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India Launches First of Three Stealth Frigates

India Launches First of Three Stealth Frigates

‘Himgiri’, the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, was launched today, 14 Dec 20.

She made her first contact with the waters of Hoogly River at 1335 hours at the launch ceremony, General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defenc…

Chinese Carrier Completes Year’s Third Cruise

Chinese Carrier Completes Year’s Third Cruise

China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, reportedly wrapped up its third voyage of this year, and returned to the Dalian Shipyard in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Sunday.

It conducted frequent fighter jet takeoff and landing training, and commercial satellite imagery indicates it m…

Russia Sets Up Mobile Radar Reconnaissance Units

Russia Sets Up Mobile Radar Reconnaissance Units

MOSCOW — Russia’s Aerospace Force is setting up mobile radio-technical reconnaissance units to control most endangered directions, Chief of the Aerospace Force’s Radio-Technical Troops Major-General Andrei Koban told the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Monday.

“The Aerospace For…

Northrop Wins $188M for A-10 Engineering Services

Northrop Wins $188M for A-10 Engineering Services

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Clearfield, Utah, has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) Legacy VII.

This contract provides for sustaining engineering services of A-10 aircraft. Work will be per…

Chinese Military Set to Operate Large Numbers of Z-20 Helicopters

Chinese Military Set to Operate Large Numbers of Z-20 Helicopters

China’s latest and fully home-manufactured utility helicopter, the Z-20, which is designed to operate in plateau regions, recently made its long-expected first public appearance under the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command. Analysts said on Monday that the new chopper is likely to…
French Navy Clears NH90 for Air Transport by An-124

French Navy Clears NH90 for Air Transport by An-124

As the Chief of the Naval Staff explains in the Mercator plan, the French Navy is a combat service, and must prepare for combat both in human and technical aspects.

It is in this spirit, and with the desire of improving its operational efficiency, that Naval Aviation has just validated the air tr…

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