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Kinetic Energy Interceptor Team Completes Missile Defense Test of Enhanced Rocket Motor
September 29, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTUCSON, Ariz. --- The Raytheon Company and Northrop Grumman Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) team fired a Stage 2 rocket motor featuring an enhanced nozzle and upgraded ballistics
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IAF PHALCON AWACS to arrive by Jan-Feb 2009
September 26, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDefence ministry sources said the first of the three Awacs, initially slated to be delivered in November 2007 under the $1.1-billion deal signed in March 2004, will now land in India by January-February 2009
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Pratt & Whitney Awarded Production Contract for F135 Propulsion Systems
September 26, 2008 @ 12:00 AMEAST HARTFORD, Conn. --- Pratt & Whitney was awarded a production contract worth up to $491 million (including options) for F135 propulsion systems to power the F-35 Lightning II
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Pentagon Awards $885M for Maritime Surveillance Systems
September 26, 2008 @ 12:00 AM-- Forward Slope, Inc., San Diego, Calif
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Defence Ministry Scraps Elbit as Supplier of Patria Weapon Stations
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMShortcomings discovered in testing have led to the Slovenia Defence Ministry canceling Israeli company Elbit as the supplier of the overhead remote controlled weapon stations for the 135 APCs bought by Slovenia from Finnish contractor Patria.>> The stations will instead be supplied by Norwegian company Kongsberg
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L-3 Unit Wins $58M for C-12 Maintenance
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AML-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $58,616,881 estimated value modification to a previously awarded firm fixed priced, cost reimbursable requirements contract (N00019-00-D-0272) to exercise an option to provide for the total aircraft maintenance and logistics life cycle support for 55 Navy and 11 Marine Corps C-12 aircraft
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Finland's Top Officer Opposes Cluster Munitions Ban
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAdmiral Juhani Kaskeala, the commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, said Monday that Finland should not sign the convention on cluster munitions. Adm Kaskeala added that a ban on cluster munitions would crucially impair Finland's defence capabilities
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STRATCOM Leader Charts Nuclear Path for American Military
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. --- The U
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Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Mission Crosses Atlantic
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMLANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. --- An Air Combat Command RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif
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DSU Tests New Submarine Rescue System with Chilean Submarine
September 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSAN DIEGO --- The Navy's Deep Submergence Unit tested a new system known as the submarine rescue diving and recompression system (SRDRS) with the Chilean submarine CS Simpson (SS-21) Sept. 17-18
U.S. DoW Signs Agreements with L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin to Increase Patriot,...
BMP-3 Armored Vehicle Deliveries to Russian Troops Gathers Pace
U.S. Issues Licence to Export GE F110 Engines for Turkey’s KAAN Fighter...
U.S., Iran Halt Strikes on One Another, But Tankers War Continues
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