Leonardo Pulls Out From Sukhoi Civil Aircraft
Italian Leonardo (former Finmeccanica) has sold its share in the Russian joint venture Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAc), a manufacturer of Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional aircraft. However, it remains...
Gujarat To Become Defence Manufacturing Hub Soon: Defense Minister Of India
Gujarat is likely to become a major defense manufacturing hub with a number of private sector companies planning to set up factories in the state. The centre has approved close to...
IAF Chief BS Dhanoa Flies MIG-21 Fighter Solo
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Thursday flew solo in Mig-21 fighter jet, the oldest fighter aircraft in the Indian Air Force (IAF) inventory. IAF...
Finnish Navy’s Four Hamina-class Missile-capable FACs To Get Torpedoes As Part Of...
Four of Finnish Navys Hamina-class missile-capable fast attack crafts (FAC) will be fit with torpedo as part of mid-life upgrade (MLU) program between 2019 and 2021. The MLU work will be...
Turkish Army Gets 500 MPT-76 Assault Rifles
Turkey's state-owned Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) has delivered first 500 locally produced assault rifle MPT-76 to the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) Wednesday. The rifles delivered on 11 January...
BAE Systems Receives $542 Million Contract To Provide 145 M777 Howitzers To
BAE Systems has won a $542 million contract to provide 145 M777 ultra-lightweight howitzers to the Indian Army. Work on the contract will begin immediately and be performed by BAE Systems and its suppliers across the...
Lockheed Martin To Provide Electronic Warfare System For US Navy’s MH-60 Helicopters...
Lockheed Martin has won a US Navy development contract to provide MH-60 helicopters with enhanced electronic warfare surveillance and countermeasure capabilities against anti-ship missile (ASM) threats. Lockheed Martins Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) Active Mission Payload...
Finland Eyes Buying Counter Artillery Radar Systems
Finland is planning to acquire counter artillery radar systems in the coming years. According to a report in Thursdays Helsingin Sanomat, Finnish Defence Forces may soon get a completely new counter artillery radar system, an untried...
Serviceability Of IAF Su-30MKI Fighter Jet Rises To 60 per cent: Manohar...
The serviceability rate of the Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30 twin-engine multi-role fighter aircraft and helicopter fleet has risen to 60 per cent, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Thursday. Parrikar was quoted as saying by The
India Test-Fires Guided Pinaka Rocket
India has test-fired the Guided Pinaka rocket from Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday. The Guided Pinaka is a modified version of the Pinaka rocket, equipped with a navigation, guidance...
Australian F-35A Conducts First In-Flight Weapons Release
Australias F‐35A aircraft has conducted its first ever in-flight weapons release during an exercise departing from Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona on 14 December 2016. The GBU‐12, 500lb Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb, was employed...
Airbus sells Atlas Elektronik Stake To Thyssenkrupp AG
Airbus Defence and Space has signed an agreement to sell its 49 percent share in Atlas Elektronik Group to Thyssenkrupp AG based in Essen, Germany. With this acquisition, Thyssenkrupp, which to date has held a 51...
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...