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Russia Deploys Armed Pick-Up Trucks In Syria
Russian Defense Ministry has deployed a group of UAZ Patriot trucks equipped with Kord 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and AGS-17 grenade launchers to Syria. The gas-powered vehicles will possibly be used to protect humanitarian convoys,... More of this article »
Russia Introduces Sniper Rifle With 2 Kms Range
Russia has launched a light weight large-calibre sniper rifle Kord-M that can fire up to 2 kilometers. The rifle that can cut through concrete and brick walls, is also strong enough to take out unsheltered enemy manpower as well... More of this article »
Bell Helicopter To Supply Huey II helicopters To Kenya, Uganda Under FMS
Bell Helicopter was awarded an $86.9 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to produce and deliver five Huey II helicopters, spare parts and special tools each to Kenya and Uganda. The contract value for Uganda is US$34.54 million... More of this article »
Russia May Take Back Tanks, AFVs Sold To S Korea Against State Debt
The Russian Federation may regain T-80U main battle tanks (MBT) and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) supplied to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the 1990s and in the 2000s towards state debt payments. “Moscow is planning... More of this article »
Boeing To Integrate GBU-56 Laser Guided Bomb Onto Hornet Fighter
Boeing has won a $9.9 million contract to integrate the GBU-56(V) 4/B laser-guided bomb on to the F/A-18 Hornet’s weapons platform. The contract involves systems engineering and logistic support planning required for the production... More of this article »
Pakistan To Participate In Turkey’s TFX Next-Gen Fighter Aircraft Program
Turkey has invited Pakistan to participate in the development of its next-generation fighter program, TFX. Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain in an interview with PTV last Sunday, said that Turkey had... More of this article »
Russia’s Krasukha-4 Electronic Countermeasure System Alerted Erdogan Of Coup
Russia’s surveillance and eavesdropping equipment, Krasukha-4 deployed near Latakia in Syria hacked into Turkey’s NATO-compatible radio-electronics mounted on helicopters, aircraft and ground vehicles to learn of the impending... More of this article »
China’s Boeing C-17 Competitor, Y-20, Enters Service
China’s newest military freighter aircraft Y-20 joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force today, the state media reported Wednesday. “The Y-20 entering service marks a crucial step for the air force in improving its... More of this article »
Russia Develops World’s Smallest Grenade Launcher
Russia’s KBP Instruments Design Bureau has developed world’s smallest reusable BUR grenade launcher. Grenade launcher is believed to solve a wide class of military problems. The total length of the complex is 742 mm and the weight... More of this article »
India, Netherlands & Spain to Receive Raytheon’s 155 mm Excalibur Guided Projectiles
Raytheon is awarded a U.S. Army contract to procure 155 mm Excalibur Increment Ib projectiles for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to India and Spain. The FMS contracts for India, Spain and the Netherlands is worth $9.17 million, $9.14... More of this article »
Ukraine’s LUCH Presents SD-300 Mid-Range Air Defense System
Ukrainian firm LUCH unveiled a concept of a new mid-range air defense system, called the SD-300, at the Arms and Security exhibition being held in Kyiv from June 15-18. The SD-300 surface-to-air missile system is designed to intercept... More of this article »
Rockwell Collins Unveils PSR-500 Perimeter Surveillance Radar At Eurosatory
Rockwell Collins today introduced its PSR-500 Perimeter Surveillance Radar (PSR) at Eurosatory 2016. PSR-500 is a high resolution, compact radar with the capability to track and record intrusions in all weather. “The PSR-500 couples... More of this article »
AESA Radars Become Mainstream In Fighter Aircraft
Defense and aerospace firms around the world are investing on the development of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to replace mechanically-scanned radar systems in fighter and attack aircraft. Defenseworld.net... More of this article »
Futuristic Combat Helmets Move Beyond Protection
Helmets for pilots and ground troops do much more than stopping bullets. Night vision, data display and secure communication are among the features incorporated in specialist helmets which have evolved to become the most technologically... More of this article »
Indian Air Force Su-30MKIs, Jaguars Shine in Red Flag Alaska Exercise
Su-30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in offensive counter air ops in which they provided escort cover to the strike elements as part of the Red Flag Alaska 16-1 air exercise involving the Indian and US air... More of this article »
Belarus Receives Fourth Battalion Of S-300 PS Air Defense Systems
