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Thales Awarded Adelaide Class Frigate Combat Systems Support Contract
November 25, 2013 @ 12:47 PMThales has won a contract worth $46 million to provide support for Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) Adelaide-Class Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) combat systems. "This contract will ensure the FFG Class Combat System, which is among the most capable in the world, is effectively sustained until the RAN transitions to the new Air Warfare Destroyers," DMO chief executive officer Warren King said
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Russia Offers Advanced Helicopters And Air Defense Systems To Egypt
November 15, 2013 @ 12:42 PMThe Russian delegates visit to Egypt has marked a revival of large-scale military cooperation with the recent offering made by Russia to sell modern helicopters and air defence systems in a deal worth US$2 billion. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed that military collaboration was discussed in talks between Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Egyptian counterpart General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but gave no further details
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MEADS Completes Successful Test
November 7, 2013 @ 09:03 AMThe Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has marked a new milestone with the successful interception of two simultaneous targets attacking from opposite directions during a stressing demonstration at White Sands Missile Range. The demonstration was part of tests on the systems 360-degree air and missile defence (AMD) capabilities
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Indian Navy Inducts First Indigenous Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers
November 6, 2013 @ 01:01 PMThe Indian Navy today inducted the first indigenous Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at INS Dega, Vishakhapatnam. “We are proud of Indian manufactured products and it is evident from the fact that HAL made aircraft such as Vampire and Kirans are with us for decades”, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral, D
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German GM 400 Radar System Enters Into Service
November 5, 2013 @ 12:34 PMThe first of six Ground Master 400 (GM 400) long-range air defence radar systems has entered into service with the German Air Force following successful operational test. Integrated into the German Air Surveillance network, the GM 400 will provide enhanced air surveillance throughout the centre of Germany, from the North Sea to the Alps
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MBDA Successfully Test Upgraded Brimstone Missile
October 21, 2013 @ 01:56 PMMBDA successfully tested Brimstone 2 missile highlighting the latest guidance system upgrades being added to it under the UK MoD Brimstone 2 programme. The trials involved firing five missiles at a series of targets moving at up to and including 70 mph, from a variety of launch conditions including long range and high off-boresight and against targets transiting representative cluttered road environments
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BAE Systems Delivers First Corvette To Oman
October 8, 2013 @ 02:35 PMThe Royal Navy of Oman takes delivery of its first of the three Khareef class warships built by BAE Systems under the sultanate's Project Khareef. His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi said: “Today we celebrate the arrival of AL SHAMIKH into the waters of the sultanate, the first ship of Project Khareef, which would contribute to the strengthening of military capabilities and capacities of the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) which enjoys the Royal care and attention of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
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India Successfully Tests Prithvi-II Missile Two Days In A Row
October 8, 2013 @ 09:43 AMIndia has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile for the second time this week from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha. A day prior, the indigenously-developed ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km was fired for the first time from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, about 230 km from Bhubaneswar
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Oshkosh To Showcase U.S. Marine's JLTV Vehicle Solutions
September 24, 2013 @ 02:37 PMOshkosh Defense has developed vehicle and upgrade offerings to meet U.S
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Dassault Meets Key Tender Condition In Indian MMRCA Contract
September 23, 2013 @ 11:59 AMDassault is one step closer to signing the MMRCA contract with India after it delivered the first Rafale fighter aircraft in the Lot-4 production to the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) last week. The aircraft is the first of 60 production Rafales, to be delivered with the new Thales RBE2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar also fitted with next-generation sensors, the new-generation missile launch detector (DDM NG) and the new front sector optronics "Identification and Telemetry
Indian MoD to Procure Locally-made Rockets for Pinaka MLRS Worth $1.1 Billion
France Delivers First Mirage 2000 Jets to Ukraine
U.K. Makes 3D Printable Parts for Tempest Fighter from Old Tornado Aircraft...
Russia Offers Su-57 Fighter Jets to India with Joint Production Option
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U