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China-Made Amphibious Aircraft AG600 Starts Final Assembly
China's self-developed amphibious aircraft AG600, intended to be the world's largest amphibian, started the final assembly in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province on July 17. The amphibious aircraft AG600 will make its maiden flight in the first...
Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system crushes car in Odessa
Ukrainian S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) anti-aircraft missile system crushes car in Odessa, reported military-informant.com. The accident resulted in a civilian car was badly damaged and its driver was injured, but his life is not in...
VBTP-MR Guarani exported to Lebanon
Plant in Sete Lagoas will produce 10 units of military vehicle Guarani to deliver to the Middle Eastern country The VBTP-MR (Viatura Blindada de Transporte de Pessoal) was developed by Iveco for the Brazilian Army and is currently...
French Army pursues upgrades for VBL scout car
The French Army's VBL light armored trucks are to be upgraded by Renault Trucks Defense/Panhard to extend their operational life for 15 years. The upgrade design contract was issued by the French defense procurement agency, Direction Générale de...
China PLAAF Yanliang Tu-204C canards as J-20 radar testbed
China PLAAF Yanliang Tu-204C canards as J-20 radar testbed A PLAAF Tupolev Tu-204 testbed aircraft was seen featuring a J-20 nose cone. It is believed to house the Type 1475 (KLJ-5) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with...
Two Brimstone missiles FALL OFF British Tornado fighter jet
Two missiles were smashed into pieces after they fell off a British warplane in bad weather as it returned from taking out Islamic State targets in Iraq. The £105,000 Brimstone missiles came off an ageing Tornado fighter jet...
Iraq Army orders Russian mine clearing vehicles
Iraq has signed a ‘secret’ contract with Russia for buying 400 Mine clearing vehicle for clearing the mines planted by the Islamic State (IS) militants. An Iraqi official told FNA that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi inked a...
Bell Boeing Announces Contract for First V-22 Ospreys to Japan
Patuxent River, Md., (July 14, 2015) – Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, and Boeing , was awarded a U.S. Navy contract today for five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft...