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Russian Technical Experts To Arrive In India By Year-end To Build $1.2...

July 11, 2019 @ 10:53 AM

Russian technical experts are expected to reach India by the end of this year or in early 2020, to help the Indian side kick-start a part of the $2.15 billion (INR 14,700 crore) project, to build two BrahMos-equipped Talwar-class frigates, at Goa Shipyard
Qatar Awards Raytheon $2B for AMRAAM-Er, Patriot, NASAMS Missile Capability

July 11, 2019 @ 09:08 AM

Qatar has awarded Raytheon two direct commercial sales contracts worth $2.2 Billion combined to supply Doha with AMRAAM-Extended Range missile, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAM), and additional Patriot fire units
Saudis Intercept Houti Unmanned Drone, Booby-trapped Boat

July 9, 2019 @ 07:53 AM

Saudi-led Coalition has intercepted an unmanned booby-trapped fishing boat and a drone launched by the Houti rebels in the past 24 hours, Colonel Turki Al-Malki, the official spokesman for the "Coalition to Support Restoring Legitimacy in Yemen", stated. Early Monday, the Naval Forces of the Coalition managed to thwart a terrorist attempt by the Houthi militia targeting a commercial ship, in the southern waters of the Red Sea, using an “unmanned booby-trapped Blue Fish boat
MBDA, French Army Team Develop AI based Automatic Target Recognition by Imaging...

July 6, 2019 @ 08:45 AM

A team comprising MBDA, tech firm Kalray, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and the French Armys technical section have developed an artificial intelligence based 2ACI, automatic target recognition by imaging system that is able to direct fire at an object identified as an enemy asset based on an analysis of its image. The 2ACI function thereby allows the detection, recognition and identification of fixed and moving targets through real-time processing of the video stream output from weapon systems imaging sensors
Ukraine Arrests State Defense Plant Employee Over Charges Of Spying For Russia

July 6, 2019 @ 07:30 AM

A Ukrainian state-owned defense industry worker has been taken into custody over suspicion of sharing sensitive information regarding Ukrainian military equipment with the Russian intelligence in exchange for money, Prosecutor Generals Office of Ukraine said in a
France To Order 150 Additional Griffon Armoured Vehicles

July 5, 2019 @ 09:07 AM

France is likely to order 150 additional VBMR Griffon multi-role armoured vehicles, Florence Parley, Minister of the Armed Forces of France said on July 4, during the ceremony held to accept the delivery of first of the ordered 1,722 VBMR 6x6 Griffon vehicles. “Concerning the Griffon, it will be 150 more vehicles that will be ordered, to reach 1872 copies by 2030,” Parley
Russia’s New Mi-28N Gunship Has Manoeuvrability Nearly Twice That Of Predecessor ...

July 5, 2019 @ 07:14 AM

Russian Helicopters new Mi-28N gunship outperforms its predecessor, the Mi-24, with increased manoeuvrability and overload handling, a senior test pilot said Thursday. "The Mi-28N helicopters manoeuvrability capabilities have been expanded almost by two times compared to the Mi-24
Russian Su-27 Fighter Scrambled To Intercept US Reconnaissance Plane Near Border

July 5, 2019 @ 06:37 AM

A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept a US-made Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft near Russias southern border, Russian defense ministry said in a statement Friday. "A Su-27 fighter jet of the Air Force on duty in the Southern Military District was scrambled to intercept a target," the ministry said
India To Get French Rafale Fighters In September

July 2, 2019 @ 05:00 PM

The first of French-origin Rafale fighters will be handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony planned to take place in France in September this year. The first batch of four jets armed with SCALP missiles having a range of over 300km is expected to be ferried to India by May next year,
DSCA Approves $240.4M Support Package for Moroccan F-16s

July 1, 2019 @ 12:49 PM

The US State Department has approved a $250.4 million sustainment and support package contract for Moroccos fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters

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