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Rostec Launches Mass 3D Printing of PD-14 Engine Parts
Rostec’s Additive Technology Center (ATC) launched mass 3D printing of parts for the PD-14 engine developed by United Engine Corporation (UEC) for MC-21 aircraft. At the first stage, mass production of elements of the PD-14 engine... More of this article »
Saudi Eyeing Russian S-400, Pantsir-S as U.S. Air Defense Systems Ineffective Against Yemeni Missiles, Drones
Saudi Arabia has held discussions with Russia over possible purchase of S-400 and Pantsir-S air defense systems as U.S. supplied air defense systems have been largely ineffective against Yemeni missiles and drones fired at Saudi targets. “It... More of this article »
U.S.A.F. Orders JASSM-ER Missiles
The U.S. Air Force has placed a $97.4 million order for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER) missiles. The contract modification is for 94 Lot 20 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range... More of this article »
U.S. Special Ops Command Orders Switchblade 600 Tactical Missile Systems Hardware
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded AeroVironment $20.3 million for the procurement of Switchblade 600 tactical missile systems (TMS). The contract was signed on September 28, 2021. Delivery is scheduled... More of this article »
Canadian Supplier to Turkey’s Bayraktar Drones Goes Bankrupt Following Embargo
Canadian firm Telemus Systems Inc. has gone bankrupt after it had to stop supplying military equipment components to Turkey following the Ottawa’s embargo on defense exports to Turkey. Canada suspended export licenses to Turkey in... More of this article »
Raytheon Unveils ‘GhostEye MR,’ Radar for NASAMS Air Defense System
Raytheon has presented GhostEye MR, a new medium-range radar for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS. GhostEye MR was displayed at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting and exhibition, held... More of this article »
Serbia Unveils Armored Vehicle Fitted With Russian 57mm Combat Module
Serbia has unveiled Lazanski, a new armored vehicle equipped with Russian-made 57 mm AU-220M Automatic Weapon Station. The vehicle was presented for the first time on October 12 at the “Partner 2021” military exhibition being... More of this article »
Greece to Modernize Military Bases Used by U.S. Forces
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Penagiotopoulos has said that Athens and the United States will likely modernize its existing military bases being used by the U.S. military. Earlier, Greece was expected to build new bases through the... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Says Next Generation Interceptor Program Achieves Critical System Requirements Review
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) approved its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program’s System Requirements Review (SRR) – six months after the initial development and demonstration contract award, Lockheed Martin announced... More of this article »
Israel Aerospace-ST Engineering JV to Deliver Blue Spear Missile Systems to Estonia
Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) has signed a contract with Proteus Advanced Systems, a joint venture company of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and ST Engineering Land Systems to equip the Estonian Defence Forces with... More of this article »
Israel’s Rafael Unveils Palm-Sized BNET NANO Software Defined Radio
Israeli firm Rafael has introduced BNET NANO software defined radio and will showcase the same in the upcomig AUSA 2021 in Washington from 11-13 October. “Our solution, encapsulated in a box the size of a soldier’s palm... More of this article »
HAL Getting Export Queries for Indian-made Dornier 228 Aircraft from Sri Lanka, Philippines
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is receiving export queries for Indian-built Dornier 228 aircraft from Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Philippines. The aircraft is now rechristened as Hindustan 228. In an interview with... More of this article »
Lockheed Wins $21M to Modify Standard MH-60R to Greek Configuration
Lockheed Martin has won a $21 million contract to customize four MH-60R helicopters ordered by the Hellenic Navy from standard export configuration. “This order provides non-recurring engineering and field service representative... More of this article »
Antonov to Replace 54% of An-178 Components to Avoid Russian-made Ones
An-178-100P aircraft being built for Ukrainian MoD @Antonov Antonov Company is replacing more than half of An-178 aircraft’s components for Ukraine, to avoid Russian-made ones, Ukroboronprom’s top official has revealed. “Complete... More of this article »
Greece to Procure FDI, Gowind Warships from France
France’s Naval Group is likely to bag a contract valued approximately €5 billion to provide FDI (Belharra) frigates and Gowind corvettes to the Hellenic Navy. The deal will reportedly include delivery of three each of FDI and... More of this article »
Belgian FN 7.62mm Remotely Controlled Rifle Used in Iranian Scientist Assassination: NYT
A 7.62mm MAG light machine gun mounted on a remote weapon station made by the Belgian firm FN Herstal was used in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27, 2020 in Absard near Tehran the... More of this article »
