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Russia Completes MiG-29KUB Aircraft Delivery To Indian Navy
February 14, 2017 @ 12:02 PMRussia has completed the delivery of 29 MiG-29K/KUB aircraft to the Indian Navy. Russia and India had signed a contract for the supply of 29 carrier-based MiG-29K/KUB for the INS Vikramaditya in 2010, Ilya Tarasenko, Director General of JSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, told RIA Novosti on Feb
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Textron Tests G-Claw Glide Weapon
February 14, 2017 @ 11:52 AMTextron has tested G-CLAW, the companys precision guided glide weapon, against moving targets. The flight tests, which occurred in October 2016, took place at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona
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Post Manufacturing Issues To Be Discussed In Indo-Russian FGFA Project
February 14, 2017 @ 11:29 AMIndia and Russia still need to discuss certain things in the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) such as exports and approvals post manufacturing. “Some issues are to be addressed in terms of manufacturing after completing the project
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CAE Wins C$200 Million Airbus C295W Canadian A F Training Contract
February 13, 2017 @ 01:57 PMAirbus has awarded CAE a C$200 million contract for a comprehensive C295W aircrew and maintenance training solution to support the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) program. Over the next 11 years including the options to extend an additional 15 years would take the value to more than C$300 million, the company said in a statement Monday
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UK's Aerotek, Indian SIKA Partner In Landing Gear MRO Venture
February 13, 2017 @ 11:43 AMIndias SIKA and Uks Aerotek Aviation have launched joint venture, Aerotek Sika Aviation Engineering, to provide manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Landing Gear, Hydraulic line replaceable units (LRUs) and Actuators for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Launched under a Make in India initiative, the Aerotek Sika facility is capable of handling all types of Landing Gear manufacturing and MRO for helicopters and aircraft, from trainer aircraft and UAVs up to the size of narrow body aircraft, both the companies announced jointly today
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Reliance Defence To Repair US Navy Warships
February 13, 2017 @ 11:40 AMReliance has signed an agreement with the American Navy for repair and alteration services for warships of the largest forward-deployed Seventh Fleet operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. The Seventh Fleet has roughly about 5070 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft and about 20,000 sailors under its command, Tribune India reported today
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Indian Rustom II UAV To Be Demonstrated By Year-End
February 13, 2017 @ 09:38 AMIndian Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) will demonstrate home-made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Rustom II by year-end or early next year. “We had a major flight demonstration of Rustom II in the month of December
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India's Intech DMLS Develops Jet Engine For UAVs, Drones
February 11, 2017 @ 12:48 PMIndias Intech DMLS Limited, a metal 3D printing provider and metal additive manufacturing establishment in aviation sector, has launched first indigenously developed jet engine series for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Remote Controlled (R/C) Aircraft. Under the brand name Poeir Jets, promoted by M/s Poeir Jets Private Limited an R&D subsidiary of Intech DMLS has unveiled its series of Jet Engines
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French, British Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers Enroute To Syria.
February 10, 2017 @ 03:51 PMA pair of UK's Typhoon fighters and French Mirage fighters scrambled to intercept Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers as they flew over international waters. UK has scrambled two Typhoon aircraft to monitor two Russian Blackjack bombers that flew near British airspace various French and British media reported Thursday
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US Test Fires Minuteman III ICBM
February 10, 2017 @ 11:23 AMUS Minot Air Force Base test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with test re-entry vehicles. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at US Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, launched the missile on Feb
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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