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Work-Share For Indian Firms Likely In Australian $50 Billion Submarine Project
July 21, 2016 @ 02:17 PMIndian firms are likely to contribute to $50 billion submarine project involving French DCNS for Australia by obtaining sub-contracts. "India and Australia as decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia in 2014 have ventured into the areas of defence collaboration and joint research
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China To Fortify South China Sea Islands Based On Threat Level
July 21, 2016 @ 01:45 PMBeijing is considering fortifying South China Sea with increase in the number of defensive weapons, increase civilian construction and expand airports on some of the islands depending on the threat level. Apart from the airports, other civilian facilities include maritime 4G signals to all seven inhabited islets in the Nansha Islands
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Orbital ATK Wins $182 Million For Medium Range Ballistic Missile Target System
July 21, 2016 @ 05:45 AMOrbital ATK has been awarded a $182 million contract for the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 target system including production equipment, logistics, associated support equipment, system engineering and analysis, and mission operations. Work is expected to be completed by Oct
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British Parliament Votes To Renew Its Nuclear-Armed Submarine Fleet
July 19, 2016 @ 12:10 PMBritish parliament on Monday voted to replace its aging fleet of nuclear-armed submarines with new vessels. Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government is committed to keeping the country's nuclear arsenal, a powerful but costly symbol of the country's military status that consists of four Royal Navy submarines armed with Trident missiles
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CyPhy To Provide Persistent Aerial 'Eye-in-the-sky' Drone To US Army
July 19, 2016 @ 11:08 AMCyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System from the U.S
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Airbus Begins Replacement Process Of Defective A400M Engine Parts
July 18, 2016 @ 02:56 PMAirbus is starting repair process of defective parts of the A400M engines that caused the latest problems in the military airlifter assembled in Seville. The A400M will be updated with a new Propeller Gear Box (PGB) which has already been approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), according to El Diario de Sevilla report
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German Army Plans 20000 Additional Recruitment: White Paper
July 18, 2016 @ 02:55 PMThe German Defense Ministry has released a new plan outlining the country's future defense and security policies. The Bundeswehr, seen domestically as overstretched, underfunded and beset by equipment failures, is now set to see its budget boosted and will implement its first increase in troop strength since it was a conscript army in the Cold War
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India Mulls $4.4 Billion Corpus For Venture Capital Funds For Defense Production
July 15, 2016 @ 12:40 PMThe Indian government is working on US $4.4 billion corpus for venture capital funds for defense production by foreign companies
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Robots, Unmanned Systems To Support ‘Last Mile’ Supplies To Troops
July 15, 2016 @ 11:01 AMThe UK and the US in a joint program will conduct a series of trials of robotics and autonomous systems beginning October next year for the final stage of transportation of supplies to troops in challenging environments. The final transportation stage often dubbed ‘the last mile, can be particularly lengthy and dangerous for those involved – and it is in situations like this that both countries feel robotics can make the process more efficient in terms of cost, time and risk, UK Defence Minister Philip Dunne and US Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall said Thursday
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India-Japan Defense Ministers 'Commend' New Delhi’s Amphibious Aircraft Purchase
July 15, 2016 @ 09:13 AMIndias long-due purchase of 12 Amphibious Aircraft from Japans Shinmaywa found mention in the recent interaction between the two nations defense ministers in New Delhi Thursday. The Defense Minister of Japan Gen Nakatani is paying a bilateral visit to India at the invitation of Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar
Bombardier to Supply Two Global 6500 Aircraft for Korea’s Electronic Warfare Program
Patria Becomes the First Partner Outside the U.S. to Assemble F-35 Jet’s...
Rheinmetall, Space Norway to Collaborate on Space-based Maritime Domain Awareness
French Rafale Jet Gets Anti-Drone Capability with New 68mm Laser-guided Rocket
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