Chinas Guizhou Aircraft Industries Corporation (GAIC) has rolled off the production line of the export version of FTC-2000 fighter trainer aircraft in Anshun in Guizhou Province Monday. The FTC-2000 is the export designation for the companys JL-9 jet trainer, also known as the Shanying (Mountain Eagle)
A Thai military sergeant along with several other associates have been suspected by the Thailand police of selling grenades by mail after the military found eight M67 grenades in a courier in the capital Friday. As many as 30 people are suspected of trading grenades by receiving orders from customers in various provinces, an official was quoted as saying by
The US Special Operations Command has awarded a $17 million worth contract to Vigor Works LLC. for third Sea, Air, and Land Insertion, Observation, and Neutralization (SEALION) Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH) for the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) surface fleet
Australian Department of Defence is planning to invest AUS$ 101 million (US$75.2 million) in new small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
UMS Skelder unmanned technology solutions, a venture between UMS AERO Group and Saab, will launch its unmanned helicopter SKELDAR V-200 VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) at the Paris Airshow 2017. It is the only heavy fuel UAS (unmanned aerial system) on the market, at the upcoming 52nd Paris International Airshow, the company announced Wednesday
Leonardo Helicopters and IMP Aerospace & Defence (IMP) have re-established “Team Cormorant” to support modernization of the Royal Canadian Air Forces (RCAF) fleet of EH101/CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters and expansion of the fleet through the conversion of AW101-519 helicopters. Team Cormorant comprises Leonardo Helicopters, the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the EH101 and AW101 helicopters; IMP, the Prime Contractor for Cormorant In-Service Support; and other key Canadian companies who will supply and support critical aircraft components, technology, systems, simulation and training
Russia's MC-21 airliner which marked its first flight on Sunday could be sitting on orders worth US$15.7 billion with 175 firm orders at US$90 million apiece
Israel-based Aeronautics Group will present its newly manufactured UAS ‘Orbiter 4 that can carry and operate two different payloads simultaneously, at the Paris Air Show. The Orbiter 4 can carry a maritime patrol radar (MPR) together with a cellular interception sensor, and conduct land or maritime ISTAR missions beyond Line Of Sight
Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-E-Mohammed, Lashkar-E-Toiba which are among 64 such outfits banned by Islamabad operate openly through Facebook pages, an investigation by the
Georgia will replace its Kalashnikov machine guns with US-produced M240 machine guns, the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday. According to the statement, the ministry will carry out the demonstration of new M240 machine guns during a ceremony celebrating the second anniversary since the opening of the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Centre (JTEC) in Krtsanisi Tuesday