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Russia Begins Production of India's S-400 Systems
November 18, 2019 @ 10:41 AMFollowing India's advance payment of around $800 million, Russia has launched production of S-400 missile defense systems for the country. "The advance payment has been made
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UAE’s EDGE to Display ISR-configured Bombardier Challenger 650 Business Jet at Dubai...
November 13, 2019 @ 08:05 AMThe United Arab Emirates (UAE)s “Edge,” a new government-owned defense company launched on November 5, will display its new, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)– configured Bombardier Challenger 650 jet at the upcoming
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AESA Radar-Equipped Chinese J-11B Fighter Jet Seen for First Time
November 6, 2019 @ 08:58 AMChina has displayed a J-11B fighter jet, the mainstay of its air force, with a white nose cone with its official media interpreting it to be new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. “The new radar that can see farther and enable long-range missile use, a move that will significantly boost the Chinese Air Force's capability,”
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Boeing admits Parachute 'Deployment Anomaly' in Spaceflight Abort Test
November 5, 2019 @ 12:08 PMBoeing has admitted to a ‘deployment anomaly during a CST-100 Starliner manned spaceflight pad abort test in which all three parachutes failed to deploy. “We will review the data to determine how all of the systems performed, including the parachute deployment sequence
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Sanctions-busting ‘Financial Arrangements’ Helped Rosoboronexport Complete S-400 Turkey Deal
November 1, 2019 @ 09:45 AMRussia introduced new financial arrangements in 2019 to receive payments for arms sales that helped it get around United States sanctions against its defence and financial sector. “Despite sanctions, we have completed supplies of all the components of the S-400 Air Defence Missile Systems to Turkey ahead of time, created and launched the first worlds joint venture on production of the Kalashnikov assault rifles of the “two hundredth” series in India,” said Rosoboronexports Director General Alexander Mikheev today
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Russia Donates Air Defence Radar to Tajikistan
October 30, 2019 @ 09:53 AMTajikistan on Tuesday accepted Russias gift that included air defence radar and BRDM-2M armored reconnaissance vehicle. The military hardware, worth $5 million (320 million Rubles), were handed over by Russia to Tajikistan after the conclusion of their joint military drill
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US Navy Awards BAE $37M for Aircraft Decoy Countermeasures
October 29, 2019 @ 10:17 AMBAE Systems has won a $36.7 million US Navy contract to develop and demonstrate a next-generation, dual band Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (FOTD) to protect the navys aircraft and pilots from advanced threats
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Airbus Delivers first NH-90 Helicopters to German Navy
October 26, 2019 @ 06:07 AMAirbus Helicopters announced the delivery of first of the 18 ordered NH-90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Germany navy, on Thursday. The rotorcraft was delivered to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
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Turkey Launches MiLDEN Project to Build Own Submarines
October 24, 2019 @ 08:02 AMTurkey unveiled its new defense project, the MiLDEN, to develop and build six of its own submarines by 2040, on Tuesday. The first Turkish submarines will be copies of the German designs, which feature silent cruising capabilities, guided missiles and advanced heavy torpedoes, UPI
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Lithuania to buy UH-60M Black Hawks for $335M
October 22, 2019 @ 06:15 AMThe Lithuanian Ministry of Defense will buy six UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for an estimated cost of €300 million ($335 million), a part of which will reportedly be paid by the US. The new choppers will replace the countrys obsolete, Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopters
U.K. Navy's New Drones Can Trick Sea Mines into Exploding Harmlessly
Turkey’s ASELSAN Demonstrates Laser Defense System Against Infrared-Guided Missiles
Russia Targets Patriot Battery in Kyiv as Germany Pushes for New U.S....
Dutch Intelligence: Russia Using WWI-Era Chemical in Ukraine
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...
