US To Provide Components For Taiwan's MIM-72 Surface To Air Missiles
US has approved to spend $23 million to provide new components for several hundred MIM-72 surface to air missiles (SAMs) that Taiwan purchased from the Americans in the 1980s. These...
Russia Developing Khishchnik High-Speed Missile
Russia's Elektropribor Design Bureau is developing a high-speed torpedo dubbed Khishchnik (Russian for ‘raptor) to replace the Shkval underwater anti-ship missile. The expert Vladimir Tuchkov writes in an article with the...
Second Libyan MiG-23 Fighter Shot Down In A Week
A MiG-23 fighter jet flown by forces loyal to Libyan government was shot down as it carried out raids on jihadist positions over Benghazi. This is the second fighter jet...
One Month To Investigate Royal Thai Air Force' Gripen Fighter Crash At...
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is expected to take a month to investigate the cause of the fighter aircraft that went down killing the pilot during a childrens day...
UK Navy's Merlin Helicopter To Be Fitted With Thales Searchwater Radar
Lockheed Martin has selected a new generation of the Thales Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system to be fitted to existing Merlin Mk2s helicopters for delivering Royal Navy with an...
Future Technologies: Directed Energy Laser Lens System To Help Monitor Adversary Activity
BAE Systems has developed a concept which it believes will help battlefield commanders enhance their ability to observe adversaries activities over much greater distances than existing sensors. The Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens (LDAL) concept, developed by...
Israeli Cyber-security Firm Develops GPS Anti-Jamming Miniature Device
An Israeli cyber-security company GPSdome is marketing a miniature GPS anti-jammer to prevent disruptions to GPS. The pocket-sized gadget protects GPS based systems from disturbances at a more affordable cost than comparable military appliances, according to...
US Navy’s ‘Night Hunter’ Drone Ship To Stalk Russian, Chinese Submarines
The US navy is expanding the mission capabilities of its experimental submarine-hunting drone ship Sea Hunter that is capable of stalking Russian and Chinese submarines. The diesel-powered submarine is able to stalk for 10,000 nautical miles...
Pak Navy Receives Two Patrol Vessels, To Get 2 More From China
China has supplied two patrol vessels, PMSS Hingol and the PMSS Basol, to Pakistan's Navy and will be delivering two more soon to protect Sea Route of the $54 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The vessels...
Indian Navy To Spend $3 Million To Lift INS Betwa Frigate
The Indian Navy has signed a INR 20 crore (US $2.9 million) contract with Resolve Marine Group to lift the 3850-tonne frigate INS Betwa that tipped over at the Mumbai naval dockyard killing two sailors...
Lockheed Martin To Procure Undersea Surveillance System For US Navy
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has won a $120 million contract to procure Technical Insertion 16 Acoustic-Rapid-Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) engineering services and the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS). A-RCI is a sonar system that integrates...
Doss Aviation Wins USAF Initial Flight Training Contract
Doss Aviation has won a $290 million contract from US Air Force for initial flight training. The contractor will provide ground training and flying training for pilots, combat systems officers (CSO), remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots...
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...