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Sweden To Equip Fighter Jets With Cruise Missiles
April 25, 2014 @ 09:05 AMThe Swedish government is planning to equip fighter jets with cruise missiles, following the announcement made on a military spending hike linked to the Ukraine crisis. “In the future the ability to combat longer range targets can be important,” Defence Minister Karin Enstroem was quoted as saying by Sveriges Radio, adding that the missiles would have “a high precision which acts as a deterrent”
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AgustaWestland Accelerates Helicopter Development To Meet Global Demand
April 16, 2014 @ 07:13 AMAgustaWestland has increased the rate at which it develops new helicopters to meet increasing demand for a variety of helicopters. Consequently, helicopter development time frame has been compressed from the previous six years to three years starting from development and design to certification, manufacture and testing
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FAUN Trackway To Display Heavy Ground Mobility System At DSA 2014
April 14, 2014 @ 07:28 AMFAUN Trackway will be showcasing the Heavy Ground Mobility System (HGMS) at the DSA 2014, 14 – 17 April. First developed over 15 years ago for the Norwegian Army, the HGMS comprises Military Load Classification (MLC) 70 Trackway mounted on a hydraulic dispenser
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Is India Caught In the US-Russia Cyber Warfare Crossfire?
April 7, 2014 @ 01:25 PMThere could be more to it than meets the eye in the recent downpour of leaked information on the Indian Air Forces Su-30MKIs. Anti-Russia hackers, either acting independently or working for the US NSA and other western powers may have targeted Moscow because of the latters reunion with Crimea and due to Edward Snowdens asylum in Russia
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Sweden Wants 10 More Gripen Aircraft, Defense Minister Says
April 4, 2014 @ 02:21 PMSweden should procure 10 additional JAS Gripen aircraft in adding up to a total 70 jets it has already agreed to procure, the countrys Defense Mininster Karin Enstrom said Friday. Enstroms comments came in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine and also of widely publicized Russian military flight incidents last year, when Moscow attack aircraft flew practice missions over Sweden, reported Radio Sweden
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French-Russian Combat Vehicle Put On Hold: Reports
April 3, 2014 @ 09:44 AMThe crisis in Crimea has put yet another French-Russian deal on hold. Renault Trucks Defense on Wednesday said its project to develop an armored infantry fighting vehicle together with a Russian manufacturer is on hold
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Could India's Review of MMRCA Selection Process Bring Back Eurofighter?
March 31, 2014 @ 09:27 AMIndia may review the process of arriving at the lowest bidder in the MMRCA fighter contest which could open the door for Eurofighter to re-enter the competition. Media reports today said that Indian defence minister AK Antony had recently ordered the process to arrive at the lowest bidder in the multi-vendor tender be reviewed after completion of the whole procedure as questions had been raised over it and the minister had taken cognizance of ‘concerns
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Eurofighter Marks 20th Anniversary, Plans Deliveries to Oman Next
March 27, 2014 @ 10:46 AMEurofighter will next deliver Typhoon fighters to its seventh customer, Oman, as the European consortium marks its 20th anniversary. On the 20th anniversary of Europes biggest fighter programme, over 400 Typhoons have been delivered to six international customers
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US Navy Developing Next-Generation Tomahawk Missiles: Reports
March 27, 2014 @ 10:37 AMThe US Navy is testing and developing the next-generation command attack weapon, as a potential replacement for battle-tested Tomahawk, according to DoD Buzz. The Navy plans to modernize its arsenal of roughly 4,000 Tomahawk missiles
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F-35 Software Glitches To Delay Deliveries, Says US Government Accountability Office
March 26, 2014 @ 11:41 AMThe US Marine Corps F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program would be delayed further due to glitches in software development and testing, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Earlier reports said the F-35s is scheduled to reach “initial operating capability” by mid-2015
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