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India’s First Public Funded-Privately Executed Defence R& D Project Gets Underway
February 26, 2015 @ 03:22 PMIndian Government will be funding its first “Make” contract that involves two private consortia (BEL-Rolta and Tata Power and L&T) for a battlefield management system development project of the Indian armed forces. The government will be funding 80 percent of the prototype cost and the remaining 20 percent will have to be borne by the consortia
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Saab Selects AEL As New Supplier For Brazilian Gripen NG Head Displays
February 25, 2015 @ 02:03 PMSaab announced today that it has selected AEL Sistemas (AEL) as a new supplier for the Gripen NG in Brazil. A technology transfer contract has also been signed by both the companies
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Indian MoD, Dassault May Have Reached an Understanding on Rafale Deal
February 25, 2015 @ 10:57 AMIndian MoD and Dassault Aviation may have arrived to an understanding regarding the guaranteeing, costs and man hour issues in the $20 billion Indian MMRCA deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. This follows a meeting yesterday between French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar
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Controp To Debut 3D Video Motion Detection System At GSA 2015
February 25, 2015 @ 09:24 AMControp will debut its 3D-GUARD Advanced 3 Dimensional Video Motion Detection at this year's GSA Global Security Asia 2015. The system is designed for the protection of borders, strategic facilities and perimeters, 3D-GUARD is a day/night system for 24/7 automatic detection and alert of moving targets/intruders
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Global Hawk To Mark International Air Show Debut in Australia
February 23, 2015 @ 06:25 PMNorthrop Grummans (NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system that is capable of high-altitude surveillance missions for greater than 30 hours, will be displayed at the Australian International Air Show. The system is ideally suited for the vast Asia-Pacific region
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Turkey To Make Long-Range Missiles Compatible With NATO Systems
February 23, 2015 @ 03:05 PMTurkey will make long-range missiles compatible with the NATO's systems, Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday. NATO member Turkey chose China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp as a preferred bidder in 2013 to supply the missile system, prompting Western concern about security and the compatibility of the weaponry with NATO infrastructure
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Kalyani Group, Rafael JV To Develop Missiles, Remote Weapon Systems, Armour Solutions
February 20, 2015 @ 12:50 PMKalyani Group has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Thursday to develop and manufacture a wide range of missiles, remote weapon systems and advanced armour solutions. N JV
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Prithvi-II Missile Test-Fired
February 20, 2015 @ 10:53 AMThe Indian Strategic Forces Command personnel test-fired the nuclear-weapons-capable Prithvi-II missile from Odisha on Thursday for a range of 250 km as against its full strike range of 350 km. Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines with a strike range of 350 km
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Russia’s New Generation Radars To Be Commissioned Ahead of Time
February 17, 2015 @ 05:28 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry has revised deadlines from 2020 to 2018 for deploying new generation Voronezh-M and Voronezh-DM radars in view of US plans for deploying missile defense systems in Europe and Alaska. The general director of the Minsk Radio Engineering Institute Sergey Boyev was quoted as saying by Tass on Tuesday, "The Defense Ministry has asked us to commission two more facilities ahead of time
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Russia May Finalize Construction Of Flagship Air Carrier By 2025
February 16, 2015 @ 10:51 AMRussia is likely to finalize the construction of a flagship air carrier by 2025, the Russian Navy's chief of naval aviation Major General Igor Kozhin said. The Russian Navy's chief of naval aviation Major General Igor Kozhin was quoted as saying by Russian media outlets, "It will take up to ten years to wrap up the construction of the flagship carrier, which will include a whole system of state tests
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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