Russias Strategic Missile Forces will test-fire an RS-26 Rubezh state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missile in the second quarter of 2016, TASS reported Saturday. "The firing is to be conducted in the second quarter of this year from the Kapustin Yar range at the Balkhash range in Kazakhstan," a source in the defense...
China has developed a new type of Phased Array Radar that can detect US F-22 and other stealth fighters. According to a report on PLA Daily published earlier this month, Several fighters from East China Sea Fleet patrolled around the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea after...
Indian defense ministry officials will be meeting the armed forces to discuss blacklisting policy and the report on strategic partnership on Tuesday. "The report on strategic partnership submitted by former DRDO Chief VK Aatre will be discussed during a Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting chaired by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar on...
Israel and US have started a joint exercise focusing on defense against ballistic missile threat. "The US European Command and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) commenced the exercise known as Juniper Cobra 16 on Sunday in an eighth of a series of biennial exercises between the two countries since 2001," an...
The Russian Navy corvettes equipped with Kalibr cruise missile will be permanently deployed in the Mediterranean, a Russian Navy admiral said. The vessels from the Black Sea fleet will continue sailing as part of Russias naval group in the Mediterranean tasked with supporting anti-terrorist operations in Syria, Commander Admiral Alexander Vitko...
Rheinmetall and the German Bundewehr have successfully tested a high-energy laser effector installed on a German warship operating on the high seas. To carry out the test, Rheinmetall mounted a 10-kilowatt high-energy laser (HEL) effector on a MLG 27 light naval gun
Indonesia is expected to sign a contract to purchase around a dozen Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in a month's time. These will replace its ageing Northrop F-5 fighters, and supplement a fleet of 16 Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 fighters that form the backbone of its air force, the sources were quoted as saying by
The US Navy has pitched for a modified Raytheon-built Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) to equip its surface ships or submarines in less than a decade. Included in the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress, a $434 million ask over the next five years is to modify 245 Raytheon TLAMS with a maritime attack capability, Vice Adm
China will receive first four Su-35 jets by this year-end and the rest to be delivered in the next two years, TASS reported Friday. "First four Su-35 jets will be supplied to China this year," a source in military-technical cooperation sphere told TASS, noting that the contract will be fulfilled in three years
Russian Helicopters new unmanned tiltrotor has successfully completed a new testing stage by performing its first flight. Created by VR-Technologies, an innovative design bureau, part of Russian Helicopters, this unique tiltrotor has gained interest of a number of oil and gas companies and various government agencies
The Indo-French negotiations for buying 36 Rafale have again hit a deadlock over the issue of price with Indian Defense Minister saying that there would be no deal until the price was right. "The price is the problem that needs to be resolved as long as I do not get the right price, I cannot sign, but we resolved the other issues in terms of safeguards; procurement and manufacturing methods " Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said on India Today news channel Thursday
Culmen, Defense Technology, Multinational Defense Services, Sierra Four and UDC US were awarded a $49 million contract for the production of nonstandard weapons parts and accessories for multiple countries under foreign military sales. The weapon parts and accessories will be for Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, Romania, Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Pakistan, Peru, Congo, Jordan and Colombia, US department of Defense said in a statement Thursday