Russia has delivered the fourth battalion of the S-300 PS air defense system to the Air Force and air defense units of Belarus, the Belarusian news agency reported. “All in all Belarus has received four air defense missile battalions... More of this article »
Croatia Probes Faulty MiG-21 Purchase From Ukraine
The Croatian military police has launched a corruption probe in the July 2013 purchase of 12 Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter jets after they found five of the aircraft actually belonged to Yemen Air Force. Five of the aircraft purchased were... More of this article »
Russian Warplanes To Be Fitted With Khibiny Electronic Countermeasures
Russian warplanes including Su-34 fighters and other fighters will be equipped with Khibiny electronic countermeasures systems in the near future. The Khibiny system provides individual aircraft with protection against enemy fighters’... More of this article »
Bye Bye Kalashnikov, Ukraine Develops NATO Standard Sniper Rifles
Ukroboronprom has transferred 10 new NATO standard experimental sniper rifles to the national guard of Ukraine. The new rifles are developed by ‘Ukroboroncervis’. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine... More of this article »
Safran Plans Engine Upgrade For Dassault Rafale Fighter Jet
French company Safran, which manufactures the M88 engine of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft plans to increase its thrust from 7.5 tone to nine tons. La Tribune newspaper said yesterday quoting CEO of Safran, Philippe Petitcolin... More of this article »
Russia Develops Stationary SSC-5 Stooge Missile Systems With Silo-Based Launcher
Russia is developing stationary version of the Bastion Coastal missile systems (SSC-5 Stooge) with a silo-based launcher. We were developing the mobile and the stationary versions of the Bastion coastal missile system simultaneously.... More of this article »
Indian Air Force To Procure Eight Aerostat Radars
The India Air Force (IAF) plans to procure up to eight aerostat radar platforms to boost low-level air and sea surveillance. A request for information (RFI) issued by the Ministry of Defense a few days ago seeks a batch of four, six... More of this article »
F-16, F/A-18, Su-30 Ranked World’s Most Sold Fighter Aircraft
US F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-18 and Sukhoi Su-27/30 family of fighter jets are ranked most popular combat aircraft in the world. According to a report published by Flight International analytical center Monday, US F-16 fighter jet makes... More of this article »
Indian Sukhoi Su-30MKI And Russian Su-35 nearly on par: Indian Aviation Expert
China’s recent agreement with Russia to acquire 24 Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft is of interest to New Delhi as it would face off against India’s Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter in any contingency planning by the air forces of the two countries. The... More of this article »
Russia Develops Landmine With ‘Electronic Brain’
Russia has developed all-new antipersonnel smart mine with an electronic brain that prevents misfires and unauthorized handling. The Medalyon POM-3, when activated, fires an explosive charge shooting out star-shaped metal fragments... More of this article »
Poland To Repair Bulgarian Mig-29 Fighter Aircraft
Poland has signed a contract with Bulgaria for repairing Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft in service with the Bulgarian Air Force. The contract envisages the repair of six engines and temporary use of two Polish-made engines for... More of this article »
How Does The Chinese FD-2000 Fare Against Its Foreign Peers?
China’s FD-2000 missile defense system beat out competitors Raytheon’s Patriot, the Russian S-400 and the French-Italian Eurosam Samp-T to win the Turkish contract last week. Defenseworld.net takes a look at how each missile defense... More of this article »
Russia Warns Bulgaria Against Servicing MiG-29 Fighter Jets in Poland
Bulgaria may lose access to spares and documentation of it MiG-29 fighters following a decision to carry out servicing of its aircraft in Poland. In a move to limit dependency on Russia, Bulgaria chose not to renew its existing repair... More of this article »
Egypt To Buy 50 Ka-52 Helicopter From Russia
Russia and Egypt have reportedly signed a deal for the 50 Ka-52 helicopters possibly meant to be stationed on the Mistral carrier. “An agreement on the supplies of fifty Ka-52 helicopters has been signed,” Tass quoted an... More of this article »
Saab To Modernize Polish MiG-29 With EW Systems
Saab will modernize Polish MiG-29 fleet in an agreement with Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze (WZL) to enable the aircraft to carry the company’s electronic warfare self-protection systems. Saab signed a teaming agreement with WZL Thursday... More of this article »
Is the Su-30MKI Superior to the Eurofighter And Rafale?
