Pentagon Awards Navy Military Sealift Command Contract To Canadian Firm
The Pentagon has awarded Canadian firm Canadian Commercial Corp. with a $49 million contract to provide Military Sealift Command Situational Awareness System program Electro-Optics Sensor system (MSC-EOS)
Thales Acquires Big Data Analytics Firm Guavus
Thales has acquired a real-time Big Data analytics provider, Guavus, under a definitive agreement announced today. The acquisition of Guavus follows several acquisitions in the fields of connectivity, mobility and...
Swedish Armed Forces Orders Additional Anti-ship Missiles From Saab
Saab has been awarded SEK 500 million (US$ 56m) contract from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to provide additional anti-ship missiles. Deliveries will begin in the mid-2020s
Indian Army Tests Agni-III Ballistic Missile
Indian Army test-fired a surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) Agni-III from a defence test facility off Odisha coast today, as part of its user training exercise. Defence sources told The...
Pakistan’s Dual-Seat JF-17 Thunder Fighter Completes Maiden Flight
Pakistan Air Force today successfully flight tested the dual-seat variant of the JF-17 Thunder fighter jets – the JF-17B, for the first time. Jointly developed by China and Pakistan, the dual-seat...
Egypt Receives First Batch Of MiG-29M2 Fighters From Russia
Egypt has received its first batch of Russian modernized MiG-29M2 fighter jets. “We have already received some of the aircraft, but not all
India's CoBRA Commandos Injured In Helicopter Crash
A private helicopter in India has been crashed while it was carrying CoBRA commandos near a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp, leaving five occupants injured in Sukhma district of the country's central part. Two officers...
Final Trials For Su-30MKI-Launched BrahMos Missile By June
Indian Air force will conduct final trails of the air-launched BrahMos cruise missile in Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer by June first week. “The air launched version of the formidable missile shall be test-fired against a...
FEDEX, UPS, Polar Air Win $5 Billion US DoD Small Shipments Deal...
Federal Express, United Parcel Service (UPS) and Polar Air Cargo (PAC) together have been awarded close to $5 Billion in Small Shipments Deal by the US Department of defense. Federal Express was awarded a five-year $2
Indian Army Orders 3192 Tata Safari Storme Vehicles
Tata Motors has signed a contract to supply 3192 units of the Tata Safari Storme 4x4 to the Indian Armed Forces, under a new category of vehicles - GS800 (General Service 800). The Indian Ministry of...
Eurofighter Typhoon Test-Fires Two Meteor Missile Simultaneously
Eurofighter Typhoon has completed a simultaneous firing of two MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles as part of a major program to integrate the weapon on to the aircraft. The test was conducted using Airbus...
Lockheed Martin Wins Apache Helicopters Upgrade Contracts From Japan
Lockheed Martin has won contract to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M‑TADS/PNVS) system for Japan's fleet of AH-64DJP Apache attack helicopters and provide Performance Based Logistics (PBL) support. Under the M-TADS/PNVS...
France to Procure 2 Saab GlobalEye AWACS Aircraft
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
