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Russia To Develop Attack Drone Based In T-50 Aircraft
September 2, 2013 @ 02:31 PMRussia is developing an unmanned combat air vehicle based on the T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced today. The drone development is currently at a “preliminary research stage,” in accordance with plans approved by the Russian Defense Ministry, UAC president Mikhail Pogosyan was quoted by RIA Novosti at the MAKS-2013 airshow
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Canada Issues RFP For Fixed-Wing Aircraft
September 2, 2013 @ 02:29 PMCanada today released a Request of Proposal (RFP) draft to replace its fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft. The draft is being shared with industry for final comments before the RFP phase is launched in early 2014
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Colombia To Buy Additional Mi-171A1, Ka-62 Helicopters
August 28, 2013 @ 02:30 PMRussian Helicopters and Colombias Vertical de Aviacion today signed agreements for five Mi-171A1s and five Ka-62s at the MAKS 2013 show. As part of the contracts signed today, Russian Helicopters and Vertical de Aviacion will work together on certification of the Mi-171A1 in Mexico and the Ka-62 in Colombia
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Safran Showcases Aerospace, Defense and Security Expertise At MAKS 2013
August 28, 2013 @ 08:31 AMSafran will be showcasing its innovative security solutions for the first time at Russias major air show. At the MAKS 2013 show, Safran will unveil biometric identification systems (Morpho-Face-Investigate, based on facial recognition; Morpho Tatoo, for the identification of tattoos, etc
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Pentagon Awards Three Contracts Worth $251 Million
August 28, 2013 @ 08:22 AMRaytheon Co. was awarded a $54 million firm-fixed price, option eligible; non-multi-year contract modification to contract to exercise an option to conduct Excalibur 155mm Increment Ib production and procure a total of 765 projectiles
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Russia To Unveil New Ka-62 Helicopter At MAKS 2013
August 27, 2013 @ 06:05 PMRussian Helicopters will present the first prototype of the new medium multirole Ka-62 at the MAKS 2013 show. The Ka-62 is the first helicopter that Russian Helicopters has created in international co-operation with European partners who worked on individual components
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One Year Of Operational Deployment For NH-90 Helicopter
August 26, 2013 @ 02:16 PMThe two NH-90 helicopters of the Italian Army Aviation command (AVES), assigned to Task Force ‘Fenice (Phoenix) of Regional Command West (RC-W), has arrived at the headquarters of the ISAF Joint Command (IJC). Italian armys NH-90s helicopter, which recently passed the 1,000 flight hour milestone, arrived in the Afghan theater of operations in August of last year and, for the first time ever among the programs partner nations, have been engaged in combat and combat support missions
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Pentagon Awards Two Contracts Worth $1 Billion
August 26, 2013 @ 01:59 PMBoeing has won a firm-fixed price, option eligible, multi-year contract estimated at $904 million for 36 new Block III Apache Helicopters (AH-64E) for the Republic of Korea to include logistical support, spares and one Longbow crew trainer. Northrop Grumman Corp has also won a $152 million contract modification which incorporates twelve outstanding contract changes which consist of requests for equitable adjustment (REAs); change order proposals (COPs); engineering change proposals (ECPs) at an increase in estimated cost and fixed fee of $137 million and $15 million respectively
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Australian Navy Successfully Tests MU90 Torpedo
August 16, 2013 @ 03:18 PMThe Royal Australian Navy has successfully conducted the worlds first firing of a “war shot” MU90 Lightweight Torpedo, Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO CSC RAN announced today. ANZAC Class Frigate HMAS Stuart fired the explosive warhead against a specially designed target in the East Australian Exercise Area
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India To Test "Secret" K-4 UnderSea Missiles
August 12, 2013 @ 10:05 AMIndia is contemplating to go for the maiden trail for its long range nuke-capable undersea missile K-4 by next month, which was kept a secret so far. According to reports, the indigenously built submarine launched ballistic (SLBM) missile, which has a strike range of 3000-km to 3,500-km will be test fired from a submerged pontoon off the Vishakhapatnam coast
Vietnam Develops PTH-130 Wheeled Artillery Based on Russian KamAZ-6560 truck
Greece plans to Donate 203-mm M110A2 Artillery Guns and Ammunition to Ukraine...
Russian Su-75 Stealth Fighter Spotted
Canada to Receive M142 HIMARS Artillery Worth $1.75 Billion
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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...