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Naval Group Eyes Indian Navy’s Scorpene Submarine Maintenance Contract
July 11, 2017 @ 06:23 AMNaval Group (formerly DCNS) is eyeing a multi-billion dollar maintenance contract of Indian Navys six Scorpene submarines under Project75 programme. “The maintenance contract is still under works
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Australia Finds THAAD Unsuitable, To Develop New Missile Defense Program
July 10, 2017 @ 02:28 PMAustralia will soon come up with a missile defense program to protect its forces, a US shield system is unsuitable, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system mentioned in recent briefings is “not really suitable for our situation,” Turnbull was quoted as saying by Bloomberg on Friday
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Australia Kickstarts Submarine Program With Opening Of New Office In France
July 10, 2017 @ 02:19 PMAustralian Department of Defense has set up a secure facility in Cherbourg, France together with Naval Group (formerly DCNS) and Lockheed Martin Australia which will house Submarine designers, naval architects and engineers who will work alongside each other on Australia's Future Submarine Program. More than 50 Australians will join Naval Group and Lockheed Martin Australia employees to progress the important work of developing a mature design of the Future Submarine
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Israeli PM Netanyahu's 'Close Associate' Among Six Detained in German Submarine Bribery...
July 10, 2017 @ 12:17 PMIsraeli police has detained six suspects including Israeli PM Netanyahu's 'Close Associate' in German Submarine Bribery Affair. The six suspects were government officials and worked in the private sector at the time of the submarine deal, police said
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Daewoo-Built Submarine Handed Over To Korean Navy
July 10, 2017 @ 09:05 AMAn advanced diesel-powered submarine that can track 300 undersea targets simultaneously was handed over to the South Korean Navy today. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co at its facility in Geoje Island near the country's southeastern port city of Busan, the submarine can remain underwater for 10 days
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India Adds 10 More Nuclear Weapons To Arsenal This Year: SIPR Report
July 6, 2017 @ 12:29 PMIndia is making progress with efforts to raise its arsenal of nuclear weapons while upgrading technology for an assured strike-back, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) stated in its annual report. India has added about 10 more nuclear warheads to its arsenal, which was estimated at 110-120 in 2016,
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S. Korean Navy Deploys 4 Additional Wildcat choppers
July 5, 2017 @ 01:22 PMSouth Korea's Navy has deployed four additional AW-159 shipborne anti-submarine helicopters to a front-line fleet for combat operations. The Navy acquired eight AW-159 choppers, also known as Wildcats, last year in two batches in June and December, respectively
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Cruise Missile Test Launched From Russian Nuclear Submarine
July 5, 2017 @ 07:01 AMRussias Smolensk nuclear-powered submarine has test-launched a cruise missile that hit the designated target in the Barents Sea from underwater position. "From the underwater position, a Granit missile was fired against a combined sea-based target at a distance of about 400 kilometers," the Northern Fleets press service said on Wednesday
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Germany Approves Three Additional Nuclear-capable Submarines To Israel For €1.5 Billion
July 3, 2017 @ 10:30 AMGermany has approved sale of additional three high-tech submarines to Israel. Germanys Federal Security Council gave a go-ahead to the €1
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BAE Systems To Cut Steel For Global Combat Ship in July
July 3, 2017 @ 09:40 AMBAE Systems has won a £3.7bn contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme
Leonardo & Baykar's Drone Tech JV, LBA Systems Takes Flight
IDF Struck Iranian Missiles Just Before Launch
Thales & KNDS France Unveil 40 mm Remotely Operated RAPIDFire Land System
Beechcraft Demos New Multi-mission King Air Aircraft at Paris Air Show 2025
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...
