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Thailand To Buy Eight T-50 Jet Trainers From South Korea For $258
July 11, 2017 @ 12:43 PMThailand cabinet has approved the purchase of eight supersonic T-50 jet trainers worth 8.8 billion baht ($258 million) from South Korea
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US Marine Corps' KC 130 Refuelling Tanker Crashes, Killing 16
July 11, 2017 @ 12:29 PMThe US Marine Corps military plane crashed in rural Mississippi with nine Marines onboard. The Lockheed Martin KC-130 crashed into a soybean field about 135 kilometres north of Jackson around 4pm on Monday afternoon, killing sixteen people
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Bangladesh To Buy Two RAF C130J Transport Planes
July 8, 2017 @ 02:41 PMBangladesh has entered into a Government-to-government deal with the United Kingdom to purchase two C-130J C5 tactical transport aircraft to boost transport capabilities of its air force. Financed under the FY 2017-2018 defense budget, Bangladesh will become the ninth operator of the C-130J C5 in Asia, bdmilitary
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Rheinmetall Wins €900M Contract To Replace German Army's KAT-I Tactical Trucks
July 6, 2017 @ 11:44 AMRheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has entered into a framework agreement with the Bundeswehr, the unified armed forces of Germany, to supply over 2,200 state-of-the-art trucks. Awarded by the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) and structured to run seven years, the framework contract covers a total of 2,271 HX2 family vehicles with a gross value of around €900 million
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Australia To Upgrade E-7A Wedgetail AEW &C For $443 Million
July 6, 2017 @ 08:19 AMThe Australian Government will upgrade the Royal Australian Air Forces (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control capability for AUD582.5 million (US$443 million)
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Iran Deploys Russian-made S-300 Missile Defence System
July 6, 2017 @ 07:32 AMIran has officially confirmed deployment of the Russian-made S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems for a combat duty Wednesday, local media reports. "The S-300s have assumed combat duty and are operational," ommander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said in an interview with Tasnim news agency
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Kalashnikov AK-12 Assault Rifle Passes Field Trials
July 5, 2017 @ 01:24 PMRussian Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle has passed all field design and field operational requirements of the Russian Armed Forces. The 5
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DARPA Flight Tests Fast, Lightweight Autonomous Quadcopter
July 5, 2017 @ 09:43 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently flight tested an unmanned quadcopters to demonstrate autonomous flight without the aid of human operators or global positioning systems. DARPA announced last week that Phase 1 of its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program concluded a series of obstacle-course flight tests in central Florida, flying quadcopters autonomously through cluttered buildings and obstacle-strewn environments at fast speeds (up to 20 meters per second, or 45 mph) using onboard cameras and sensors as “eyes” and smart algorithms to self-navigate
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North Korean Missile Lands In Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
July 4, 2017 @ 09:21 AMNorth Korea has fired an intermediate range missile that is likely to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone. The missile flew 930 kilometers (580 miles) before landing in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the South Korean military and Japanese government was quoted as saying by
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BAE Systems To Cut Steel For Global Combat Ship in July
July 3, 2017 @ 09:40 AMBAE Systems has won a £3.7bn contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme
Return Alive Foundation Buys Mobile F-16 Maintenance Complexes for Ukraine Air Force
Avio Secures €60M Orders from MBDA for ASTER 30 System
Iran Tests Qaseed Rocket to Launch Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Italy to Convert Gulfstream Jets into Electronic Attack Aircraft under BAE–L3Harris Deal...
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...