India Gifts HAL-built Dornier Do-228 Surveillance Aircraft To Seychelles
India handed over HAL-built Do-228 surveillance aircraft to the Seychelles Air Force ahead of schedule during a ceremony in New Delhi, Tuesday. India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the President, Republic of Seychelles, Danny Faure were present at a handover ceremony
Australia To Purchase US-built Triton Surveillance Drones For $1.4B
The Australian government is committing to purchase the first six Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton long-range surveillance drones for $1.4 billion
Pilot Dead in USAF Embraer A-29 Super Tucano Crash
An Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft crashed during light attack experiment killing a US Navy pilot over the White Sands Missile Range near Holloman Air Force Base, N.M, last Friday
Ukrainian Air Force Gets Repaired Su-24MR Reconnaissance Aircraft
Ukroboronprom delivered repaired reconnaissance aircraft Su-24MR to Ukrainian Air Force ahead of the schedule, the Ukrainian firm announced Tuesday. The medium repair of the aircraft was carried out at Mykolayiv Aircraft Repair Plant "NARP", having checked all of its nodes and components, having repaired/replaced those
Boeing’s Growler Electronic Attack Aircraft To Debut At Finnish Air Force 100th...
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Ukraine Investigating Alleged Kickbacks Worth Millions In Aircraft Spares Deal With India
Ukraines Anti-Corruption Bureau is probing alleged kickbacks worth crores paid to Indian defense officials for an aircraft spares purchase deal. According to a records accessed by
Rockwell Collins To Supply E-2D Hawkeye Trainer To Japan
The Pentagon has awarded a $24 million contract to Rockwell Collins to supply one E-2D Advanced Hawkeye weapon system trainer for the government of Japan under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. “Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $24,722,331 firm-fixed-price contract for the manufacture and delivery of one E-2D weapon system trainer for the government of Japan under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program,” the Department of defense said Wednesday
First Stage Certification Underway of Russia's Tu-210ON Reconnaissance Aircraft
Russia's Tu-210ON Reconnaissance Aircraft with new homemade surveillance equipment will undergo first stage certification process in Kubinka region on May 21-29, as announced by Sergei Ryzhkov, the Chief of the National Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre. This event is to be held under the Treaty on Open Skies and is a preliminary demonstration of the technical capabilities of the aircraft and surveillance equipment, Russias defense ministry announced
Boeing To Provide Engineering Services In Support Of Hornet, Growler Aircraft For...
Boeing has been awarded a $22 million worth contract to provide engineering services in support of F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. The Department of defense announced Friday that under the awarded contract, Boeing will procure “the non-recurring engineering required for the redesign of the Data Bus Interface Unit and the Deployable Flight Incident Recorder of the Deployable Flight Incident Recording Set (DFIRS) in support of F/A-18 A-F and EA-18G aircraft”
US Transfers two Cessna Surveillance Aircraft to Cameroon
The US government has transferred two American-made Cessna surveillance aircraft to the Cameroon Air Force to fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa. The Cameroon C208 Cessna Program is valued at approximately 24 billion CFA, or $4
General Atomics’ Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Begins Demonstration Flights In Japan
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Tuesday the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan during an opening ceremony on Iki Island
Algerian Military Plane Crashes, Killing 257 People
An Algerian military plane crashed in northern Algeria killing at least 257 people, the first major plane disaster in the country, the defence ministry said Wednesday. The incident happened shortly after the aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-76, took off from Boufarik military airport near the capital Algiers today morning
First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb
Rostec firm Develops Portable Radar to Detect Drones at Ultra-low Altitudes
Oshkosh Defense Secures $40M Contract Extension for ROGUE-Fires UGV
European Defence Fund Supports STORE Project to Enhance Land Forces' Imaging Systems...
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...