Boeing Delivers Final 737 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft To Turkey
Boeing has delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force. Boeing delivered the final aircraft at Konya Air Base Wednesday, completing the Turkish AEW&C fleet and enhancing Turkeys airspace surveillance and battle management capabilities
US To Deploy P8 Poseidon Spy Plane In Singapore To Counter China
US will be deploying its P8 Poseidon spy plane for the first time in Singapore this month in response to Chinas territorial claims in the South China Sea. The US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen welcomed the move in a joint statement after a meeting in...
India Yet To Decide On Shinmaywa Amphibious Military Aircraft Procurement
India will not be closing the $1.6 billion Shinmaywa amphibious military aircraft deal during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes expected visit to India this month
Russian Airborne Command Center To Be Ready For Ops By End 2015
Russias airborne strategic command center aboard an Ilyushin Il-80 aircraft has completed testing and will be ready for operations by the end of 2015, Russias United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) said. The strategic command center is capable of maintaining full control over the countrys armed forces in the event of a...
Russia Tests New Chemical Reconnaissance Armoured Vehicle
Russia is trail testing its RKhM-5M Chemical reconnaissance vehicle prototypes that are designed to conduct chemical, radiation and biological reconnaissance within Airborne Force units. The vehicles, which are able to transmit reconnaissance data automatically, are capable to determine the level of contamination at various areas from far away and dup precision...
Germany’s Tornados, Frigate And Refueling Planes To Back France To Fight ISIS...
Germany will back France in Syria and Iraq by deploying Tornado reconnaissance jets, frigate and refueling planes to fight the Islamic State. "Germany will be a more active contributor than it has been until now," Henning Otte, defense expert for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was quoted as saying by Todayszaman news website in a statement on Thursday
F-35, P8 Planes in Massive UK Defence Procurement List
UKs Prime Minister David Cameron will announce £12 billion more to the defense equipment spending taking the total spending to £178 billion over the next decade. UK plans to build two new 5,000 strike brigades by 2025 which will have new Scout range of vehicles and about 600 armored vehicles for rapid deployment missions
Raytheon Completes Planning Review On Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Concept
Raytheon has completed the first Program Planning Review with the US Missile Defense Agency(MDA) on the future Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MKV) concept. The completion of review is a key step toward defining critical aspects of its design
Northrop Shrugs Off UAE Loss, Looks Forward to Indian And Other Early...
Northrop Grumman which lost out to Saab for supplying a US$ 1.27 billion early warning aircraft to the UAE, is diverting its attention to potential sales prospects in India and several other countries
Japan Observes Chinese Spy Vessel Near Disputed Isles
Japan is monitoring the waters near the disputed islands of South China Sea after it found out a Chinese naval intelligence ship operating in a new area for the first time. A P-3C patrol aircraft observed the Dongdiao-class intelligence vessel near territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands, Japan's Defense Ministry said late Thursday
India Operationalizes Full Fleet of 8 Boeing P-8i Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
Indian Defense Minister dedicated Boeing long range maritime patrol aircraft P-8I to the Indian Navy. TheP-8i aircraft was inducted in a ceremony held at INS Rajali, Arakkonam naval air station by Manohar Parrikar today
UAE Selects AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor Aircraft for Search, Rescue Missions
The United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command (JAC) has selected the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor for search and rescue (SAR) missions. Delivery of the first three AW609 TiltRotors to the JAC, with three additional options, is expected to start in the 2019 timeframe
Fires Rise as Russian Novorossiysk Port, Oil Depot Hit Massive Drone Attack
Diehl Defence’s IRIS-T Missile Fired from S.Korean KF-21 for the First Time...
Boeing ecoDemonstrator to Test Seat Cushion Sensors, Smart Galley Tools to Reduce...
Support for Upcoming F-16s, Air Defense & Artillery in Denmark's $524.2M Aid...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
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...