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Saab Offers To Design, Develop, Manufacture Gripen NG Fighter Aircraft In India
June 15, 2016 @ 02:34 PMSaab has offered to design, develop, manufacture and maintain Gripen NG multi-role fighter aircraft in India through transfer of technology. Saab has also set out a plan within Indias Make in India initiative, which will include transfer of technology; setting up of an aerospace eco-system in India, including a manufacturing facility; creation of a local supplier base; employment of a well-trained Indian workforce in engineering and manufacturing, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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North Korea Breaches South’s Internal Networks, Steals Military Information
June 14, 2016 @ 06:34 AMNorth Korea had penetrated into the internal networks of the South Korean affiliates of two conglomerates and subsequently stole and deleted an approximate 42,000 documents including some containing military information. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), in July 2014 the North started hacking the networks of South Korean telecoms giant SK Group and the Hanjin Group which has the country's top flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co
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IAF MiG-27 Aircraft Crashes Into House Premises
June 13, 2016 @ 10:20 AMAn Indian Air Force MiG-27 aircraft on Monday crashed near Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. According to initial reports, both pilots have been ejected safely, but three people have suffered injuries
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Indian GRSE Emerges Lowest Bidder For Philippines Navy’s Frigates Contract
June 9, 2016 @ 05:34 AMIndian defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) bid to export two frigates to the Philippines Navy has emerged as the lowest bid. "We are the lowest price bidder for the order
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Israel To Receive Three Super Hercules Transport Planes By Yearend
June 2, 2016 @ 05:36 AMThe Israel Defense Forces will be receiving another three Super Hercules transport planes by the end of the year, supplementing the three aircraft it already has at its Nevatim airbase in the southern part of the country. In 2014, Haaretz reported that the Israel Air Force had reached agreement to buy one additional Hercules and was considering buying three
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Airbus To Review Preliminary Design Of High-Speed Rotorcraft Demonstrator By Yearend
June 1, 2016 @ 12:52 PMAirbus Helicopters earlier this year passed an important milestone in the development of the high-speed, compound helicopter demonstrator currently being built as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. A mockup of the breakthrough airframe design has just undergone wind tunnel testing in an Airbus facility
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Lithuania To Open Talks On Purchase Of Norwegian Medium-Range Aircraft Defense System
May 30, 2016 @ 03:04 PMLithuania has decided to open talks with the Norwegian government on acquisition of medium-range missile defense systems NASAMS. "We have decided to open negotiations with the Norwegian government on possible purchase of the NASAMS systems," Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told Baltic Times after a meeting of the Defense Resource Council on Friday
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Pakistan Fails To Clinch F-16 Deal As Letter Of Acceptance Deadline Expires
May 28, 2016 @ 12:00 PMPakistan will no longer be able to purchase US-made F-16s as Islamabad failed to provide a letter of acceptance to the Pentagon by its May 24 deadline. The US$699 million deal for eight F-16C D Block-52 multi-role fighters (2 C and 6 D models), was to be partially financed through the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme but the US Congress disallowed selling the fighters at a subsidized price of US$270 and asked Islamabad to pay the full price
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General Dynamics Delivers 30 Two-Channel Manpack Radios To US Army For Evaluation
May 26, 2016 @ 02:52 PMGeneral Dynamics has delivered 30 new two-channel Manpack networking radios to the US Army for evaluation. The digital radios are the first to be delivered by General Dynamics under the Army's production contract awarded in March, the company said in a statement Thursday
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Estonian Milrem Tests Autonomous Ground Vehicle
May 25, 2016 @ 02:46 PMMilrem has announced that its unmanned ground vehicle passed tests by the Defence Forces Logistics Battalion during Spring Storm (Kevadtorm), a simulated battlefield event. Soldiers tested the Milrem vehicle for three days, using it mainly for transporting equipment and materials; something that is typically done manually or with bigger vehicles, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Japan Approves 2026 Budget for New Hypersonic Missile Production
Finland Deploys Israeli Gabriel Mk.5 Missiles on Naval Combat Duty
Ukraine Releases First Video of Long Neptune Cruise Missile with Extended Range
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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...