hackers, either acting independently or working for the US NSA and other western powers may have targeted Moscow because of the latters reunion with Crimea and due to Edward Snowdens asylum in Russia
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DCNS Is Showcasing Corvettes, Frigates and Submarines At DIMDEX 2014
March 24, 2014 @ 11:30 AMDCNS is presenting a wide range of defense and security solutions at DIMDEX in Doha, Qatar. Among them are the FREMM multi-mission frigates, the OPV L'Adroit and the Gowind Combat is a multi-mission corvette which is 100 metres and weighs 2,400 tonnes
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Russia To Develop New AIP System As India Readies To Initiate Project...
March 24, 2014 @ 11:21 AMRussia has announced that it is designing a new class of conventional submarines which will be equipped with advanced air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems. The AIP systems are core to an RFP expected to be issued by the Indian MoD for three new stealth submarines called Project 75 (I)
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US Army To Test Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Technology
March 20, 2014 @ 09:42 AMThe US Army will test its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Technology Demonstration again in August to help determine the system's future. Lt
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Pentagon Awards $99 Million in US Navy Upgrade Projects
March 19, 2014 @ 09:25 AMThe US Department of Defense on Tuesday awarded a total of 20 separate defense contracts worth $618.4 million combined
Missile Falls in Russian Territory from a Tu-22M3 Bomber on Way to...
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Target Russian Oil Refineries
Turkey Offers Aksungar Drones to U.S. For Watching Over Mexican Border
Denmark to Reorient Patrol Ships Design for Arctic Operations
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