Mrs Mamatha M, wife of MM Pallam Raju, Indian minister of state for defence today launched first of its kind Anti Submarine Warfare(ASW) Corevette at GRSE shipyard in Kolkata. The ASW Corvette belongs to the Kamorta Class of Warships with Anti Submarine Warfare capability and very low signature of radiated under water noise
Pratt & Whitney and Russia's Irkut Corporation have signed a contract for the companies to begin preliminary design activities on the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1400G engine, which was selected to power the Irkut MC-21 aircraft. The contract represents the beginning of the development of the third airframe application for the PurePower engine, which will provide customers a significant reduction in fuel burn and noise with lower environmental emissions and operating costs than today's engines
Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) have created a 50:50 joint venture company to manufacture compressor shroud rings at Bangalore that will be used in defense aerospace applications for other HAL-Rolls Royce ventures
L-3 Communications announced today that its WESCAM subsidiary has been awarded a $110 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S
BAE Systems has been awarded a £135 million ($200m) contract to commence series production of 48 Archer 155mm self-propelled artillery gun systems and their associated ammunition handling systems for the Swedish and Norwegian armed forces. The first operational systems are expected to be delivered in October 2011 and production will continue over the following two years
General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded $37 million for Abrams Tank Systems Technical Support (STS) by the U.S
NDPD has signed a new contract with Thales for further development of XOmail, an efficient and fully secure communication system, in order to provide a secure information exchange service for all defence branches. The goal is to satisfy the need for a secure information exchange service that can be used on all levels in the armed forces; from the headquarters at the strategic level and all the way down to dismounted soldiers or vehicles at the battlefield level
Raytheon Company's Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) program has received approval from the U.S
Thales Alenia Space announced to have signed with French Space Agency (CNES), the contract to build the Jason-3 satellite. The Jason-3 operational oceanographic mission involves a quadripartite collaboration between the two meteorological organizations Eumetsat and NOAA, acting as the leaders of the program, and CNES and its American counterpart NASA
Thales today announces the launch of Vigile LW, a new, lightweight, naval Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) system set to redefine situational awareness for small vessels. Vigile LW detects, identifies and displays air and surface threats in real time, providing tactical situational awareness wherever needed for small vessels