The Indian Navy commissioned INS Vagir, the fifth P75 Kalvari-class submarines, on January 23. INS Vagir is built by Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) based on the Naval Group Scorpene design
Romanias Ministry of Defense has chosen communications solution developed by Israeli firm RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems for its naval ships. The company did not reveal which ships will be equipped with RAFAEL systems, or the value of the contract
Black Hawk helicopter maker Sikorsky has disclosed future upgrades for the Black Hawk helicopter, which includes improved engines for better range. The company says this planned modernization effort will improve Black Hawks availability and reliability by lowering direct operating costs
Czech company Aero Vodochody completed the prescribed repairs (PP16) on all 16 single-seat L-159 ALCA aircraft and handed over the last one to the Czech Air Force. The L-159s have been extended for another eight years and other technical improvements have been made
Ukraine is likely to get Archer self-propelled guns and CV90 infantry fighting vehicles fro, Sweden, and Leclerc tanks from France. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was quoted as saying by
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, has signed a contract with prime contractor Appworks to provide Thailand with a complete Search And Rescue (SAR) operational system based on the COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR Service. The solution will make it possible to detect and locate distress signals from COSPAS-SARSAT beacons on land, in the air and at sea instantaneously, over a radius of 2,500 km centered around Bangkok, mainly using the Galileo satellite positioning system
Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited, a joint venture between Russia and India, has started producing Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian Army. India is the first country to start producing the AK-200-series assault rifles
Ukraine has confessed that the Russian X-22 (Kh-22) supersonic missile is too fast to be intercepted, and refuted reports claiming that it shot down one of them. "I have been talking about this for half a year already - we cannot shoot down X-22 missiles
Ukraines armed forces have received dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs), air-to-surface variant of which is known as cluster bombs, from Ankara. U
Japan started constructing a Self-Defense Forces base on uninhabited Mage Island in southwestern Kagoshima prefecture on Thursday. According to an environmental assessment report made public earlier today, this four-year project in the 8 Sqkm Island will include building runways and ammunition storage facilities