General Dynamics Wins $644 Million US Navy DDG 51 Ship Building Contract
General Dynamics has won a $644.3 million contract for the planning and construction of DDG 124 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the US Navy
MBDA Signs €836 Million MoU For Qatari Coastal Missile Batteries And Radars
MBDA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the supply of a coastal defence system for the Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF). This Memorandum will pave the way in the short term for a contract with the value of 2
Qatar Concludes Rafale Agreement At DIMDEX 2016
Qatar has officially signed a contract to purchase 24 Dassault Rafale fighters on the first day of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX), held from March 29-31. At the show, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Khalid Al-Attiah, signed the final agreement, Arabian...
Indian Army To Induct 2 Regiments Of Brahmos Cruise Missile In 15
The Indian army will induct two regiments of indigenous short-range cruise missile, Brahmos in the next 15 days. "The process of induction of two more regiments (of Brahmos missile) in the Indian Army is in the final stage and within 15 days, these regiments will be inducted in Indian Army," Defense...
India Prefers Home-Grown Akash Missile Over Israeli Spyder QR-SAM
The Indian government has dismissed reports of buying missiles from outside rather than inducting indigenous ‘Akash missile in the Army. "Akash is already being inducted in Army and we are also developing very short missiles and till we develop them successfully, some missiles might have to be brought from outside," Defense...
Finmeccanica To Deliver Two AW159 Helicopters Worth 100 Mln Euros To Philippine
Finmeccanica has won a contract to provide two AgustaWestland AW 159 helicopters worth over 100 million euros to the Philippine Navy. The aircraft will be built and delivered from the Finmeccanica Helicopter Divisions Yeovil plant, in the United Kingdom, in 2018
Thales Wins French MoD’s Telecom Network Upgrade Contracts
Thales has won two contracts to upgrade French Ministry of Defense data and telephony infrastructure networks under the DESCARTES program. The French Defence Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) has awarded Thales two key contracts: the upgrade of the SOCRATE resilient network and deployment of the POINCARE network to interconnect MoD sites in metropolitan France and overseas, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Saab, Ashok Leyland Team Up For Producing Truck Simulators in India
Saab and Ashok Leyland have joined hands to manufacture Truck Simulators in India under the Make in India concept. The two companies signed a teaming agreement in the end of 2015
Russia Readies Draft Agreement For S-400 Missile Sale To India
Russia has prepared the draft copy of the agreement for the supply of S-400 air defense missile system. Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical co-operation Deputy Chief, Vladimir Drozhzhov told media persons at DefExpo Tuesday that, " The FSMTC has prepared a draft agreement on the supply of S-400 systems to India and also passed it to our partners
UK Air Force Tests Finmeccanica’s New-Gen Anti-Missile Countermeasure
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has successfully carried out its initial evaluation of Finmeccanicas BriteCloud decoy - a new-generation anti-missile countermeasure. The RAF purchased a number of decoys and has carried out trials against a range of simulated threats featuring real radar systems
Bharat Forge, AM General Collaborate For India’s Light Specialist Vehicle Project
Bharat Forge Limited and AM General LLC have announced today at DEFEXPO 2016 that they teaming to bid for India's Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) program. AM General's battle-tested HMMWV is offered as the LSV's base platform -- with final build and production to take place in India
India To Get Six C-130J Transport Aircraft In 2017
Lockheed Martin will be delivering the new batch of C-130J transport military aircraft in 2017, Abhay Paranjape, Business Development Director of C-130 said today. “We will deliver all 6 C-130J Super Hercules in 2017 to the Indian Air Force,” Paranjape told at the press conference today on sidelines of the DefExpo 2016
India, Pakistan Agree To Immediate Ceasefire After U.S.-Brokered Talks
Leonardo Sets Up New Division for Aerostructures
Pakistan Launches “Operation Bunyan Marsoos” after Alleged Indian Missile Raids on Military...
Indra Unveils 'Valero' Air-Ground Launched Weapon
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...
