India and Russia may have reached an understanding on three multi-billion dollar defence deals at the Intergovernmental Commission for Military- Technical Cooperation (IGC-MTC), which was held in Moscow yesterday. Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was in Moscow for the IGC-MTC, signed a military- technical cooperation agreement with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, news agencies reported without giving out details of the agreement
South Korea is emerging as an arms exporter in its own right which may one day overtake China in Asia and several European countries. While American defence technology denial to Seoul may have dominated headlines last week, what is significant is that Seoul has exported or is pitching for contracts to supply ships, aircraft, artillery systems to several customers in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Middle East
Russia is expected to sign contract with India to deliver 154 Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fighter jets during the upcoming annual Indo-Russian summit. The agreement, which will be under the joint FGFA initiative, will include work share and a commitment to the number of single-seat and double-seat aircraft, The Financial Express reported today
The US has denied permission to South Korea to export $400 million worth 12 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan. The US refusal is another blow to Korea's program to develop its own military aircraft following the US refusal to hand over key avionics technologies regarding F-35 fighters to Korea
India may have delayed participating in the Russian Fifth generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project to explore other options, namely the Lockheed Martin built F-35. A talk in the corridors of South Block, headquarters of the ministry of defence (MoD) goes that the reason the IAF and the MoD is seeking to reduce the numbers of the Russian FGFAs is to have an option of purchasing another variety of fifth generation aircraft
In what is seen as Russias answer to the US Small Diameter Bomb, the countrys air force is testing the KAB-250 precision-guided bomb on board the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter. The Small Diameter Bomb is meant for the US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and the KAB-250 is designed to fit on the external and internal mounts of the PAK-FA or T-50 stealth fighter under development by Russia
South Korea has secured a $110 million contract from Thailand to export four T-50 trainer jets. The agreement was clinched between the Korea Aerospace Industries and the Thai government in Seoul, the Korea Herald reported Thursday
South Korea will host a defense exhibition, ADEX 2015, next month to showcase worldwide high-tech weapons, including the US Global Hawk surveillance aircraft. The Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition that starts on October 20 will run for six days
Russian government has confirmed that they have received a request from the Indian authorities for allowing IAF pilots to fly the T-50/PAK FA, before New Delhi decides to join the FGFAs development or decides to make an outright purchase. An official reaction from the Russian Embassy states, “[W]e may confirm that the request was forwarded by the Indian side to the Russian partners
The radar system for Russian Sukhoi T-50 combat aircraft is 99 per cent ‘ready to enter serial production after a series of development tests are completed. The Tikhomirov NIIP active phased array radar system built for Russias first fifth-generation combat jet, the Sukhoi T-50 consists of one forward-looking X-band radar in the nose section and two side-scanning arrays as well as L-band antennas along the wing flaps