KMW Teams Up with Dutch firm Defenture for German Airborne Platform Procurement
Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has partnered with Dutch company Defenture to build new tactical vehicles to replace the German Army’s two decades-old vehicles. A letter of intent (LoI) has already been signed by both companies. The... More of this article »
UK MoD Awards BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce £85M Future Submarine Programme Contracts
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce two contracts worth £85 million each to deliver design and concept work for a future Class of Royal Navy submarine. The contract will enable the Company’s... More of this article »
Navantia, Team awarded Fleet Solid Support ship Design Contract by UK MoD
Team Resolute, a UK consortium consisting of Navantia, Harland & Wolff and BMT, has been awarded a Competitive Procurement Phase (CPP) design contract by the UK Ministry of Defence – allowing the consortium to move forward within... More of this article »
U.S. Army Operated Iron-Dome Battery Could be Headed to Ukraine
A certain portion of the American congress is looking to make amendments to its 2022 Defense policy bill to allow the Biden administration to sell or transfer new air and missile defense systems to Ukraine, including potentially sending... More of this article »
Leonardo Integrates USAF Research Lab’s NINJA technology into RAF’S Counter-drone System
Leonardo has integrated the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)’s NINJA technology into the Royal Air Force ORCUS counter-drone system. NINJA (Negation of Improvised Non-State Joint Aerial threats) can electronically take command... More of this article »
Zala Aero Drone Performs 12 Hour Flight Without Satellite Navigation
A hybrid UAV made by Russia’s Zala Aero performed a 12 hour flight by solely relying on its new onboard visual navigation system (VNS). The VNS provides freedom from satellite navigation and is implemented in a closed circuit of... More of this article »
Ukrainian Propulsion Systems Maker to Supply Marine Engines to Goa Shipyard
Ukrainian Zorya-Mashproekt Gas Turbine Research and Development Complex, a state-owned enterprise has signed a contract with India’s Goa Shipyard Limited for supply of two latest generation M7H2 engines to power warships of the... More of this article »
Boeing to Support Taiwan’s Harpoon Coastal Defense System for $220M
Boeing will support Taiwan’s Harpoon Coastal Defense System under a new contract valued $220 million awarded to the company on Tuesday. “This order provides non-recurring engineering in support of configuration efforts for the... More of this article »
Russia Signed Arms Export Deals worth 30 Billion Euro at Summer 2021 Events
Russian arms export agency, Rosoboronexport signed over 30 contract documents worth more than 3 billion euro during the Army, MAKS and IMDS events that took place during summer 2021. The potential exports include Su-30 aircraft, Mi-35M... More of this article »
Sweden’s FMV Begins Work on Visby Generation II Frigates
Sweden’s Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) has begun work on what will be four new battleships to be called Visby Generation II. A product definition phase has been initiated which will specify how the vessels are to be constructed... More of this article »
Indian Army Orders 100 ‘SkyStriker’ Loitering Munitions
The Indian Army reportedly placed an order for nearly 100 explosive-laden SkyStriker loitering munitions. The drones will be supplied by a joint venture between Bengaluru-based Alpha Design and Israeli firm Elbit Systems. Alpha owns... More of this article »
Russian ‘Container’ Radar Can Track Stealth Fighters From Takeoff to Touchdown
The battlefield advantage of F-35 stealth aircraft might be under threat as Russian specialists claim to have developed a “Container” radar complex capable of tracking the fighter’s movements. “Accordingly, knowing... More of this article »
Schiebel to bid for Indian Navy’s Ship-borne UAS Project
Austrian company Schiebel Group announced Thursday it will bid for the Indian Navy Naval Ship-borne Unmanned Aerial System (NSUAS) Fast Track Programme. Under the project, the service wants to buy approximately 15 shipborne drones Surveillance... More of this article »
Cyprus to Sell 11 Mi-35P Helicopters to Serbia: Report
Cyprus is in talks with Serbia for the latter’s intended purchase of 11 second-hand Mi-35P attack helicopters. A military delegation led by Serbian Deputy Defense Minister Nenad Miloradovic visited Cyprus’ Andreas Papandreou Air... More of this article »
Turkey’s STM Reveals Design of 540-ton Mini Attack Submarine
STM500 mini-attack submarine. Via Turkish media. Turkey’s defense firm STM revealed a conceptual design of STM500, a 540-ton mini attack submarine, in a document it released recently. When built, STM500 will be the smallest submarine... More of this article »
Taliban Seizes Afghan Military’s Boeing ScanEagle Drone
A day after Taliban fighters took control of India-gifted Mi-35 attack helicopter operated by the Afghanistan military, reports arose that claimed that the latter lost a ScanEagle drone produced by Boeing to them. On Thursday, Oryx... More of this article »
