Japan's ShinMaywa Industries has offered to set up a plant in India for US-2 amphibious aircraft to cater to international demands, according to PTI report. The move comes as the Indian Navy plans to procure six such aircraft, under a government to government deal, between 2017 and 2022
Japan may be closer to grabbing a US$34.55 billion Australian submarine fleet contract as Germanys ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is reported to lose ground over technical concerns
The Russian strategic aviation forces have received 10 modernized bombers Tu-160, Tu-95 and Tu-22 whereas the Navy has received two strategic missile cruisers. “We have received new means of weaponry, new missiles…We have received for the Russian Navy two new strategic missile cruisers, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monamakh, and from the industry, we have received for the aviation strategic nuclear forces 10 modernized strategic bombers, the Tu-160, Tu-95, and Tu-22,” head of the Russian General Staff Gen
India has deployed Poseidon-8I patrol aircraft and spy drones at the forward military base in Andaman and Nicobar Islands to monitor Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The deployment is part of the countrys strategy to discourage China from adopting a proactive maritime policy in the Indian Ocean
A series of six conventional submarines will be built for the Pacific Fleet, the Russian Navy official said Saturday. "In the perspective the Navy is making attempts and, evidently, they should find a confirmation in construction of another six submarines (project 636), which would go to the Pacific Fleet," Chief of the Russian Navys shipbuilding management department Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov said, TASS reported quoting the Russian News Service radio station
The US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has awarded Serco a three-year extension on their indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) Global Installation Contract. Serco will continue to support the Navy with the installation and testing of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems
The Russian Navy will receive two more IL-38N Novella anti-submarine aircraft in November this year, the Deputy General Director of Ilyushin Aviation complex Yuri Yudin said. Under a contract with the Defense Ministry, Ilyushin is set to give the Russian Navy 28 units of IL-38N by 2020, Yudin was quoted as saying by Sputnik
Raytheon Company has completed a captive flight test of a seeker designed to let Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile engage with moving targets on land and at sea. Using company-funded, independent research and development, the test was conducted with a modified Tomahawk missile nose cone mounted on a T-39 test aircraft and equipped with a seeker integrated with Raytheon's new, modular, multi-mode processor
Israel has received fifth submarine capable of arming nuclear warheads from Germany for US $540 million. Germany delivered advanced Dolphin-class submarine at the Haifa port Tuesday
Indias Reliance Defense has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andra Pradesh Government to set up a facility to build nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. The facility is said to be co-located with the Indian Navys base and BARCs nuclear facility at Rambilli, approximately 70 Km south of Visakhapatnam