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Indian arms race offers prizes for presidential visitsNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 Arms-hungry India is expected to hand out a raft of military deals worth billions of dollars during an upcoming rush of presidential visits from the United States, France and Russia. The biggest-ticket item is the scheduled signing of an estimated 30 billion-dollar stealth fighter co-production agreement when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits in late December. Medvedev's trip will follow those of President Barack Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy, both of whom will be pushing existing U ... read more |
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  New Coherent Doppler Radar For Patrol Vessels And Small Combatants Northrop Grumman has introduced a new family of X-Band Coherent Radar (XBCR) systems designed primarily for offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and other smaller combat ship platforms. The SeaGuard ... more | .. |
  First Test Completed For New Tomahawk Block IV Missile Warhead The U.S. Navy completed the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), meeting all performance objectives for the new warhead for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missil ... more | .. |
  Quest is on for tougher military vehicles The quest is on for a lighter, smarter and tougher military vehicle as defense and security industry manufacturers vie for contracts with the U.S. Army and eventually with procurement agencies abroad. ... more | .. |
  Arab jihadists emerge in Caucasus war As Islamic militants escalate their war against the Russians in Dagestan, Ingushetia and other Caucasian republics, there is evidence that Arab jihadists, particularly Jordanians, are playing a leading role, as they did in the Chechen wars. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan condemns fatal Sufi shrine blast Pakistan's president and prime minister have condemned the blast at a shrine that killed six people and wounded at least 16 others during morning prayers. ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2010Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace have formally offered the K-MAX unmanned helicopter in response to a U.S. Naval Air Systems Command request for a cargo unmanned aircraft system. Earlier this year, the unmanned K-MAX system successfully demonstrated its ability to resupply troops in a simulated environment similar to forward operating bases in Afghanistan. Under a contract with th ... more 
Yuma Proving Ground AZ (SPX) Oct 26, 2010Raytheon has flight-tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided bomb that is approximately 2-feet long, making it the smallest bomb in the Raytheon family of weapons. The bomb's dual-mode, semiactive laser seeker and GPS-inertial navigation system enable the weapon to engage both fixe ... more  
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Oct 26, 2010 One of Turkey's leading defense makers has entered an agreement to co-develop a major end item for the Patriot air and missile system, the system's maker Raytheon said. In a news release Raytheon said that Turkey's Aselsan will help develop the antenna mast for the Patriot Configuration-3 systems that is intended to be delivered to the United Arab Emirates. "Aselsan is Raytheon's ... more |
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WikiLeaks likely has more secret files: PentagonWashington (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 The Pentagon believes WikiLeaks likely has more secret government documents in its hands, beyond those the website has already released or mentioned publicly, a spokesman said Tuesday. "We have reason to believe they have other documents as well," Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters, without elaborating. WikiLeaks, which portrays itself as a whistle-blowing media outlet, released last week an unprecedented 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, and in July posted 77,000 secret US files o ... read more |
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