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DSNS Starts Steel Cutting for SIGMA 10514 PKR Frigate
2014-01-20 Read More...
In June 2012, the Ministry of Defence of Indonesia and DamenSchelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) signed the contract for the first SIGMA 10514 PKR Frigate. In accordance with the agreed planning for the construction of this frigate, the Steel Cutting

Indonesia Orders Thales’ ForceSHIELD & STARStreak
2014-01-16 Read More...
Thales UK announced that it has signed a contract worth over £100 million with the Indonesian Ministry of Defence for ForceSHIELD, Thales’ integrated Advanced Air Defence

India Launches First Cryogenic Rocket
2014-01-08 Read More...
India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically made booster technology, taking another step forward in its ambitious space

India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
2013-12-27 Read More...
India carried out earlier this week a test of a domestically developed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles), local media

Steel Cutting Ceremony of STM Designed PN Tanker
2013-12-17 Read More...
The steel cutting ceremony of the 17,000 Ton Fleet Tanker, being built for Pakistan Navy (PN), was held at state-owned Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) on Wednesday November 27, 2013.

TAI Delivers 1st JSF/F-35 Center Fuselage to NGC & LM
2013-12-13 Read More...
Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman, delivered its first F-35 Lightning II center fuselage to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and Lockheed Martin (LM) at a ceremony held at TAI's facilities in Ankara,

Iran, World Powers Clinch Nuclear Accord
2013-11-25 Read More...
Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal Sunday to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief, in what could be the first sign of an emerging rapprochement between Iran and the

Thales to Equip AW159 Helicopters for South Korean Navy
2013-10-24 Read More...
AgustaWestland and Thales are under contract to supply COMPACT FLASH SONICS dipping sonars for the Republic of Korea Navy's new AW159 Maritime Operations

Iranian, Russian Air Commanders Discuss Cooperation
2013-10-21 Read More...
Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shah Safi and his Russian counterpart Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev discussed mutual cooperation in a meeting in Tehran on

U.S. Concerned of Turkey’s Pick of Chinese Missiles
2013-10-02 Read More...
The United States reacted with alarm to news that Turkey has chosen a Chinese company, slapped with U.S. sanctions, to build its first long-range air defense and anti-missile

Turkey Selects Chinese Firm for Missile System
2013-10-01 Read More...
NATO member Turkey has chosen a Chinese defense firm that has been hit by U.S. sanctions to co-produce a $4 billion long-range air and missile defense

US, South Korea Stage Annual Military Drills
2013-08-20 Read More...
South Korea and the United States started annual joint military exercises on Monday, South Korean media have reported citing the Combined Forces Command

RUAG Space Wins First Contract in India
2013-07-23 Read More...
RUAG Space has succeeded in entering India's young but expanding space market by obtaining a contract for the supply of satellite test equipment. Thanks to intensive marketing efforts on the Asian continent, backed by decades of experience in the

India Launches Satellite for New Navigation Network
2013-07-08 Read More...
India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network last week, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scaled down version of the US Global Positioning

U.S. Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Deputy Commander
2013-05-30 Read More...
The Pakistani Taliban’s number two was killed in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials told Reuters news agency, in what would be a major blow in the fight against

China “Hacking” Major US Weapons Designs
2013-05-29 Read More...
Designs for more than two dozen major US weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a US report said on Monday, as a news report in Australia said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy

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