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India To Get French Rafale Fighters In September
July 2, 2019 @ 05:00 PMThe first of French-origin Rafale fighters will be handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony planned to take place in France in September this year. The first batch of four jets armed with SCALP missiles having a range of over 300km is expected to be ferried to India by May next year,
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Indian Navy Issues RFP For 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels Worth $2
July 2, 2019 @ 03:54 PMThe Indian Navy has issued Request For Proposal (RFP) for the construction of six stealth-capable Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) worth about $1.88 Billion (INR 13,000 crore), the Indian media reported Tuesday
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Fuel Tank of in-flight HAL- Tejas Jet Falls from Sky
July 2, 2019 @ 08:16 AMThe fuel tank of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) decoupled from the jet while it was flying over Tamil Nadu state, south India, and landed over agricultural field in the outskirts of the state-capital Chennai, on Tuesday morning. The unfortunate incident happened when the fighter was on a routine sortie
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Thales, Micro-X to Introduce Novel X-Ray Scanning to Speed up Passenger Bag...
July 2, 2019 @ 07:48 AMThales and Micro-X have announced a collaboration to develop Carbon NanoTubes (CNT) X-ray machines for airports that will eliminate the need for passengers to queue up, open bags and remove electronics devices and liquids. Instead, passengers will simply set their closed bag on the scanner and walk through another scanner
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Unidentified Flying Object is Wild Geese, S Korean Fighter Jets Find Out
July 2, 2019 @ 06:31 AMThe South Korean air force scrambled fighter jets to intercept an unidentified object, flying near the demilitarized zone between its border with North Korea which was later confirmed to be a flock of wild geese. The incident comes after a recent incident where a North Korean boat with four persons on board entered South Korean waters undetected
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Lockheed Martin To Integrate, Test Combat System On New Guided Missile Frigates
July 2, 2019 @ 06:13 AMLockheed Martin has won a $7 million contract for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) new-construction ships. The work executed under this contract includes combat system (CS) ship integration engineering support and test planning, conducting a waterfront CS ship integration and test program, post-delivery engineering support to government test teams, engineering services for CS ship integration and test and developing test program documents for FFG(X) ships, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday
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Boeing To Supply Trailing Edge Flaps For US Navy’s F/A-18 Aircraft...
July 2, 2019 @ 05:52 AMBoeing has won $43 million contract to supply 48 Trailing Edge flaps for US Navys F/A-18 fighter aircraft, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday. A Trailing Edge is the rear edge of an aircrafts wing flap where the airflow separated by the Leading Edge, which is a part of the wing that first contacts the air, rejoins
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DSCA Approves $240.4M Support Package for Moroccan F-16s
July 1, 2019 @ 12:49 PMThe US State Department has approved a $250.4 million sustainment and support package contract for Moroccos fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters
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Apple May Leave Russia as Moscow Considers Forcing Local Apps on Smartphones
July 1, 2019 @ 12:30 PMWhile China is locked in a trade war with the US over Huawei, another may be brewing between Washington and Moscow in the telecom field. Smartphones made by international manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei may be forced to pre-install applications made by local vendors if they want to sell in Russia according to a proposal initiated by the Kremlin
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Russian Missile Misses Syrian Target, Lands in Northern Cyprus
July 1, 2019 @ 11:27 AMA projectile that hit a mountainside in the Northern Cyprus capital Nicosia yesterday may have been a Russian-made missile that missed a target in Syria. "The first assessment is that a Russian-made missile, part of the air defense system, which was part of the air defense system that took place last night in the face of an airstrike against Syria, completed its range and fell into our country after it missed," Turkish Cypriot foreign minister Kudret Ozersay said on Monday
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Norway To Spend 10,000 Working Hours To Estimate Cost Of F-35s After...
July 1, 2019 @ 11:00 AMA core team consisting of ten people will be assigned 10,000 working hours to estimate the price of the F-35 aircraft after a Norwegian newspaper alleged in April that the government inflated the cost of the fighters by NOK 16 billion (almost $1.9 billion)
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Russia Starts Production of S-500 Missile Systems
July 1, 2019 @ 10:54 AMProduction of Russias S-500 surface-to-air missile defense systems, having range greater than its predecessor S-400 has commenced, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Rostec, said Sunday. "We have begun manufacturing the new S-500 systems
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Elbit Systems Pitches For Lockheed Martin F-21 Jet Project in India
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Design of Russian-made 'World's Fastest Helicopter' Ready
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India To Give The Final Go-ahead To $1.7 Billion C-295 Transport Aircraft
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China offers Two-seat Fighter Trainer FC-1B for International Sales
June 28, 2019
US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
US companies sanctioned by China for supplying weapons to Taiwan may be denied rare earth elements (REEs), which have critical...
Russian Su-57 Preparing to Compete with F-35 for Stealth Jet Market Share
While the US F-35 stealth aircraft has become one the fastest selling fighter jets in the world aircraft market, thanks...
Russian Buk-M3 Viking Defense Missile System Has Enhanced Features
Russian state-run Almaz-Antey has released additional data on its latest export-version of Buk-M3 Viking air defense missile system (ADMS)
Upgraded MiG-29 to take on F-16 in the Refurbished Fighter Jet Market
The MiG-29, one of Russias most exported military jet has been upgraded in India that expands its capabilities from an...
First Public Flight of Russian Su-57 Stealth fighter at Army 2018
Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) Su-57 will for the first time perform flights during the ARMY 2018 event near...
Battle of the Air Defense Systems: S-400 Vs Patriot and THAAD
The American-made Patriot and Russian S-400 Triumf air defense systems are currently hogging international orders despite their price tags running...