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Patria, Kongsberg To Pursue Major Combat Vehicle And Weapon System Program In...
January 12, 2015 @ 12:38 PMPatria and KONGSBERG have signed an agreement to pursue together a major combat vehicle and weapon system program in the Middle East region. Patria's AMV 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicle and Nemo 120 mm turreted mortar are already in use in the Middle East
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Northrop Grumman’s HALE UAS Sets New Flight Record
January 12, 2015 @ 09:39 AMThe US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series have set a record by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before. The UAS series flew 781 hours from 10-16 September 2014
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Boeing Delivers Advanced Visual System To F-22 Training Center
January 9, 2015 @ 10:18 AMBoeing has delivered the first simulators for ground-based F-22 Raptor aircraft with an immersive, 360-degree visual environment. The delivery of Advanced Visual System has improved the realism of ground-based F-22 Raptor training center
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HAL To Handover First Overhauled Sukhoi To IAF
January 9, 2015 @ 09:48 AMThe first overhauled Sukhoi-30 aircraft will be delivered to the Indian Air Force by the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Nashik division, today. This will be the first time ever that a used Sukhoi will be returned to the field
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Turkey Plans To Order Four F-35 Fighters, Five Chinook Helicopters
January 8, 2015 @ 01:06 PMTurkey is likely to order four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in addition to the two it had already ordered. The country had originally planned to buy up to 100 F-35s to replace its ageing F-4 and F-16 fleet but budgetary constraints have forced it to order the $175 million aircraft in single digit numbers
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Indian Navy To Purchase Japanese US-2i Amphibious Aircraft
January 6, 2015 @ 01:15 PMThe Indian Navy is considering a $1.65 billion proposal to acquire 12 US-2i aircraft from Japanese company ShinMaywa in 2015, under the ‘Buy and Make (global) category of the Defence Procurement Procedure 2013
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China's Pterosaur Combat Drone Marks First Flight
January 6, 2015 @ 11:52 AMChina has made known its intension of making an export success of its recently developed Combat drone, the Pterosaur a competitor of the US Predator. The Pterosaur marked its first flight yesterday
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Elbit Systems Wins $100 Million Contract For Firefighting Aircraft
January 5, 2015 @ 10:50 AMElbit Systems has won a $100 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to procure six new firefighting aircraft and operate the firefighting squadron. The Squadron consists of fourteen aircraft, including eight previously procured by Elbit Systems
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Indian Coastal Defence Comes Good In Intercepting Suspected Terrorist Boat
January 3, 2015 @ 01:08 PMIndias coastal defences, beefed after the Mumbai attacks in 2009, came good in thwarting a suspected terrorist attack from the sea near the Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary on December 31. The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence agencies had set up radars and improved coordination to identify and intercept terrorist threats coming from the sea after the Mumbai attacks in which 200 innocent lives had been lost
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New F-35 Jet Lacks Software Ability To Fire Gun
January 2, 2015 @ 01:52 PMThe Pentagons F-35 Joint Strike Fighter worth $400 billion will not be able to fire its 25mm cannon during the operational missions until 2019. Even though F-35 is supposed to join frontline U
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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