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Indian Airbus A320Neo Pilots Can Train In The Country As FSTC’s Flight...
July 9, 2019 @ 09:37 AMIndian pilots can undergo training to fly Airbus A320Neo aircraft in the country as Flight Simulation Technique Centres (FSTCs) full flight simulator has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval. Indian carriers with A320 neo fleet will no longer have to send their pilots abroad for getting the requisite training, the company said in a statement Monday
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Withdraw Arms Sales To Taiwan: China Tells US
July 9, 2019 @ 08:15 AMOpposing United States approval for Taiwans request to buy $2.2 Billion worth defense hardware, the Chinese foreign ministry has asked Washington to scrap the deal
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Saudis Intercept Houti Unmanned Drone, Booby-trapped Boat
July 9, 2019 @ 07:53 AMSaudi-led Coalition has intercepted an unmanned booby-trapped fishing boat and a drone launched by the Houti rebels in the past 24 hours, Colonel Turki Al-Malki, the official spokesman for the "Coalition to Support Restoring Legitimacy in Yemen", stated. Early Monday, the Naval Forces of the Coalition managed to thwart a terrorist attempt by the Houthi militia targeting a commercial ship, in the southern waters of the Red Sea, using an “unmanned booby-trapped Blue Fish boat
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Lockheed Contracted For Instrumentation, Data Processing Solutions For F-35 Fighter
July 9, 2019 @ 07:01 AMLockheed Martin has won a $41 million modification contract for the design, procurement and integration of flight test instrumentation and data processing solutions for F-35 Lightning II development test aircraft to support the Tech Refresh-3 and the Follow on Modernization Block 4 mission systems configuration. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in February 2021, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday
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US Approves $2.22B Sale of M1A2T Abrams Tanks, Stinger Missiles to Taiwan...
July 9, 2019 @ 03:14 AMThe US State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of 108 M1A2T Abrams Tanks, 254 Stinger man portable missiles and related equipment worth $2.223 Billion
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Syria Develops Its First Armoured Personnel Carrier
July 8, 2019 @ 12:28 PMThe Free Syrian Army (FSA) has developed and manufactured “Al-Fahd,” its first armored personnel carrier in the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch areas in northwestern Syria. The 4x4 vehicle turns at a speed of 80 km/hour on flat land and 30 km/hour through mountainous terrain,
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Anti-tank Missile With Longest Lock-On-Before-Launch Capability Range In The World Enters Final...
July 8, 2019 @ 12:06 PMThe Indian-made “Nag” anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) having a lock-on-before-launch capability range of 4 km, making it the longest in the world, has entered a series of last-leg trials ahead of its induction into the army. "The missiles were test-fired during both day and night, on Sunday during the trials,” an official from the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the manufacturer was quoted as saying by
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Tests Of Russia’s Sarmat ICBM To Be Completed In 2020
July 8, 2019 @ 11:26 AMRussias RS-28 Sarmat inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), nicknamed “Satan-2” in the west, will complete the testing phase by the end of 2020, Dmitry Rogozin, Head of Roscosmos, said Saturday. "Firing tests are already underway
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Indian Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya to Undergo Maintenance, Upgrade in 2020
July 8, 2019 @ 10:51 AMIndian aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya will undergo scheduled maintenance and upgrade to some of its systems in 2020 which will be carried out by Russian shipbuilding firm, Sevmash. “Since ship delivery in 2013, its crew has been provided with qualified technical support in the maintenance and repair of shipboard equipment, regular supply of the necessary spare parts has been organized, and retrofitting of the corresponding onshore infrastructure has been underway,” Alexander Mikheev, head of Russian arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport said
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India To ‘Scrap’ Project To Convert INS Viraat To Heritage Site
July 8, 2019 @ 10:03 AMThe Indian government, after consultation with the navy has decided to sell the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the INS Viraat, for scrap after its effort to convert it into a heritage site failed. Viraat, a Centaur class aircraft carrier weighing 27,800 tonnes, had served in the British Navy as “HMS Hermes” for 25 years from November 1959 to April 1984
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Local tech Helps China increase Early Warning Aircraft Efficiency
July 8, 2019 @ 09:15 AMA locally-developed technology has enabled Chinese aerial early warning (AEW) aircraft such as the KJ-200, KJ-500 and KJ-2000 to increase electromagnetic resources efficiency. Developed by Tang Xiaobin, a senior scientist at the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), the technology works by separating different electromagnetic energies into two categories: One that boosts certain capabilities, and one that hinders certain capabilities,
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India To Give The Final Go-ahead To $1.7 Billion C-295 Transport Aircraft
July 8, 2019 @ 08:15 AMIndia is likely to give the final nod for the $1.7 billion (INR 11,929 crore) contract to acquire 56 C-295 military transport aircraft as a replacement for the IAFs ageing Avro fleet
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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
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US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
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