Russia to Decommission Topol ICBMs in 2024, Convert to Satellite Launchers
The Russian strategic missile force has decided to decommission the Topol intercontinental ballistic missiles from military service in 2024 and intends to employ them in civilian applications. “It is planned to remove the latest... More of this article »
Netherlands Army Deploys Tanks Abroad for First Time in 20 Years
The Netherlands Army deployed Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks in Lithuania on July 31 as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) deployment marking the first such mobilization in 20 years. The tanks arrived in Gaizunai... More of this article »
Russian Air Force Su-35 Jet Crashes in Sea, Pilot Ejects
A Russian Air Force (RuAF) Su-35 fighter jet crashed during an exercise in the Sea of Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Territory on Saturday with the pilot ejecting safely. Interfax reported quoting the press service of the Eastern Military... More of this article »
PLA Deploys Javelin Analogue, HJ-12 Anti-Tank Missile in Tibet
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command deployed the indigenously developed HJ-12 man-portable anti-tank missile that is similar in capabilities to the U.S.-made Javelin in a recent military exercise in the... More of this article »
Turkey’s Kargu Drone Bags First Export Customer
Turkey’s STM Defense Technologies Engineering will deliver its Kargu rotary-wing attack drone loitering munition system to the first international customer. “Our national pride Portable Rotary Wing Striker UAV System KARGU... More of this article »
Collins Aerospace to Provide Digital Terminal Control Systems for Australia’s Land 17 Program
Collins Aerospace said it has won a contract Tuesday to supply the next generation Digital Terminal Control Systems (DTCS) under the Australian Defence Land 17 Phase 2 program. This is a follow on from the original Phase 1 program... More of this article »
New Communication System for Russian Su-57 Fighter to be Shown at MAKS 2021
Ruselectronics Holding will demonstrate at MAKS-2021 the S-111 communications system from the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet. The equipment provides secure radio communication and aircraft data exchange with other aircraft as well... More of this article »
Russian Engines May Power Antares Rocket Tasked to Ferry Cargo to the ISS
Russia’s Roscosmos state-owned space agency has received a nod from the government to kick start negotiations with a U.S.-based company on the supply of RD-181 engines to power the Antares rocket. A decree pertaining to the same... More of this article »
Raytheon Wins U.S. Army’s $321M Stinger Missiles Deal
The U.S. Army today awarded Raytheon approximately $321 million for Stinger missile production. The FIM-92 Stinger is a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It... More of this article »
U.S. Considering Manufacture of M4 Rifles, UAVs in Ukrainian Firm Meridian’s Facility
Meridian OJSC. S.P. Korolyova, a subsidiary of Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom could start assembling M4 rifles in its facility, besides manufacturing U.S.-made drones. In a statement July 13, the company said that Representatives... More of this article »
Turkey’s Roketsan Developing Anti-radiation Missile to Replace AGM-88 HARM
Turkish firm Roketsan has developed an anti-radar missile called “Akbaba” (“Vulture”) to potentially replace the Raytheon-made AGM-88 HARM (high-speed anti-radar missile) for the indigenous TF-X fighter and... More of this article »
Israel’s Elta Delivering Counter-Drone Systems to ‘South Asian’ Country
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) though its ELTA Systems group is delivering dozens of its ‘Drone Guard’ Counter-UAS (CUAS) systems to a country in South Asia in a deal, worth tens of millions of dollars (USD). The ‘South Asian... More of this article »
France, Sweden to Develop Anti-Tank Missile Based on MBDA’s MMP Weapon
France and Sweden agreed to co-develop a new anti-tank missile based on MBDA’s Missile Moyenne Portée (Medium-Range Missile/MMP) missile. The French Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) signed a letter of intent with... More of this article »
U.S.M.C. Selects BAE Systems’ Wargaming and Analysis Center Prototype
BAE Systems said it has been selected as prime contractor for the remainder of the second phase of a U.S. Marine Corps competition to develop and integrate a new, digitally advanced Wargaming and Analysis Center at Marine Corps Base... More of this article »
U.S. Military Launches Counter-battery Artillery Fire in Response to Rocket Attack in Syria
A U.S. military site in Syria has come under rocket fire, coalition spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto said adding that American forces fired in retaliation using counter-battery artillery fire. “The US forces in Syria, being attacked... More of this article »
Russian MiG-31K Aircraft Deployed to Syrian Base with Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles
Russian MiG-31K fighters, armed with Kinzhal Hypersonic missiles began overflights in the Mediterranean taking off from a base Syria, as part of a joint exercise between the country’s Aerospace Forces and the Navy. A statement by... More of this article »