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Turkey To Renegotiate $3.4 Billion Chinese Missile Defense System Deal
July 30, 2015 @ 11:47 AMTurkey may consider renegotiating a possible $3.4 billion HQ-9 long range air and anti-missile defense systems deal with China
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US Approves Sale Of TOW Anti-Tank Missiles to Lebanon
July 23, 2015 @ 03:21 PMThe US has approved a $245 million worth possible sale of 1,000 tube-launched TOW anti-tank and 500 TOW bunker buster missiles to Lebanon. TOW missile is a multi-use battlefield weapon effective against tanks and vehicles, ground forces and helicopters
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Raytheon Develops Low Cost Fiber Airframe For USAF Air Launched Decoy
July 21, 2015 @ 10:54 PMRaytheon, Fokker and Dallar have developed a low cost carbon fiber airframe for US Air Force MALD (Miniature Air Launched Decoy). The air frame has cost 25 per cent lesser than usual by using the new composite design produced using robotics and formula racing techniques
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Tomorrow’s Missiles To Be printed, Not Manufactured
July 20, 2015 @ 03:38 PMResearchers at Raytheon Missile Systems have been using additive manufacturing technology, known as 3D printing, to create guided weapons components including rocket engines, fins and parts. “You could potentially have these in the field,” said Jeremy Danforth, a Raytheon engineer who has printed working rocket motors in the company's statement today “Machines making machines
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Despite US $2.5 Billion KF-16 Approval, South Korea Hesitant Due To Cost
July 16, 2015 @ 03:02 PMThe US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved South Korean 134 KF-16 fighter jet upgrade program for an estimated $2.5 billion (2
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Japan Likely To Join NATO Missile Development Consortium
July 11, 2015 @ 01:29 PMJapan is looking to become part of NATO missile building consortium that oversees development and shares the costs of the SeaSparrow missile. The ship-borne weapon, developed by US firms Raytheon and General Dynamics, is designed to destroy anti-ship sea-skimming missiles and attack aircraft
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Raytheon Delivers Border C4ISR Systems To Jordan
July 9, 2015 @ 12:02 PMRaytheon has delivered operational capability under a $79 million Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) contract to assist Jordan (GoHKJ) for securing its borders with Syria and Iraq. The contract included the delivery of key command, control, communications, and surveillance capabilities to the Jordanian Armed Forces, the company announced Wednesday
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South Korean Arms Agency Countersues Raytheon, BAE Systems For KF-16 Deal Failure
July 8, 2015 @ 03:24 PMThe Korean arms procurement agency has filed a counter suit against US defense contractor Raytheon and the UK's BAE Systems demanding to pay $60 million for their failure to implement a KF-16 upgrade deal. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) was quoted as saying by Korean Times today that the lawsuit was filed with Seoul Central District Court last month to ask BAE pay $43
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China Unwilling to Transfer Missile Tech to Turkey
June 24, 2015 @ 04:07 PMChina, like the US and Europe has declined to transfer technology as part of its bid to sell FD-2000 air defence system to Turkey. As a result Turkey may not be able to operate the FD-2000, the export version of the Chinese HQ-9 system effectively, WantChinaTimes said quoting Russian media which translated an interview of Ismail Demir, head of Turkey's Under-secretariat for Defense Industries
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Raytheon To Provide 53 Surveillance Radars To US Navy
June 24, 2015 @ 03:10 PMRaytheon has won a $153 million contract to produce 53 maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for US Navys Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft fleet. The AN/APY-10 delivers accurate and actionable information in all weather, day and night, for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, and for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
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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...