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Australia To Build Next-Gen Submarines Locally

September 18, 2015 @ 04:43 PM

Australian Defense Ministry is considering developing its next generation submarines locally instead of buying it from Japan as favoured by former prime minister Tony Abbott. France, Germany and Japan are in the running to secure Australia's defence procurement programme worth Aus$50 billion (US$36 billion), to replace current diesel and electric-powered Collins Class submarines
L-3 Wins Communications Upgrade Contract For US Army’s Apache helicopter

September 18, 2015 @ 01:38 PM

L-3 Communications has won a new communications upgrade subcontract from Science and Engineering Services in support of the US Armys Apache helicopter program. The project offers increased communications capacity between the Apache and unmanned systems, the company announced Thursday
Harris Corporation To Supply Tactical Radio Systems To Central Asian Nation

September 18, 2015 @ 01:00 PM

Harris Corporation has won a $26 million to provide Falcon III tactical radios for supporting special operations forces in a Central Asian country. The orders include the Harris RF-7800H-MP wideband HF/VHF tactical manpack radio for expanded data capabilities in long-range and beyond-line-of-sight environments
Thailand To Buy Four T50 trainer jets From South Korea

September 18, 2015 @ 12:47 PM

South Korea has secured a $110 million contract from Thailand to export four T-50 trainer jets. The agreement was clinched between the Korea Aerospace Industries and the Thai government in Seoul, the Korea Herald reported Thursday
South Korea To Host ADEX Defense Exhibition Next Month

September 18, 2015 @ 11:49 AM

South Korea will host a defense exhibition, ADEX 2015, next month to showcase worldwide high-tech weapons, including the US Global Hawk surveillance aircraft. The Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition that starts on October 20 will run for six days
Rockwell Collins Wins DARPA Contract To Develop GPS Backup Technologies For Contested...

September 18, 2015 @ 11:37 AM

Rockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program
India’s 145 M777 Howitzer Deal Fast-Tracked

September 18, 2015 @ 07:09 AM

Indias plan to procure145 BAE Systems M777 155 mm/39 calibre lightweight howitzers deal is being fast tracked by signing a letter of acceptance (LoA) by the Pentagon and Indian MoD. “LoA is in the process of being finalized following broad agreement on its content between the Indian MoD and the Pentagon,” Janes reported Thursday
Airbus Develops Counter-Drone System To Detect Intrusions

September 18, 2015 @ 06:09 AM

Airbus has developed a Counter-UAV System to detect illicit intrusions over critical areas at long ranges and offers electronic countermeasures minimizing the risk of collateral damage. “All over the world, incidents with universally available small drones have revealed a security gap with regards to critical installations such as military barracks, airports or nuclear plants,” Thomas Müller, head of the electronics business line at Airbus Defense and Space said in a statement Thursday
Lockheed Martin Wins Desert Hawk 3 Contract from UK MoD

September 17, 2015 @ 01:46 PM

Lockheed Martin has won a contract frojm the UK ministry of defense to support Desert Hawk 3 programme and establish the small unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a Core Defence Capability. "Desert Hawk has served the UK military well in providing intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance to tactical warfighters,"said Jay McConville, Lockheed Martin director of business development for Unmanned Solutions
Pentagon Sets Up India Centric Rapid Reaction Cell For DTTI

September 16, 2015 @ 02:46 PM

Pentagon has set up India centric Rapid Reaction Cell (IRRC) to work all the initiatives ongoing under Indo-US DTTI (Defense Trade and Technology Initiative). “The cell is part of the efforts to pursue both the initiatives that came out of the joint statement between the US President and the Indian Prime Minister in January in New Delhi and an initiative to move quickly and timely and be thorough, which in my opinion requires dedicated support to ramp up the operational tempo,” Keith Webster, who heads the IRRC was quoted as saying by PTI Tuesday

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