Russias state-owned Rosoboronexport has detailed the multi-million dollar AK-203 assault rifles project it signed with India, as well as others in the pipeline. On December 6, a contract for AK-203s was signed between the joint Russian-Indian company Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) which was established in March 2019 and the Indian Ministry of Defense for production of over 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles in India and supply to the country's security, defense and law enforcement agencies
India has finally inked the long-delayed deal with Russia to manufacture over 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles in the country. The deal was finalized between Indian defense minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu at the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military & Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC), in New Delhi, on December 6
NASA awarded contracts to companies to build first-of-its-kind commercial space station. The first three member team consisting of Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin won $160 million to build the space station
French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced a new project to design a new laser satellite communication system at the Defense Innovation Forum held recently. The KERAUNOS project aims to experiment with an innovative, high-speed optical communication link between a 10 kg nanosatellite and a compact ground station
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said it has upgraded the spacecraft it is designing for the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program. The spacecraft has been up-scoped from a one year on orbit sensor demonstration to a three-to-five-year prototype spacecraft with residual operational capability, the company said in a release
Russias Uralvagonzavod, a subsidiary of Rostec, will showcase the advanced T-90MS main battle tank and its armored versions at the EDEX-2021 in Cairo, Egypt. The international arms show will run from November 29 to December 2
The Russian military will take delivery of 20 T-14 Armata tanks by the end of this year. During his visit to the UralVagonZavod, facility tasked with the manufacturing of the tanks, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko was told that Twenty T-14 tanks based on the Armata heavy multiservice tracked platform are planned for delivery
Naval Group announced the creation of the MCM (Mine CounterMeasures) R&D centre within its subsidiary, Naval Group Belgium, on Thursday. This centre will work jointly with Belgian partners in a collaborative laboratory called the MCM Lab
Rheinmetall signed a letter of intent with Hungarian IT company 4iG Nyrt with an intention to buy 25.1% stake