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French Defense Minister To Visit India To Conclude Rafale Deal
September 16, 2016 @ 09:55 AMThe French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian is likely to visit India to conclude the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between India and France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets next week. Le Drian is expected to arrive on September 23 in Delhi to conclude the IGA,
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Boeing Demands Denmark Part with Fighter Evaluation Information
September 16, 2016 @ 09:10 AMBoeing has submitted to the Danish Ministry of Defence a Request for Insight, which requires the former to provide all materials related to the fighter procurement evaluation and decision announced in June this year. This is the first step toward bringing a formal legal challenge of the Danish MoDs evaluation regarding the countrys next fighter jet in which it selected Lockheed Martins F-35 over the Boeing F/A-18
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Indian Air Force Declares Those On-Board Missing AN-32 As Presumed Dead
September 15, 2016 @ 03:01 PMThe Indian Air Force has declared that its 29 personnel on-board the AN-32 aircraft missing since July 22 this year have been presumed dead and search operations have ended. The Indian Air Force on Thursday communicated to the families of the personnel,
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Rafale Deal Close As French Working Team Arrives In India
September 15, 2016 @ 02:12 PMFormal conclusion of the Euro 7.87 billion Indo-French Deal to Buy 36 Rafale fighters could be close at hand as a French working team has arrived in the Indian capital
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DARPA Announces 'Aerial Dragnet Program' To Track Small UAVs
September 15, 2016 @ 10:49 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new initiative called Aerial Dragnet program to provide wide-area surveillance of all unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating below 1000 feet in a large city. Airspace for the flying public today is perpetually congested yet remarkably safe, thanks in no small part to a well-established air traffic control system that tracks, guides and continuously monitors thousands of flights a day
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Iran Threatens To Fire Missiles At Two US Naval Aircraft
September 14, 2016 @ 02:55 PMThe Iranian military threatened to shoot down two US Navy planes flying over the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. Two “maritime patrol aircraft” were flying separate missions in a similar area in international air space earlier this month when they received three radio calls from Iranian air defense, a defense official told AFP on Tuesday
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CAE Wins Predator, Reaper UAV Aircrew Training services, Other Contracts
September 13, 2016 @ 01:43 PMCAE has won C$120 million (US$91.9 million) defense contracts to provide a range of training services and simulation product upgrades for global military customers
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Northrop Grumman Wins US Contract For 10 Fire Scout MQ-8C UAS
September 12, 2016 @ 03:58 PMNorthrop Grumman has won a $108.1 million contract from the US department of defense for the procurement of 10 Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned air systems
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India, US To hold Military Exercises Near China border
September 12, 2016 @ 02:03 PMIndia and the US have set to conduct joint military training exercise, ‘ Yudh Abhyas 2016 in a China border state of India, from September 14 to 27. The exercise at Chaubattia of Uttarkhand was being conducted by the headquarter central command
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Russia Begins To Develop 5th Gen Air Defense Missile Systems
September 9, 2016 @ 06:24 PMRussias Almaz-Antey Concern has started to develop the fifth-generation medium-range air defense missile system. The weapons manufacturer company has started the research and development activities (R&D) to create the fifth-generation medium-range air defense missile systems, a company official said Thursday at the Army 2016 Forum
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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