South Korea's Lotte Approves Land Swap For Thaad Missile Deployment
South Korea's Lotte Group has approved a land swap with the government on Monday that will enable US authorities to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system. The government decided...
Airbus To Retrofit 26 German CH-53 Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters has won an order from Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to retrofit 26 CH-53 heavy transport helicopters. This contract will cover obsolescence...
India's DRDO Plans Collaboration With Israel For AWACS Development
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Israel, has planned to develop a long-range Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) with a 360-degree coverage. The system will be...
Five N Korean Officials Executed With Anti-Aircraft Guns
Five North Korean official were executed with a burst of anti-aircraft guns in the capital Pyongyang last week for providing false information to their leader Kim Jong Un. The South...
Iran Tests Fires Sea launched Cruise Missiles As Part Of Drills
Iran's navy has test-fired the latest versions of the Nasr and Dehlaviyeh missiles during military exercises in the Gulf. "The latest naval cruise missile called Nasr was test-fired during Velayat 95...
China Plans Long March 8 Rocket Flight Test By 2018
The next-generation Chinese CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket is scheduled for its first test flight by the end of 2018. The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A)...
Trump Helped Cut F-35 Fighter Jet Price For Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe personally thanked US President Donald Trump for taking up with Lockheed Martin the issue of reducing price of the F-35 fighter jets being sold to Japan. "Prime Minister Abe was...
Russia Developing 3000 KM Cruise Missile For Launch From Tu-160 Strategic Bomber
Russia is developing a cruise missile with a 3000 KM range which would be launched from a modernized version of the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber and planed for service entry by 2020. The extremely long range...
Indian Army to Receive 2 BAE Systems’ M777 ULH howitzer Guns In
BAE Systems will be supplying two out of 145 M777 155mm/39-calibre ultra lightweight howitzer (ULH) guns in June, for Indian army to carry out tests with the countrys ammunition. “This is routine procedure, so that the...
India's HAL Invites Bids To Convert 2 Ton Choppers Into UAVs
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has invited global firms with capabilities in specific areas of design and development for conversion of 2 ton class Helicopters into Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV). In a bid to...
USAF To Retire MQ-1 Predator Attack Drone In 2018, Move To MQ-9
The US Air Force plans to retire the MQ-1Predator Attack drone in early 2018 and shift to the more modern MQ-9 due to its increased speed, high-definition sensors and the ability to carry more munitions. These...
Leonardo Challenges Canada Govt's Decision To Buy Airbus' C-295W Transport Aircraft
Leonardo has filed notice of legal action in January, after having failed in a bid to replace Canada's fixed-wing search and rescue fleet. The company is challenging the Liberal government's decision last fall to buy 16...
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...
