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Thales Wins UK Contract Support Worth $906 Million
May 29, 2013 @ 09:17 AMThales has signed a 10-year deal with the UK Defense to provide service support to 17 major sensor systems carried onboard Royal Navy submarines and surface warships. The Sensors Support Optimisation Project (SSOP) deal could be worth up to £600 million (US $906 million) over the period of the contract, Thales UK official said
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Heightened Missile Activity In The Pacific Region
May 22, 2013 @ 08:57 AMIn the last five months, the Asia Pacific region has seen increased missile activity brought on by North Koreas heightened missile testing. Countries such as Japan, China and India are either testing their own ballistic missiles or are setting up missile batteries
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N. Korea Test-Fires Six Short-Range Missiles In Three Days, Angers South
May 20, 2013 @ 01:54 PMNorth Korea Monday test-fired two short-range missile off its east coast, making it six in a row, amid high tensions. With four short-range missiles fired in a previous two days, as part of a military drill
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German Navy Gets New Fuel Cell Submarine
May 16, 2013 @ 02:54 PMThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG is now offering modern non-nuclear submarines after the very first one meant for the German Navy was named today. The U36 is the second boat of the second batch of HDW Class 212A submarines destined for operation in the German Navy, according to a statement
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U.S Analyzing Russia’s Arms Sale After Israel Warning
May 9, 2013 @ 02:10 PMThe U.S is being warned by Israel that Russia plans to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria despite Western pressure on Moscow to hold off on such a move, according to the reports
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ITT Exelis To Upgrade USAF’s Digital Memory Technology
May 9, 2013 @ 09:51 AMITT Exelis has been awarded a $6.1 million modification to a US Air Force contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS)
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France’s M51 Ballistic Missile Self-Destructs, MoD Launched Investigation
May 6, 2013 @ 09:25 AMFrance on Sunday unsuccessfully tested an M51submarine-launched ballistic missile that self-destructed off the coast of Brittany. “It was a failure, the reasons will be determined by an investigation,” said Lt
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F-16 Sale To Build Robust Defense Ties With UAE, Says Hagel
April 29, 2013 @ 02:47 PMDuring his first trip to the Middle East, U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagels met with Gen
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Russian Navy To Get Three Nuclear Subs This Year
April 24, 2013 @ 12:02 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced that its Navy will take delivery of two Project 955 Borey-class ballistic-missile submarines, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh, and one Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, by the end of the year. Everything is going according to plan and there will be "no delays," said Andrei Vernigora, director of the ministrys state defense contracts department, refuting reports the Alexander Nevsky would only be put into service only in 2014
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U.S To Sell Ospreys, Radars, Antiradiation Missiles To Israel
April 23, 2013 @ 05:38 PMThe U.S and Israel today announced what they called a “a significant step in U
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to French...
Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
Saab Unveils All-New Giraffe AMB-D Air Defense Radar at Eurosatory 2026
European Countries Announce $4 Billion Arms Support for Ukraine
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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