Israeli Cabinet Approves Appointment Of New Defense Minister
Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week signed an agreement to assign the countrys Defense Minister role to the leader of the right-wing nationalist party. Under the agreement signed on May 25, ‘Israel Our Home party leader Avigdor Lieberman will become defense minister
New Indian Navy Chief Appointed
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, who heads the Western Naval Command, has been appointed the next Indian Navy Chief. Sunil Lanba will replace Admiral RK Dhowan, who superannuates on May 31, Tribune India reported
Ukraine Gets New Commander For Navy
Lieutenant General Igor Voronchenko will be the new Commander of the Ukrainian naval forces. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Voronchenko after dismissing former Navy Commander Sergei Haiduk on April 15 this year;
Singapore Names New Air Force Chief
Singapore has appointed Brigadier-General (BG) Mervyn Tan Wei Ming, Director Military Intelligence (DMI) and Chief Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) as its new Air Force Chief. Ming replaced Major-General (MG) Hoo Cher Mou as Chief of Air Force on 28 March 2016, Singapore Ministry of Defense said...
Airbus Appoints New Vice President For India Operations
Airbus India has appointed Ashish Saraf as Vice-President for Industry Development, Strategic Partnerships and Offsets. Saraf will drive the Groups existing ‘Make in India initiatives and conceive new ones for all the businesses of Airbus Group India with the aim to increase their industrial footprint here
Thales Gets New Head Of Media Relations
Cédric Leurquin has joined the Thales group as Head of Media Relations and Newsdesk. He reports to Matt Pothecary, Vice-President, Group Communications at Thales
KMW Miffed At Nexter’s New CEO Appointment
German armored vehicle manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is not happy with French Nexters decision to appoint a new chief executive even as both the companies are planning for a merger. French financial daily, Les Echos Sunday reported Sunday that KMW opposes the appointment of Stephane Mayer as is new CEO replacing Philippe Burtin as the joint CEO
Volker Paltzo Appointed As CEO Of Eurofighter GmbH
The Shareholders of the Eurofighter consortium have appointed Volker Paltzo as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. Volker Paltzo is currently the CEO of Atlas Elektronik GmbH in Bremen and he will be CEO of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH with effect from 1 January 2016
Mistral Ropes In Ex-BEL CMD As Strategic Advisor
Mistral Solutions has roped in Ashwani Datta, Ex-chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics (BEL) as a Board Member and Strategic Advisor to the firm. "With over four decades of experience in our industry, I believe Mr
François Tarel Appointed As Microturbo's General manager
François Tarel has been appointed as General manager at Microturbo (Safran), replacing Pierre-Yves Morvan. Mr
Lockheed Martin Names Jeff Babione As New Vice President For F-35 Program
Lockheed Martin has named Jeff Babione as the new executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Program, effective January 1, 2016. Babione succeeds Lorraine Martin who has been appointed to the newly created position of deputy executive vice president, Mission Systems and Training (MST), the company said in a statement Friday
Lisa Atherton Appointed As Executive Vice President Of Bell Helicopter's Military Business
Bell Helicopter has appointed Lisa Atherton as executive vice-president of military business. In this role, Atherton will be responsible for providing strategic direction, overall management and performance for all government programs and business development efforts
Nigerian Navy Receives French-made Offshore Survey Vessel
U.S. Navy Receives First T-54A Training Aircraft
Russian Troops to Receive S-500 Air Defense System this Year
Indonesia, Canada Host First Defense Dialogue to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
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...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...