British Forces "Bomb" Islamic State With Bollywood Music
British Special Forces troops are using Bollywood music to fight Daesh troops in Libya, as the terrorist group has banned music in several territories that they have control over, believing the music to be un-religious and a dangerous influence. On the advice of a Pakistani-born British Army Intelligence officer Special Forces...
Admiral Lanba Takes Over As New Indian Navy Chief
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba has taken over as Indian Navy Chief on Tuesday, as Admiral RK Dhowan superannuated from service. “I am sure under his leadership, the Indian Navy will execute every task,” the ex-chief of the Naval Staff, Dhowan said
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
Finland To Sell Nearly Half Of Patria To Kongsberg
Finnish state owned company Patria announced a plan to privatize a portion of the company by selling it to Kongsberg, a partially state-owned defense company in Norway. "The competition authorities have granted their approval concerning sale by State of Finland of 49
Real CEO loses Job in Fake CEO Scam
Austrian aircraft parts manufacturer FACC has fired its chief executive after 50 million euros ($55.7 million) were stolen in a scam
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
Finmeccanica Shareholders Approve Name Change To Leonardo
Finmeccanica announced Thursday that the company is changing its name to ‘Leonardo S.p
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;
Florida Woman Charged For Illegal Export Of Drone Tech To Chinese Research...
The US Federal court has charged a Florida woman with conspiring to illegally export US underwater drone technology to a Chinese state-owned industry. A 53-year-old Amin Yu, a Chinese citizen living in the US as a permanent resident, is reportedly to have conspired from 2002 until February 2014 to obtain systems and components used in marine submersible drones along with other co-conspirators at Harbin Engineering University in China, Sputnik reported
China Sentences Computer Engineer To Death For Spying: State Media
A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents to an unidentified foreign spy agency between 2002 and 2011, the local media reported Tuesday. Huang Yu, 48, was paid a total of US$700,000 for the information, Shanghai Daily reported citing a report by China Central Television
Former Head of US Defence Contracting Firm Jailed For Sending Tech Details...
A former US defence contractor has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail for illegally exporting the military blueprints and technical drawings of parts used in some of the high-tech and sensitive hardware like F-15 to India, using a local churchs website. Hannah Robert, 49, circumvented the US government and provided export-controlled technical data related to various types of military technology to an individual in India, said assistant US attorney general John P Carlin in a statement, PTI reported
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Announces Voluntary Layoff Program
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has announced a voluntary layoff program that is targeted to reduce employment by approximately 1,000 positions at locations in the United States The voluntary program is available to mid-level employee groups in Fort Worth, Texas; Marietta, Georgia; Palmdale, California; Meridian, Mississippi; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Patuxent River, Maryland; and Edwards Air Force Base, California. The action is necessary to position Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to be competitive in the future marketplace, secure future business opportunities, and keep an infrastructure appropriately aligned with customer demands
U.S. Army’s Bradley IFV to be Upgraded with Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist...
Ukraine's JDAM-ER Bombs to Get Home-on Sensors to Target Russian Electronic Warfare...
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Climbs to 33,000 ft. Highlighting High Altitude Reconnaissance Capability
Russia Claims 111,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in 2024
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...
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