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Indian Su-30MKI, Jaguars To Join US Red Flag Exercise Next Year
December 5, 2015 @ 08:47 AMIndia will be sending its frontline Su-30MKI fighter jets and Jaguar attack aircraft to participate in the US ‘Red Flag exercise to be held in Alaska next year. The Indian air force will be sending a 12 aircraft team to the US in April that would include four each of the Su 30 and Jaguar fighters, besides two C 17 tactical lift aircraft and IL 78 mid-air refulers each
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Mig-35 Jet Fighters To Receive Platform-Less Inertial Navigation System
December 5, 2015 @ 08:24 AMRussian multirole fighter jets will be equipped with a platform-less inertial navigation system. “The MiG-35 will receive the navigation system
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Airbus Welcomes Spanish Decision To Restructure A400M Delivery Schedule
December 4, 2015 @ 12:51 PMSpains decision to restructure the delivery of 27 Airbus A400M military transport aircraft has been welcomed by Airbus Defense and Space. Spain intends to postpone delivery of 13 A400M military transport aircraft beyond 2024 out of the 27 it ordered
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Indian Navy To Order Three Additional Scorpene Submarines
December 4, 2015 @ 08:55 AMIndia will order an additional three Scorpene submarines to the exisiting order of six under Project 75. Indian Naval Chief Admiral R K Dhowan addressing a press conference Thursday said, “The Navy, which has a severe shortage of undersea platforms, would order additional Scorpene submarines after Mazgaon Docks (MDL) finishes building the six on order under Project 75
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China's First Electricity Powered Aircraft Approved For Production
December 4, 2015 @ 08:14 AMChinas first electricity powered aircraft has been approved for production by the Chinese civil aviation authorities. The two sear RX1E aircraft has a flying time of 45 minutes to 60 minutes and requires one and half hour to charge
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Turkey Grants France Airspace Access To Fight IS In Syria
December 4, 2015 @ 07:19 AMTurkey has granted access to its airspace to France to fight Islamic State (IS) militants. Turkey will allow the French jets to fly in its airspace on their way to attack IS militants, Turkish Hurriyet News daily reported Thursday
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No AgustaWestland Helicopter For Indonesian VVIPs, To Use 25 Year Old Super
December 4, 2015 @ 06:27 AMIndonesia President Joko Widodo has turned down an Air Force plan to buy new AW101 helicopters for VVIPs use and instead will continue to use 25 year old Super Puma choppers. The AgustaWestland AW 101 chopper was “too expensive,” considering current domestic economic conditions
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US-Made Launch System For Indian Aircraft Carrier Possible: Indian Navy Chief
December 3, 2015 @ 06:42 PMThe Indian Navys second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC 2), to be locally built, could a have US-developed electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) as one of the subsystems, Admiral Robin Dhowan, the chief of naval staff (CNS) said this at the press conference in Delhi today. Elaborating on the point, the CNS said that the request for proposals (RFP)s for the sub-systems ranging from propulsion to types of aircraft to be carried aboard the IAC 2 will be issued at the “right time
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Only 29 Of 66 Germany’s Tornado Fighters Airworthy; Defense Ministry Report
December 3, 2015 @ 03:41 PMBarely two days before Germany goes to vote in favour of military action against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, German defense ministry report said that only 29 of 66 Tornado fighter aircraft are airworthy. German media quoted German Armys Chief of Staff Gen Volker Wieker saying that the German flying systems are unworthy
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Cubic Corp To Supply Software For US Marines’ Integrated Ground Combat Training...
December 3, 2015 @ 03:01 PMCubic Corporation has won a $2.1 million contract to deliver software and access to instructional videos for Instrumented-Tactical Engagement Simulation System II (I-TESS II) by US Marine Corps
Indian Rafale Jets Fired SCALP Missiles, Hammer Precision Bombs at Pakistani Targets
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Loses Second F/A-18 Fighter Jet in Red Sea...
Three of 4 Yemenia Airlines' Aircraft Destroyed, Sana’a Airport Rendered Unusable in...
AeroVironment Unveils Titan 4 Counter-Drone System
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
