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India’s Upgraded MiG-29 Fighter to Have Increased Flying Time
The Indian MiG-29 aircraft are being upgraded to match capabilities of a 4.5 generation of fighter jet and will be capable of increased duration of sorties. India’s only fighter Aircraft Repair Depot, Air Force station Ozar in Nashik... More of this article »
Colt to Supply 10,000 M4, M4A1 Carbine Rifles to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Morocco
Colt’s Manufacturing Co. has won $57.7 million contract to supply up to 10,000 additional M4 and M4A1 5.56mm carbine rifles to Jordan, Morocco, Afghanistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Pakistan. Work will be performed in West Hartford,... More of this article »
Russian IL-20 Aircraft Shot Down by Syrian S-200 Missile
A missile of the Russian-supplied S-200 air defence system brought down a Russian Air Force Ilyushin-20 aircraft which was coming into land at around the same time Israeli F-16 jets attacked Syrian targets. Blaming Israel for the loss... More of this article »
Russia Blames Malaysia For Not Following Proper Maintenance Schedule For Sukhoi Aircraft
The Russian government has denied claims that Malaysian Sukhoi fighter jets are difficult to maintain, stating that Kuala Lumpur should follow proper maintenance schedule so that the planes are kept “in the right condition to serve... More of this article »
Elbit Wins $173M Asian Order for Naval Remote Weapon Stations, Possibly India
Elbit Systems has won a $173 million contract to provide Naval Remote Controlled Weapon Stations (RCWS) to the Navy and Coast Guard of an Asia-Pacific country, most probably India. The contract will be performed over a five-year period,... More of this article »
France to Cut US-made Components from its Military Products
France is working to reduce US-made components from its defense products so as not to run afoul of the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which allow Washington to veto sale to countries it does not approve of. French... More of this article »
Fincantieri Starts Work on $4.6 Billion First Qatari Corvette
Fincantieri has started the work on the first ‘Doha’ class corvette ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defense (MoD) by a steel cutting ceremony at Italy’s Muggiano (La Spezia) yard. The contract envisages the supply of seven... More of this article »
UK Scraps Fire Shadow Loitering Munitions Program Incurring Loss of $148 Million
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has formally cancelled its Fire Shadow loitering munitions weapons system project at a loss of £95 million ($148 million). The project was abandoned according to the ministry’s 2017-18... More of this article »
L-3 Wins $73M For HALO Aircraft For Ballistic Missile Defense System Test Requirements
The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $73 million worth contract to L-3 Communications for upgrading the High Altitude Observatory (HALO) systems for carrying out the Ballistic Missile Defense System tests requirement. The contract... More of this article »
Rockwell Collins Wins $82.6M For AN/ARC-210 Airborne Radios
The US Navy has awarded a $82.6 million worth contract to Rockwell Collins to manufacture and deliver the AN/ARC-210 family of radio equipment, the Department of defense announced Thursday. The awarded $82,621,600 firm-fixed-price,... More of this article »
Bangladesh Buys C-130J Mk5 Aircraft from United Kingdom
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has inked a deal to purchase an unspecified number of C-130J Mk5 transport aircraft from the United Kingdom. “Under a government-to-government agreement, the handing over ceremony of title transfer... More of this article »
Multi-Role Combat Vessels to Replace Singapore’s Victory-class Missile Corvettes
Singapore plans to replace its Victory-class Missile Corvettes (MCVs), the current mainstay of its naval surface combat fleet, with more capable Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCVs) by 2025. The MRCVs will contain configurable modular... More of this article »
Russia Commences Sixth-gen Jet Technologies Test Aboard Su-57 Fighter
Russia has commenced tests of certain technologies of the yet-to-be-named sixth-generation manned-unmanned combat jet being developed as a follow on to the Su-57 fifth generation fighter aircraft. The tests involve control and navigation... More of this article »
Physical Optics Wins $33 Million JARVIS Contract
Physical Optics Corp has won $32.8 million in support of the Navy and the Air Force for non-recurring effort to mature the Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Visual Information System (JARVIS) Small Business Innovation Research Phase II... More of this article »
Raytheon Wins EA-18G Airborne Electronic Attack EW Kit Support Contract For US Navy, Australia
Raytheon has won a $65 million worth contract to provide engineering and software support to electronic warfare receivers on board the EA-18G aircraft for the government of Australia and US Navy, the Department of defense announced... More of this article »
Bangladesh Buys Additional K-8W Trainers from China
Bangladesh has signed a government to government contract with China to buy an additional batch of K-8W jet trainers for its Air Force. The contract was signed between the Bangladesh Air Force and China National Aero-Technology Import... More of this article »
