RT LTA Unveils New Aerostat ‘Skystar 110’
RT LTA Systems Ltd introduces a new member of the Skystar family of aerostats, dubbed the ‘Skystar 110. The Skystar 110 is based on the platform of the Skystar 100 micro...
Rolls Royce Wins $404M Contract To Maintain V-22 Osprey Engines
Rolls-Royce has won a $408 million contract from US department of defense to provide MissionCare maintenance support for V-22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft engines. MissionCare is a performance-based logistics concept that...
Raytheon To Provide Tech Support To US Navy's Anti-Missile Gatling Gun
Raytheon has won a $65 million contract to provide engineering and technical support services for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), and Land-based Phalanx Weapon System and the SeaRAM. The firm...
China’s AC352 Rotorcraft Completes First Flight with WZ16 engine
The Avicopter AC352 rotorcraft equipped with WZ16 engine has completed first flight today in Harbin. Developed by Avicopter and Airbus Helicopters jointly, the AC352 is a new seven-ton, twin-engine, multi-purpose rotorcraft...
Japan Did Not Share Info On Pyongyang's Missile Test: Seoul
South Korea claims Japan did not adhere to a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact signed last month, as it didnt share any intelligence on Pyongyang's recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile...
Pakistan Navy Tests Anti-ship Missile
Pakistan Navy conducted testing of a surface-to-surface Anti-ship missile at the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday. The live firing exercise which was launched from sword class frigate PNS ASLAT successfully destroyed its intended target with pinpoint...
Boeing T-X Fighter Trainer Completes First Flight
Boeing and its partner Saab yesterday completed the first flight of their all-new T-X single-engine fighter trainer airplane, which is designed specifically for the U.S
Ground Testing To Prepare MC-21 Airliner For First Flight
Ahead of MC-21 airliners maiden flight next year, Irkut Corporation announced Tuesday that it has started preparing for the aircrafts ground testing and has begun frequency response tests. “The works are held in the final assembly...
Finnish Logistics Command Issues Tender To Deliver Battle System For Squadron 2020
Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command has sent tender requests to 12 domestic and foreign companies for a battle system which is required for the Squadron 2020 vessels. The battle system would consist of weapon systems, command...
Rockwell Collins, Taqnia Collaborate To Work on Fixed-Wing Avionics In Saudi Arabia
Rockwell Collins signed an agreement with Taqnia Aeronautics as well as with the latter's defense and security technology subsidiaries to collaborate for work on military rotary and fixed wing avionics in Saudi Arabia. The partnership will...
Russia To Upgrade Missile Attack Warning System By 2020
Russia is planning to commission about ten new satellites and build five radars to upgrade the missile attack warning system by 2020. "Within the framework of efforts to upgrade the missile attack warning system, five high...
US Navy Test Fires Raytheon Built SM-6 Missile
US Navy has test-fired Raytheon developed two Standard Missile-6 Dual I guided missiles, intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in its final seconds of flight. The SM-6 is the new Sea-Based Terminal variant of...
Blast in Iranian Port: Negligence or Sabotage?
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...