In the recently concluded international air combat exercises featuring the Indian Air Force’ (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighters and British Royal Air Force Typhoon jets, the Su-30MKI outsmarted the Eurofighter Typhoon 12-0 in the Within... More of this article »
Serbia To Sell 282 Modernized T-55 Tanks To Pakistan
Serbia will sign a deal next week to sell modernized 282 T-55 tanks with Pakistan. The tanks are actually from the arsenal marked as obsolete equipment, Serbian Daily ‘Blic’ reported. “The tanks which were to be sold as obsolete... More of this article »
Russia Introduces New Gen Mine Layer At ARMY 2015
Russia has unveiled its ‘Hell Machine’ new Generation Mine Layer at the recently wrapped up International Military-Technical Forum ARMY-2015. Nick named as Hell Machine, the new Mine Layer UMZ-K is designed to remotely scatter... More of this article »
Yak-130 To Be Reconfigured As Fighter-Bomber For Export
Russia plans to re-configure its Yakovlev Yak-130 combat training aircraft into a fighter-bomber for export. The highly manoeuverable aircraft would challenge the likes of the Saab Gripen, BAE Systems Hawk 200 and the Pakistani-Chinese... More of this article »
Russian Force Practice Flying Forpost, Orlan-10 Drones In Tajikistan
The operational group of Russian Forces, stationed in Tajikistan, have practiced with the Russian homemade drones Forpost and Orlan-1o at night in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. The use of both the drones was conducted as part... More of this article »
Pakistan Inducts Chinese Air Defense Missile System
Pakistan has inducted Chinese HQ-7B Short Range Air-defense system (Pakistani FM-90) to counter aerial targets including cruise missiles. The Pakistani army conducted a test firing of the cruise missile on Monday witnessed by the chief... More of this article »
Pakistan Inducts Chinese Air Defense Missile System
Pakistan has inducted Chinese HQ-7B Short Range Air-defense system (Pakistani FM-90) to counter aerial targets including cruise missiles. The Pakistani army conducted a test firing of the cruise missile on Monday witnessed by the chief... More of this article »
Indian Army Develops New Human Resource Management Software
The Indian Army and HCL has co-developed a software application, dubbed human resource management system (HRMS 2.0) designed to make various administrative functions integrated and web-enabled by being lodged in the servers of the... More of this article »
Iraq to Buy Aero Vodochody L-159 Fighters For US$30 Million
Czech government has approved sale of 15 redundant L-159 combat planes to Iraq for 750 million crowns (US$30 million) via Aero Vodochody, Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky announced Monday. The Czech defense ministry reached an agreement... More of this article »
Pakistan Buys Chinese AWACS Aircraft
Karakoram Eagle AWACS aircraft. Photo Credit: Pakistan Military Review The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has purchased the Chinese-made “Karakoram Eagle “airborne early warning aircraft. The aircraft, a variant developed to Pakistani... More of this article »
Software Defined Radios For Russian Armed Forces
The Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with software defined radio communication systems, Maj. Gen. Khalil Arslanov, the chief of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti... More of this article »
Is The Mi-17 The Most Successful Helicopter Of All Time?
Russian Helicopters announced earlier this year that it had built the 3,500th export version of the Mi-17 at Kazan Helicopters, a number which makes it perhaps the most successful helicopter model of all time. First introduced in 1977,... More of this article »
UAE Military To Set Up Cyber Command
The United Arab Emirates is gearing up to launch a cyber command within the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the UAE Armed Forces. Sources with knowledge on the matter told Defenseworld.net that the command will cater for the military... More of this article »
Developing Countries Fighter Aircraft Challenge Western Military Planes
The sky high cost of fighter aircraft acquisition is forcing developing countries to embark on their own programs in the process challenging the price and performance of American and European fighters. Turkey, South Korea, India,... More of this article »
Will Russia Secure AK-47 Copyright Before Kalashnikov Goes Under?
Kalashnikov’s lack of copyright over the AK-47 assault rifle is so severe that Venezuela is the only country with a fully legitimate license to produce the assault rifle. The counterfeit losses resulting from copyright infringement... More of this article »Enemy AESA Radar Can Detect F-35 JSF
The US Air Force stealth fighter aircraft, the F-35, can be detected by Chinese and Russian radars, it has been revealed. An AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, which emits separate radio waves on different frequencies,... More of this article »
Russia To Develop New AIP System As India Readies To Initiate Project 75I RFP
Russia To Develop New AIP System As India Readies To Initiate Project 75I RFP Russia has announced that it is designing a new class of conventional submarines which will be equipped with advanced air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems. The... More of this article »
Ukraine To Sell Tu-95 Bomber On Ebay For $3 Million
Ukraine is planning to sell Tu-95 strategic bomber on eBay, and is listed for sale at $3 million, according to Russian Aviation. It is said at the item’s page that the aircraft was manufactured in 1987 and it is in good condition... More of this article »