Estonia to Acquire Mistral SHORAD Missiles for $58 Million from MBDA
Estonia will acquire Mistral short range air defence missiles/ man portable surface to air missiles, training missiles, simulators and testing and maintenance equipment from European missile manufacturer MBDA under a 50 million euros... More of this article »
New G-suits For Russia’s Su-57 Fighter Pilots Ready For Flight Tests
The new anti-gravity suits for Russia’s Su-57 fighter aircraft pilots are ready for flight tests and will reportedly be delivered from 2019, head of the Zvezda Research and Production Enterprise told TASS on Monday. “Our full-size... More of this article »
UK Troops Using Deadly ‘Thermobaric’ Weapons In Syrian Civil War: Report
A British publication revealed in a report on Wednesday that the UK troops have been using the most-controversial thermobaric weapons or also known as ‘vacuum’ weapons, in its Syrian operations. The UK defense ministry accidentally... More of this article »
Turkey Develops New High-Speed Long-Range Grenade Launcher Ammunition
Turkey’s Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company (MKEK) has developed a new high-speed MOD78-HE long-range grenade launcher ammunition for the Turkish Armed Forces. The grenade launcher ammunition will be used in MK-19, a 40mm automatic... More of this article »
Turkey Develops First Indigenous Stingray-shaped Armed Underwater Drone
Turkey Develops First Indigenous Stingray-shaped Armed Underwater Drone. Image: Daily Sabah Turkey’s defense company Albayraklar Savunma has developed the country’s first indigenous armed underwater drone, which resembles the... More of this article »
Ukraine Tests New Anti-tank Guided Missile System ‘Skif’
Ukroboronprom’s State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch announced Thursday the successful testing of its advanced anti-tank guided missile system “Skif”, an export variant of the Ukrainian ‘Stugna-P’, at one of the military... More of this article »
Kalashnikov Venezuela Plant to Start AK-103 Production by 2019 End
Russian Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela will start full-fledged licensed production of AK-103 assault rifles by the end of 2019. The plant is planned to manufacture about 25,000 assault rifles annually. ‘The plant will begin its work... More of this article »
Rheinmetall Integrates MELLS Anti-tank Missile into German Army’s Marder IFV
Rheinmetall has integrated the MELLS antitank guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle of the German army. Following successful conclusion of the study phase, the German Bundeswehr subsequently ordered 44 MELLS... More of this article »
Leonardo Presents New Marlin 40 Naval Defence System at DIMDEX 2018
Leonardo is exhibiting its OTO Marlin 40, the newest member of its naval defence systems family, for the first time in an international defense expo, Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (DIMDEX), held in... More of this article »
Indian MoD to Buy BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles worth $173.5 Million
The Indian MoD has approved the procurement of Infantry Combat Vehicle (BMPs-2/2k) worth INR 1125 Crore (USD 173.5 million) from the Indian Factory Board (IFB). The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave the go-ahead to the procurement... More of this article »
Boeing Awarded $61 million Contract to Upgrade Japanese E-767 AWACS
Boeing has been awarded a $60,903,323 contract for the mission computing upgrade installation and checkout of four Japanese E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and associated ground systems. Work will be performed... More of this article »
Russian MOD Orders Kalashnikov’s Newest RPK-16 Machine Guns
Russia’s Defense Ministry has ordered an undisclosed number of Kalashnikov’s newest RPK-16 machine guns under an agreement signed with the Kalashnikov Concern, TASS reports Tuesday. When asked if such a contract had been signed,... More of this article »
Myanmar To Receive Six Additional Yak-130 Combat Trainers This Year
Russia will deliver an additional batch of six Yak-130 combat training aircraft to Myanmar, Mikhail Petukhov, a deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told Sputnik. “In December... More of this article »
Saab Offers ‘Swordfish’ Maritime Patrol Aircraft as Alternative to ‘Airliner-type’ MPAs
In a clear attempt to target Boeing’s P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Saab has highlighted its ‘Swordfish’ MPAs as an alternative to “large, costly airliner-type platforms”. In a press release ahead... More of this article »
Russian Sukhoi-25 Aircraft Shot Down By MANPAD Missile System In Syria
Al Qaeda-linked militants in Syria shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft using a man-portable anti-aircraft missile system on February 3, killing its pilot. “A Russian aircraft crashed during a flight over the Idlib de-escalation... More of this article »
Britain’s Royal Air Force To Scrap 16 Eurofighter Typhoons
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) intends to scrap 16 Eurofighter Typhoons as part of a project to save GBP 800 million (USD1.13 billion) on the running cost of the service’s combat aircraft fleet. The plans to dismantle the aircraft... More of this article »
