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Indian Army Successfully Test Fires Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile
March 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia successfully test fired Brahmos supersonic cruise missile today as part of a user trial by the Army from the test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast, The Press Trust of India reported. "The missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1122 hours and the trial was successful," a defence official was quoted as saying
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Africa Sales Of A-29 Super Tucano Fetches Embraer More Than $180 Million
March 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMEmbraer Defense and Security announced today that it has signed contracts with three African nations for the acquisition of the A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprop. The Burkina Faso Air Force, the first operator of this model in Africa, has already received three aircraft that are used on border patrol missions
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First-Ever F-35A Night Refueling Mission Completed by Lockheed Martin
March 27, 2012 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin has successfully completed its first night refueling of the F-35 program on Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Flying a F-35A, the U
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Textron To Showcase Assortment Of Technologies Come DefExpo
March 26, 2012 @ 12:00 AMKeeping in mind the needs of India’s armed forces, Textron Systems will showcase variety of state-of-the-art technologies at DefExpo 2012 in New Delhi. Since 2010, India has been acquiring precision air-launched weapons including the Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) from Textron
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Britain MoD To Upgrade Nuclear Submarine In A Contract Worth £350
March 26, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe British Ministry of Defense announced today the signing of a multi-million pound deal to upgrade one of the Royal Navy’s nuclear deterrent submarines. The £350 million contract to refit and refuel HMS one of the UK’s four Vanguard class submarines, designed to carry the UK‘s Trident nuclear missiles
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Russian MoD and Irkut Corporation Finalize Contract on Su-30SM Fighters Delivery
March 23, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and President of Irkut Corporation Alexey Fedorov, have signed the contract on Su-30SM multirole fighters delivery for the Russian Armed Forces. Under the contract, Irkut Corporation will supply to the Defence Ministry 30 aircraft of this type by 2015
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Delaying Fighter Deal Would 'Cost Billions'
March 23, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDefence Minister Stephen Smith's decision to hold back on the order for Australia's next batch of 58 Joint Strike Fighters could cost taxpayers billions of dollars. The cost blow-out will be compounded if, as indicated, he pushes back the delivery schedule for 12 of the 14 planes in the first batch
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Raytheon Wins $45M Contract MFRFS from US Army
March 21, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon Company has been awarded a $45.5 million contract for the prototype build of the Ku Band Multi-Function RF System (MFRFS) Sense and Warn (S&W) radars for the U
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Passengers To Get Prominence In MC-21
March 14, 2012 @ 12:00 AMWide and comfortable seats, extra leg room and more space for your cabin baggage are usually a luxury only business class travellers can afford. Now, the economy class traveller can indulge in the same extravagance should airlines begin incorporating the MC-21, designed and built by Russian plane-maker Irkut Corp, into their fleet
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Lockheed Martin Wins $56M contract for F-35 from US DoD
March 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co
U.K. Army to Induct Ukraine-tested Tekever Reconnaissance Drones
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Ukraine Unveils MUL.E Electric-Hybrid Combat Motorcycle
Mass Production of Russian MC-21 Airliner Gains Momentum- 18 Aircraft Currently on...
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