The Yemen forces fighting against the Saudi-led coalition have unveiled a new rocket dubbed Somoud. The 4-meter long projectile has a range of 38 km.
SM-6 shatters its intercept record again
The SM-6 air defense missile interceptor has set a new distance record for an intercept during testing at the Point Mugu Test Range on Sept. 22.
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Watch the maiden flight of the Yak-152
The first flight of the Yak-152 took place on Sept. 29 at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, United Aircraft Cooperation announced.
India’s graft busters found $5.5 million paid to middle man in DRDO AEW&CS project
The probe by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation found that Embraer had paid $5.5 million to a middle man to swing the contract to the latter’s favor in the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) project.
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Thales sees potential in selling Starstreak MANPADS to Philippine
An executive from Thales told Jane’s at the Asian Defence and Security 2016 (ADAS 2016) exhibition in Manila that the French company sees “lots of potential” in selling its Starstreak MANPADS to Philippines.
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