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Pilatus PC-12s Accumulate 5 Million Flight Hours Worldwide
May 18, 2015 @ 01:14 PMThe global fleet of over 1,300 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft has accumulated 5 million flight hours since the first aircraft was delivered in October, 1994, the company announced today. Ignaz Gretener, Vice President of the General Aviation Business Unit of Pilatus said, “The fleet is extremely active, notching up over half a million hours per year, with some individual PC-12s flying more than 2,000 hours annually
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Heckler & Koch Spied On German Media Amid Fears Of Takeover in
May 18, 2015 @ 12:52 PMHeckler & Koch (HK) has admitted to using Germanys counter-intelligence service, MAD to spy into negative press coverage on G36 assault rifles amid possible takeover in 2013, German media reported. According to the reports, the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen had asked to investigate the links between officials from the Defense Ministry and HK
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China Offers Missile-Firing Drones To Jordan
May 16, 2015 @ 10:21 AMChina is offering to sell Jordan missile-firing drones to fight against Islamic State following the US delay to aid, Washington Times reported Friday. Jordan urgently needed drones as ISIL captured one of the F-16 pilots and burned him alive
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Germany To Replace Patriot With Meads: Media Reports
May 15, 2015 @ 02:46 PMGerman defense ministry has reportedly made a decision to purchase Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) developed by MBDA and Lockheed Martin as a successor to Raytheons Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, according to German Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The decision on Meads will mean the end of the Patriot missile system
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Airbus Helicopters To Deliver 15 Multi-Role Military Rotorcraft To Germany By Year
May 15, 2015 @ 12:37 PMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it will deliver 15 H145M multi-role twin engine military rotorcraft to German Air Force by year end after the rotorcraft was certified by European EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) for the military type approval. The delivery to Royal Thai Navy, the second H145M customer will begin in 2016
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Boeing To Supply India’s Air Force One
May 14, 2015 @ 04:23 PMIndian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) on Wednesday cleared a proposal to convert two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft for VVIP travel as a replacement to Air Indias Jumbo jets. The two jets will be tasked to ferry the President, Prime minister and other VVIPs
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Cubic Wins $1.7 Million USAF Contract To Enhance Search, Rescue Capabilities
May 14, 2015 @ 02:00 PMCubic Global Defense today announced it has won a $1.7 million contract from Support Systems Associates (SSAI) to support the US Air Force Sustainment Center for improving secure communications between rescue forces and isolated persons during civil and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions
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Israel Orders Additional Skystar 300 Surveillance Aerostats
May 14, 2015 @ 01:09 PMIsraeli government has placed orders for additional Skystar 300 surveillance aerostats; the Jerusalem Post quoted unnamed sources at RT LTA as saying. The aerostat is attached to a ground station by a tethering cable that transmits power, data and two-way communications
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Cannon Upgrade for Russian Armata Tank
May 14, 2015 @ 11:47 AMRussia's next-generation Armata tank that was showcased at the victory day parade in Mascow, could be equipped with 152mm cannon, the Izvestia daily reported Thursday citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Apart from 7
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Germany Delivers Patriot Batteries To Israel
May 12, 2015 @ 02:12 PMIsrael has received four patriot missiles batteries for its navy to protect the offshore natural-gas drilling platforms in the Mediterranean,Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said on Monday. Ya'alon said at a joint press conference with German Defense Minister Ursula Von Der Leyen at the Kirya military compound in Tel Aviv that Israel received the batteries in recent years as part of a military aid program
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Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
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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