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Raytheon To Supply US Army With Enhanced Stinger Missiles For Counter-Drone Missions
June 18, 2019 @ 11:57 AMRaytheon has won a contract to supply the US Army with enhanced Stinger missiles retrofitted with proximity fuzes to help counter the growing threat of enemy unmanned aircraft systems, the company announced Tuesday. The enhancement enables the lightweight, self-contained Stinger air defense system to destroy a wider array of battlefield threats by detonating its warhead near the target, while maintaining the missile's proven hit-to-kill capability
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Raytheon To Upgrade US Navy’s Block IV Tomahawk Missile Equipment
June 18, 2019 @ 08:22 AMRaytheon has won a $29.6 million contract to upgrade US Navys Block IV Tomahawk test and related equipment
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Germany May Block French Corvette Deal with UAE
June 10, 2019 @ 11:58 AMGermany may Block a hard-won deal by the Naval Group to Supply Gowind Corvettes to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as it is against that countrys participation in the Yemen war. A German firm, MTU supplies engines for the Gowind anti-submarine corvettes manufactured by Frances Naval Group, Intelligence Online reported
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United Technologies, Raytheon Merge To Form “Raytheon Technologies”
June 10, 2019 @ 07:49 AMUnited Technologies Corp (UTC) and Raytheon announced a merger on Sunday, which they plan to name as “Raytheon Technologies." The combined company is forcasted to have approximately $74 billion of annual sales this year, putting it behind Boeing as the second-largest aerospace and defense company in the US by revenue
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India Likely To Buy NASAMS-II For $1 Billion To Shield New Delhi...
June 10, 2019 @ 06:26 AMIndia is likely to acquire National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US for an estimated $1 billion (INR 6,000 Crore) in order to erect a multi-layered missile shield over New Delhi, in order to protect the capital against 9/11-type attacks. “The networked system, capable of even shooting around buildings, will take care of 9/11-like and other close-in threats,” sources from the defense ministry told
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Raytheon To Supply Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems For US Navy's MH-60 Choppers
June 1, 2019 @ 05:25 PMRaytheon has won a $7 million contract to fabricate, assemble, test and deliver low-rate initial production Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems (AMNS) for the US Navy's MH-60 twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopters. The contract includes providing engineering services and support
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S-400 Triumf Buy Will Have Serious Implications On Indo-US Defense Ties: US
May 31, 2019 @ 05:37 PMIndia's purchase of the Russian S-400 Triumf missile defense systems will have "serious implications" on the Indo-US defense ties, a top US state Department official said Friday. "The Trump administration has been very clear that the acquisition of advanced Russian technology sends the wrong message to Russia at a time when it continues its aggressions," the official added
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Pentagon Submits Report On Rare Earths' Usage In Military Equipment To Congress...
May 30, 2019 @ 08:23 AMThe Pentagon submitted a report on the usage of rare earth elements in manufacturing military and defense equipment, mostly sourced from China, after Chinese officials threatened to cut off the supplies to the US. “The department continues to work closely with the president, Congress and the industrial base to mitigate US reliance on China for rare earth minerals,” Lt
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India To Purchase 10 Fewer MQ-9 Sea Guardian Drones For Its Navy
May 17, 2019 @ 08:20 AMIndia is likely to approve the proposal to buy 12 MQ-9 Sea Guardian drones from the US for its Navy and not 22 of them for $2 billion as planned last year. “India had plans to purchase 22 Sea Guardian drones for the navy, valued at around $2 billion
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Russian S-400 System Requires Friendly Aircraft Data to Identify Friend or Foe
May 16, 2019 @ 11:21 AMThe United States is opposed to Turkey and India acquiring the Russian S-400 long-range air defense systems as it requires sensitive data from the sensors of the aircraft to be fed into it in order to identify them as friend or a foe. The details of the friendly aircraft required include information on the radar, Link-16, a special transponder called Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF) and more
Russia May Strike Foreign Ships Suspected of Delivering Arms to Ukraine
Norway Selects Skydio X10D Drones in $9.4M Defense Tender
Israel Signs Contract to Boost Arrow Missile Production
BAE Systems Conducts First Precision Airstrike from Multirotor Drone Using APKWS
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...