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Indian RFP Launches Procurement of 200 Kamov Ka-226T Helicopters
NEW DELHI --- India has moved a step further and reached a milestone in its project of procuring and co-producing 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters worth Rs 21,000 crore from Russia for the Indian Army an

NATO Military Chiefs Plan Greater Show of Force
Russia, Iraq and Afghanistan have been high on the agenda at NATO’s Military Committee session. The 29 Allied Chiefs of Defence met in the new NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday to r

Trump Rails Against German Defense Spending Shortfall
US President Donald Trump said NATO members, such as Germany, that do not meet defense spending targets will be "dealt with." Germany is far from being on track to meet the alliance's 2 percent of GDP

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Indian RFP Launches Procurement of 200 Kamov Ka-226T Helicopters
NEW DELHI --- India has moved a step further and reached a milestone in its project of procuring and co-producing 200 Kamov Ka-226T helicopters worth Rs 21,000 crore from Russia for the Indian Army an...

NATO Military Chiefs Plan Greater Show of Force
Russia, Iraq and Afghanistan have been high on the agenda at NATO’s Military Committee session. The 29 Allied Chiefs of Defence met in the new NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday to r...

Trump Rails Against German Defense Spending Shortfall
US President Donald Trump said NATO members, such as Germany, that do not meet defense spending targets will be "dealt with." Germany is far from being on track to meet the alliance's 2 percent of GDP...

Overstretched? Denmark’s New Defence Agreement
In the period from the 1990s until the end of the ISAF operation in Afghanistan in 2014, the primary aim of Denmark’s security policy was to contribute to NATO and US-led crisis management operations....

Britain and France Sign Agreement for Test Pilot Exchange
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and French Minister of the Armed Forces Mme Florence Parly today (17 May) held the first Defence Ministerial Council since the announcement of a permanent and regula...

Lockheed Now Touts F-35 As Drone Mother-Ship
British pilots flying the F-35 stealth fighter jet may one day in the decades to come be able to operate and release drones during missions, it's been suggested. Steve Over, director of F-35 intern...

Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighters to Patrol Taiwan Straits
China’s fighter jet J-20, a warcraft acting as both “spear” and “commander” in battle, will definitely conduct patrols over the island of Taiwan, said military expert Wang Mingliang during an intervie...

Fast Increase in Number of States Deploying Armed Drones
A new report published by Drone Wars UK reveals that over the last five years the number of countries actively using armed drones has quadrupled. Drone Wars: The Next Generation demonstrates that from...

Two Shipyards Now Building DDG-51 Destroyers
WASHINGTON --- The Navy's Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers continue to achieve shipbuilding milestones with start of construction at both shipbuilders, Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine, and H...

USAF Says FY19 Budget Request Focuses on ‘Bold Moves’
WASHINGTON --- The Air Force’s fiscal year 2019 budget request builds on momentum to restore the force after years of funding uncertainty and addresses the challenges from a great power competition, A...

Pentagon Says Cyber Command is Now Fully Operational
FORT MEADE, Md. --- All 133 of U.S. Cyber Command’s cyber mission force teams achieved full operational capability, Cybercom officials announced today. Having Cybercom achieve full operational capa...

Australia’s Helicopter Training Ship Begins Operations
It was a week of “firsts” when instructors from HMAS Albatross’s 723 Squadron (Joint Helicopter School) commenced training with the Royal Australian Navy’s new-generation Multi-role Aviation Training ...

Thales Touts Flash Sonar Performance
Royal Navy Merlin helicopters fitted with Thales anti-submarine warfare sonar have returned a successful joint maritime exercise in the challenging waters of the Norwegian Fjords. Crews and two Mer...

Australia to Improve Explosive Ordnance Facilities
The Turnbull Liberal Government’s investment in the Fort Direction Explosive Ordnance facility south of Hobart is set to provide a welcome boost to local firms. Minister for Defence, Senator the Ho...

Chinese Pilots Evaluate Ansat Helicopter in Flight
Representatives of the PRC Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) visited a Kazan Helicopter Plant (KVZ) affiliated to the Russian Helicopters Holding. The visit took place under the procedure of Russia...

Russian Airborne Troops Receive First Tigr Armored Vehicle
The Russian Airborne Troops have received the 4WD Tigr armored vehicles supplied under the state contract. New vehicles equipped with the Arbalet-DM remote control system are actively used in the troo...

Army Air Defence Development to be Discussed in Smolensk
On 17-18 May 2018, the Military Tactical Air Defence Academy named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky (the city of Smolensk) will host the XXVI Military Scientific Conference on the the...

Chinese Naval Ships Make Technical Stop in Spain
VALENCIA, Spain --- The 28th escort taskforce of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy comprising the guided missile frigates Yancheng and Weifang and the comprehensive supply ship Taihu arr...

Enlisted Pilot Saves Global Hawk Mission
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam --- Another aircraft extends its landing gear and slows for touch down. From the outside, everything seems as though it is going according to plan. Sometimes though appearances can ...

US Air Force Tests New Wing Organization
MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, Idaho --- Air Combat Command officials announced the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, will test a new wing organizational structure. The experimental structure, in...

UK Minister Launches New Military ‘Firedragon’ Fuel Production Line
Defence Minister Guto Bebb has officially launched a brand-new production line for the world’s first solid bio-ethanol fuel, FireDragon. FireDragon, produced by 164-year-old Cardiff-based survival ...

New US Air Force Surgical Technique Saves Eyesight
US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --- For patients with the progressive eye diseases keratoconus and corneal ectasia, the odds of their careers ending prematurely changed dramatically May 3, when innovative...

Turkey’s TAI to Exhibit T-129 Attack Helicopter at Kazakh Show
ANKARA --- Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) will participate in the V. International Exhibition of Weapon Systems and Military Equipment (KADEX 2018) which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan be...

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