Defense Industry

Insights into defense companies, contracts, and global market trends.

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Specs, Radar, Cost and Operators

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the US Navy's carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft, a twin-turboprop radar picket whose AN/APY-9 radar can track targets out to...

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KTRV Tactical Missiles Corporation Company Profile and Products

KTRV, the Tactical Missiles Corporation, is the Russian state-controlled group behind most of the country's air-launched and naval missiles, bringing together roughly 30 enterprises under...

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NATO STANAG Standards Explained, What They Are and Why They Matter

A NATO STANAG, or Standardization Agreement, is a document in which member nations agree to make their equipment, procedures or data formats compatible, and the...

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C-130J Super Hercules Specs, Variants, Cost and Operators

The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop transport that carries about 19 tonnes and has been ordered by more than 20 air...

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Kronshtadt Group, the Russian Drone Maker Behind the Orion

Kronshtadt Group is the Moscow-based drone maker behind the Orion, Russia's first operational armed medium-altitude long-endurance drone, which the company says can stay aloft for...

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KC-46 Pegasus vs A330 MRTT, Which Tanker Wins

In the KC-46 vs A330 MRTT contest, the Airbus tanker carries roughly 111 tonnes of fuel against the Boeing's 96, and has years more operational...

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KC-46 Pegasus Specs, Problems, Cost and Operators

The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is the US Air Force's newest aerial refueling tanker, a 767-based aircraft that carries about 96 tonnes of fuel, and one...

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Kalashnikov Concern, the Russian Arms Maker Behind the AK-12

Kalashnikov Concern is the Izhevsk-based Russian arms group that descends from a gun factory founded in 1807 and still builds the AK-12 rifle, the modern...