South Korea, Indonesia Open KF-X Joint Program Management Office
South Korea and Indonesia have opened a joint office to carry out consultations in the KF-X fighter aircraft development project. The office has been set up in Sacheon, 437 kilometers southeast...
South Korea Plans Special Units To Neutralize North's 'Leadership,' Key Facilities
Creation of special units tasked to neutralize North Koreas leadership and key facilities in case of contingencies is part of Seouls revised its long-term defense reform plan. "We have made the...
Big Data To Help South Korea Forecast Enemy Threats
South Korea is considering employing big data solutions to forecast enemy threats and strengthen its defense readiness. Defense officials, venture firms and experts gathered at a seminar in Seoul to...
Estonia Partners With Finland For K9 Thunder Howitzer
Estonia has considered partnering with Finland to procure Hanwa Techwin K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPH) from South Korea. Finland is expected to spend at least 100 million euros in...
Boeing Sets up Local Operating Entity In India
Boeing has established a local operating entity Boeing Defense India (BDI) that will support the companys future growth in the country in the areas of services and support, sales and...
Orbital ATK Wants DARPA Out Of Satellite Servicing, Files Lawsuit
Orbital ATK has sued Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) questioning its Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program as a competition to commercial enterprises and also a violation of the US National Space Policy. “DARPAs...
Indian Navy's Ilyushin Il-38 Aircraft Test Fires Maiden Anti-Ship Missile
Indian Navys Ilyush 38 Sea Dragon (IL 38 SD) aircraft has test-fired maiden anti-ship missile, post modification and midlife upgrade. The test firing of maiden anti-ship missile, using Ilyush 38 Sea Dragon (IL-38 SD) Long Range...
Turkey likely to sell AgusaWestland T129 Atak Helicopters to Pakistan
Turkey will possibly sell its T129 helicopters, which were acquired from AugustaWestland, to Pakistan. Speaking at an event hosted by İstanbul Düşünce Vakfı (Istanbul Thought Foundation), Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) General Manager Temel Kotil said that...
Elbit Systems To Upgrade Mi-17 Helicopters For Asia-Pacific Country
Elbit Systems has won an approximately $110 million contract from an Asia-Pacific country for the upgrade and maintenance of dozens of Mi-17 helicopters. The project will be performed over a five-year period, the company announced today
Sikorsky Takes a Crack At Indian VVIP Chopper Requirement
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is ready to build a fleet of Head of State helicopters for the Indian Government based on the S-92 model. “Sikorsky will be and is ready to respond to a request...
General Dynamics Wins $900 Million US Special Operations Command Wide Mission Support
General Dynamics Information Technology has won $900 million SOCOM Wide Mission Support (SWMS) contract from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Under the contract, General Dynamics will support USSOCOM forces and staffs with technical and...
General Dynamics Wins US Navy's Command N6 IT Support Contract
General Dynamics has won N6 Information Technology Support contract from US Navy to continue delivering enterprise-level IT services to SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic and Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC). The single award contract has a potential...
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...
