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Lockheed Martin, Leonardo, Airbus Back In Talks With Poland For Supplying Helicopters
October 19, 2016 @ 02:46 PMPoland has invited Lockheed Martins PZL Mielec, Leonardos PZL Świdnik and Airbus for new preliminary talks on supplying helicopters to the countrys armed forces. The three companies were also part of the previous tender for the same purpose
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TKMS Wins $53 Million To Refit Two Portuguese Tridente Submarines
October 19, 2016 @ 12:21 PMThyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has won US $53 million to refit Portuguese Navys two Tridente class (Type 209PN) attack submarines. The first submarine, NRP Tridente will be refitted in Germany in the next two years while TKMS and Portugese Arsenal do Alfeite will together refit NRP Arpao locally between 2018 and 2020
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DCI Trains Crews For Egyptian FREMM frigates, amphibious assault ships
October 18, 2016 @ 04:13 PMDCI has trained the first crew for Tahya Misr FREMM multi-mission frigate and the first two crews for the Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anouar-El-Sadat amphibious assault ships of Egyptian navy. The DCI group assumed responsibility for training the Egyptian crews of the multi-mission frigate and the two amphibious assault ships acquired by Cairo in 2015
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Geoff Hoon To Depart AgustaWestland
October 17, 2016 @ 02:05 PMFormer UK Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon who was AgustaWestland's international director, has announced his intention to leave the company. In an email to media contacts Monday, Hoon said, “After almost six years of working with AgustaWestland, now is the right time for me to move on to new challenges
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Japan Eyes Djibouti Military Base Expansion To Counter Chinese Influence
October 14, 2016 @ 04:11 PMJapan is eyeing to lease additional land by next year to expand its military base in Djibouti to counter Chinese influence in the region. Japan is considering deploying C-130 transport aircraft, Bushmaster armored vehicles and extra personnel to the base but has not yet decided on how many,
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Putin Ratifies Agreement With Syria To Deploy Russian Air Group On Request
October 14, 2016 @ 01:32 PMRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed the federal law passed by Russian State Duma and approved by the Federation council on deployment of aviation group of the Russian armed forces in Syria. The law was passed by Russias State Duma on October 7, 2016, and approved by the Federation Council on Wednesday, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday
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India, Russia To Sign $5 Billion Deal For S-400 Air Defence Missile
October 14, 2016 @ 12:26 PMIndia will be signing a $5.8 billion contract with Russia on Saturday to acquire five new generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems
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Russia Completes S-300 Air Missile Defense Systems Delivery To Iran
October 13, 2016 @ 01:47 PMRussia has completed its contract on delivering S-300 air defense systems to Iran. "All divisions have been supplied," Alexander Fomin the head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation was quoted as saying by
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Argentina Orders RBS 70 NG Short Range Defense System
October 13, 2016 @ 09:56 AMArgentina orders Swedish Saabs RBS 70 NG short-range defense (SHORAD) system. Saab had announced in late September that it had procured a $44 million order for the RBS 70 SHORAD without disclosing the customer
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Britain Sells $6.8 Bln Defense Equipment To Saudi Since 2010
October 12, 2016 @ 03:39 PMUK has sold about £5.6 billion ($6
Russia's Geran-3 Jet-Powered Kamikaze Drone Ready for Operations
Taiwan Worried over China-Developed Tactics in Indo-Pak Aerial Engagement
AeroVironment Unveils Red Dragon Kamikaze Drone with 400km Range
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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...
