India's HTT-40 Basic Trainer To Be Equipped With Harzell Propeller
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd has planned to equip HTT-40 two-place turbine basic trainer aircraft with Hartzell Propeller's four-blade lightweight aluminum propeller. The new indigenous HTT-40 is designed and built by HAL...
Ka-52 Alligator Attack Helicopter Production Doubled To Meet Russian, Foreign Orders
Russian Helicopters will double the production of Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and combat helicopter to meet domestic and export orders in 2017. The helicopter built at Progress has already completed all ground...
Rheinmetall To Deliver Fuchs 1A8 Vehicles To Germany In 2017
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) will be supplying the first of 90 additional upgraded MAN Military Vehicles Fuchs 1A8 6x6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) in 2017. The contract worth $107...
BAE Systems To Provide Head-Up Display Systems For Scorpion Jet
BAE Systems has been selected to provide its LiteHUD head-up display for Textron AirLands multi-mission Scorpion jet. “This award marks the second new platform order for LiteHUD, further validating it as...
Indian Navy Decommissions Old Ships
The Indian Navy has decommissioned about more than quarter-century-old ships, INS Agray and INS Matanga, on 27 January in a ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. Agray was a Russian-built...
UK Plans £178bn Defence Procurement In 10 Years
The UK MoD has unveiled plans for 178 billion pounds worth defence equipment procurement in the decade ending 2025-26. “We are planning to spend £178bn on equipment and support over the decade out to 2025-26, which...
General Atomics Wins $532 Million To Manufacture EMALS On-board CVN 80 Aircraft
General Atomics is being awarded a $532.6 million contract to manufacture, assembly, inspection, test and checkout of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) delivered on-board the CVN 80 aircraft carrier, including installation and checkout spares,...
Reliance Wins $134 Million To Design, Construct 14 Patrol Vessels For Indian
Reliance Defence and Engineering (RDEL) has signed Rs 916 crore contract with Defence Ministry for design and construction of 14 fast patrol vessels for Indian Coast Guard. RDEL emerged winner through a competitive bidding process undertaken...
India's Proposed Naval Fighter Jet Procurement Could Be Worth US$12 Billion
The Indian Navys January 17 RFI for the procurement of 57 naval fighters could be worth US$12 billion for the selected foreign supplier. India needs the fighter jets for its second aircraft carrier being locally built...
Russia Commences Sea Trials Of New Steregushchy-Class Corvette
Russian Navy has begun sea trials of its newest Steregushchy-class corvette, the Russian Pacific Fleet said Monday. “The vessel will undergo testing of its power plant, steering systems, auxiliary equipment, communications, detection and navigation equipment, as...
Trump Authorised Spl Ops in Yemen Kills US Soldier, 16 Civilians
Sixteen civilians and a soldier were killed in the first US president Donald Trump authorized military operations carried out in Yemen last Saturday. The US military said it killed 14 militants from “al-Qaeda in the Arabian...
First Of Three Australian Navy Warfare Destroyer HMAS Hobart Final Sea Acceptance...
Australias first of three next-generation destroyers has embarked on its final round of advanced sea trials off the South Australian coast. Hobart began its Sea Acceptance Trials this morning, the last major phase of testing before...
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...
