A refurbished former Soviet aircraft carrier has reached the Indian coast after leaving Russias northern shipyard in mid-November. The Vikramaditya, a refurbished Russian carrier formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, arrived at a naval base in Kanwar in the western state of Karnataka on Tuesday, Indian IBN television reported
The US Air Force received the first five of 24 F-22 Raptors, which are now a part of the 95th Fighter Squadron, reactivated in October 2013. "We have been talking about the arrival of this mission for a few years," said Lt
The Indonesian Defense Ministry announced the plans to replace the F-5 Tiger fighter aircraft with the latest generation of jet fighters. "We have received proposals from several jet fighter manufacturers for replacing the F-5 Tiger fighter aircraft
The two newest Borey-class ballistic missile submarines arrived on Monday to begin active service with the Russia's Northern Fleet, according to RIA Novosti. The Borey-class submarine, Yury Dolgoruky, was commissioned in January while the second of the type, the Alexander Nevsky, entered service on December 23
The Peruvian Armed Forces has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 MI-171 helicopters, including the delivery of a flight simulator and related training equipment. It is anticipated that the first helicopters will arrive in Peru during the second half of 2014, and the balance in 2015
The Royal Australian Air Force today successfully completed the maiden flight of its first C-27J Spartan in Italy. Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Mr Warren King said this was an exciting milestone for the DMO and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as it represents a major step towards further strengthening Air Forces airlift capability
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has selected Saab's Gripen-NG aircraft for its new multimission fighters contract worth $4.5 billion
Black Eagles, the South Korean Air Force special squadron, will part in the Singapore Air Show with T-50B aircraft. On December 4, DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) said that the Singapore Air Show, one of three international air shows, would be held from February 11-16, and the Black Eagles would participate in the show to promote exporting Korean aircraft, specifically the T-50
Iraq is expecting the delivery of Russian weapons and military equipment next month, a senior Iraqi official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “The second batch of Russian weapons will arrive in Iraq in January,” said Muhammed al-Aqili, a deputy head of the ruling faction in the Iraqi parliament
The Lockheed Martin prototype of the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, the GPS III, recently proved successful being backward-compatible with the existing GPS satellite constellation in orbit. During tests that concluded on Oct