Patria Signs $205M Deal To Upgrade Finland’s Hamina-class Fast Attack Crafts
Patria has signed an agreement valued around 170 million euros (US$205 million) with the Finnish Defence Forces on the mid-life upgrade and overhaul of the Finnish Defence Forces’ Hamina Class fast attack craft. The procurement... More of this article »
Indian MoD Issues $1.5 Billion Tender To Acquire 61 Close-In Weapon Systems
Indian defense ministry has issued more than $1.5 billion tender for acquiring 61 Close in Weapon Systems (CIWS) from domestic manufacturers under the Make in India program. The tender was issued by the acquisition wing of the defence... More of this article »
Philippines to Buy RPG-7B Grenade Launcher from Russia
Moscow and Manila have signed a contract for the delivery of the Russian-made RPG-7B grenade launchers and ammunition to the Philippines. The contract was signed by Russia’s Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev and Philippine Defense... More of this article »
Turkey Details Official Specifications of Next-gen Fighter TFX
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has released the specifications for its home-grown next generation fighter jet, TFX officially known as the Milli Muharebe Uçağı (National Combat Aircraft). According to the official specifications... More of this article »
Pratt and Whitney Wins $6.7 Billion F119 Engine Sustainment Contract
Pratt & Whitney has won $6.7 billion contract for F119 engine sustainment from US Air Force. Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday. F119 is an afterburning turbofan engine... More of this article »
Chinese Student in Japan Ships Classified US-made Night Vision Device to Hong Kong
The Japanese Police has accused a Chinese exchange student of illegally exporting an infrared night-vision camera to a firm in Hong Kong which he purchased from an on-line auction site. The Tokyo-based exchange student, 22, purchased... More of this article »
UK to Buy ‘Sky Sabre’ Missile Shield for $92 Million to Protect Falkland Islands
The United Kingdom will purchase Israeli missile defense shield based on Iron Dome to protect Falklands for £78 million ($92.3 million). According to a report in the Daily Mail, the UK will install a Sky Sabre system, which employs... More of this article »
Russia to Fully Replace Tu-60 Current Fleet With Modernized Models
Russian Ministry of Defence plans to fully replace the T-160 current fleet with modernized models. “All the Tu-160 aircraft that comprise the long-range air force are to be replaced with modernized models. Taking into account prompt... More of this article »
UAE Armed Forces To Upgrade French-Built Mirage 2000-9 Fighter Aircraft
The UAE Armed Forces have announced a contract to modernize its Dassault Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets during the on-going Dubai airshow this week. “The UAE Armed Forces have announced their intention to sign a contract with Dassault... More of this article »
India’s BEL Displays L70 Artillery Gun at D & S, Bangkok
India’s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is displaying its L70 artillery gun at the Defence and Security 2017 exhibition in Bangkok. The gun has been designed and developed for the Indian Army. BEL had earlier won a Rs 575-crore... More of this article »
IWI Launches Kalashnikov Competitor, TAVOR 7 Assault Rifle
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has launched the 7.62X51mm caliber TAVOR 7, a competitor to the hugely popular Kalashnikov AK series of assault rifles which fire the heavy 7.62 mm bullet from a relatively small and light weapon. The... More of this article »
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Accidents Up 1.5 Times in Japan
Accidents involving US Marines’ V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in Japan has gone up by approximately 1.5 times from when the aircraft were first deployed at Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture five years ago, the Mainichi Shimbun... More of this article »
HAL Hands Over Fiftieth AL31FP Engine For Su-30MKI To IAF
India’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the fiftieth AL31FP engine meant for the Su-30MKI fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday. The engine, manufactured from raw... More of this article »
Bangladesh Navy Orders Two More Dornier 228NG Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Bangladesh Navy has ordered two more Dornier 228 unarmed twin turborprop maritime patrol aircraft under a contract signed with German aerospace company Ruag Aviation. The Dornier 228NG aircraft will serve to support surveillance and... More of this article »
US Government to Upgrade 218 Kuwaiti M1A2 Abrams Tanks for $29 Million
The US State Department has approved an upgrade to Kuwait for M1A1 Abrams Tanks estimated to cost $29 million. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of two hundred eighteen (218) M1A1 Abrams tank hulls with 120mm cannons... More of this article »
Upgraded NK-32 Engine Designed For Russian Tu-160 Bombers Enters Testing Phase
Upgraded NK-32 Engine Designed For Russian Tu-160 Bombers Enters Testing Phase Russia’s state-owned company United Engine Corporation has begun testing an upgraded NK-32 02 aircraft engines designed for the Tu-160 supersonic heavy... More of this article »