Maldives, Azerbaijan Ready To Buy Pak Mushshak Trainers: Defence Production Minister
Pakistan is in talks with foreign customers to export its Super Mushshak trainers. Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain told Pakistani daily, Nation on Monday that the government is in contact with certain countries for the export of its trainers, and that Maldives and Azerbaijan are ready to buy it...
Bell-Boeing Wins $411M Worth US Navy Contracts To Repair V-22 Ospreys
Bell-Boeing has been awarded two US Navy contracts estimated $411 million to repair various parts of the V-22 aircraft. The first contract is worth $246 million that has one-year base period and a one-year option period
Embraer Admits It Paid 'Agency' $5.76 Million To Secure Indian AEW&C Contract
Embraer has admitted in paying $5.76 Million after it entered into an agreement with an agency in Indias 2008 three modified Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft deal
Singapore To Increase Aerial, Maritime Surveillance Capabilities With Aerostat System
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has begun local tests of a 55 m tethered aerostat system that was acquired to enhance the republic's continuous airborne radar coverage and maritime surveillance capabilities. The system, which can detect aerial and seaborne threats at distances of up to 200 km, will be operated by the...
India Approves Buying 12 Upgraded Naval Dornier Surveillance Aircraft For $363.7 Million
The Cabinet Committee on Security today gave its nod to buy 12 upgraded Dornier surveillance aircraft for Indian Navy at a cost of about Rs 2,500 crore ($363.7 million)
Rockwell Collins Wins $27 Million To Activate US Navy P-8A Poseidon Radio...
Rockwell Collins was awarded $27 million to activate a depot capability for the US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft HF-121C and miscellaneous radio components. Under contract through 2020, establishing this depot capability creates military jobs, reduces the repair pipeline and improves availability of aircraft
New Zealand To Upgrade P-3 Orion, Replace Frigates, Aircraft, Purchase Modern Weapons
New Zealand Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee launched the Defence Capability Plan 2016, detailing the NZ$20 billion investment in capability needed out to 2030. According to the plan, “Since then the government has agreed to the procurement of an ice-strengthened naval tanker and high mobility vehicles for the Special Air Service,” Brownlee said
Raytheon Wins £131.5 Million UK’s Sentinel Surveillance Aircraft Support Contract
UKs Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin has announced £131.5 million support contract for RAFs Sentinel surveillance aircraft
Surveillance Plane To Libya Crashes After Take Off Killing Five French Military...
Five French military officers were killed when a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner, part of French customs surveillance operation heading for Libyan coast crashed in Safi after developing engine trouble immediately after it took to air from Maltas international airport. Witnesses on site of the rescue described the scene as a pile of charred, black metal parts, owing to the scale of the explosion that ensued as the aircraft, a Fairchild Metroliner MkIII, crashed into the ground,
CBI Files Charge Sheet In Indian Embraer Deal, Names Middleman
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against a UK based arms dealer for allegedly taking kickbacks worth over US $5.7 million from the Brazilian Embraer in Indias 2008 three aircraft deal
India Terminates Its Search For Missing AN-32 Aircraft
India has called off the search for aircraft AN-32, which went missing two months ago over Bay of Bengal with 29 passengers onboard. The search was called off more than a week ago after they searched the seabed in the four locations with the submersible, NIOT director Sateesh C Shenoi was quoted as saying by
Korean Air Force To Acquire 2 more Peace Eye AEW&Cs
South Korean Air Force has considered acquiring two more Peace Eye airborne early warning and control aircraft to better regulate and protect the country's Korean Air Defense Identification Zone from all possible intruders The E-737s delivers South Korea the ability. The acquisition move will increase the number of E-737s to six, strengthening the country's operational capabilities,
Philippines Receives Mobile Long Range Air Surveillance Radar from Japan
MD Helicopters Develop Configurable Avionics & Weapons System for AH530 Chopper
Poland, Australia Strengthen Defense Ties in Warsaw Meeting
China Launches First Hangor-class Submarine for Pakistan Navy
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...