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Armaments may prove to be a costly affair for India’s Mirage 2000...
May 6, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF)’s plans to upgrade its fleet of Mirage 2000 fighters could be delayed following issues over the armaments package of the upgraded aircraft. While both the IAF and the French company, Dasault are keen to get the project off the ground at the earliest, informed sources told defenseworld
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Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million contract for Tactical Radios from Government of
March 11, 2011 @ 12:00 AMHarris Corporation has received $11 million in orders from the French Procurement Agency (Direction Generale de l'Armement – DGA) for Falcon III multiband manpack and handheld tactical radios – further expanding the adoption of the company's next-generation radio technology by international military forces. Under the orders, Harris will provide French forces with its AN/PRC-117G wideband networking radios, associated AN/VRC-114 vehicular amplifier adapters and other accessories
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Astrium wins contract for Satellite Communications from UK
February 22, 2011 @ 12:00 AMAstrium Services has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to deliver the AirPatrol airborne satcom terminal to support Canada’s Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral Environment (RIFL2E) Technology Demonstration Project (TDP). The terminal, which will be delivered and supported by Astrium Services’ Secure Satcom Systems, will enable DND to evaluate the technical feasibility and operational capability of an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform
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BEL, Sagem MoU on Artillery Pointing Devices
February 11, 2011 @ 12:00 AMNavratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Safran Sagem have signed an MoU in the field of Land Navigation and Artillery pointing applications based on Sagem Sigma 30 Inertial Navigation System. Sigma 30 equips the world’s leading artillery systems, including the indigenous Pinaka missile system
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CAE-HAL Helicopter Training Academy, HATSOFF takes off
February 2, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture owned equally by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, today announced that its simulator cockpit for the civil/conventional variant of the Dhruv has arrived at the HATSOFF training centre in Bangalore following design and manufacture at CAE's facility in Montreal, Canada. The Dhruv simulator cockpit will now be installed and integrated with the CAE-built full-mission simulator currently in operation at HATSOFF
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Thales wins the Canadian contract for Radar
January 27, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThales Canada announced that it has been awarded the Tactical Control Radar contract by the Department of National Defence. Thales will supply and integrate two Ground Master 400 (GM 400) radars deployable with a suite of communications and operator control systems
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Indo- Russian agreement on $35 billion fifth generation stealth fighter
December 21, 2010 @ 12:00 AMOfficially declared as the “biggest ever defence program in the history of India”, costing an estimated $35 billion from the Indian side, the fifth generation stealth fighter project is called the Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF) and will be an advanced version of the Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). A government press release said that a contract for Ppeliminary Design of the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft was signed between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi in Delhi on December 21
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Armoured underwear for British Frontline Troops
December 20, 2010 @ 12:00 AMPelvic protection for troops in Afghanistan has been introduced to help mitigate the effects of IED blasts, the U.K
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Cobham selected for new Aegis radar systems
December 15, 2010 @ 12:00 AMCobham will provide major Radio Frequency and Microwave assemblies for Aegis surveillance and fire control radar systems ordered as part of new-build Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers for the US Navy and foreign customers. In a deal worth approximately US$40m, Cobham will provide prime contractor Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors with 3700 assemblies for each Aegis system, which has been fitted to several classes of US Navy vessel and shore based locations
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High cost of Indian Mirage 2000 fighter upgrade causing a rethink
December 3, 2010 @ 12:00 AMFrench President Nicholas Sarkozy may miss signing of the Mirage 2000 upgrade deal with the Indian Air Force (IAF) during his visit to India. While officially, “negotiations are still going on”, according India’s senior foreign ministry officials, the reason for the delay seems to be that the high cost of upgrading the fighters is causing a rethink, informed sources told defenseworld
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