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Russia is Building a New Mini Nuclear Submarine
Russia’s Malachite Design Bureau is developing a new mini nuclear submarine named Gorgon. “On an initiative basis, technical proposals have been developed and the appearance of the Gorgon nuclear multipurpose submarine of... More of this article »
Israeli UVision to Supply Hero-120 Loitering Munition to U.S. Marine Corps
Israeli company UVision has won a contract to supply Hero-120 loitering munitions for the U.S. Marine Corps Organic Precision Fire Mounted (OPF-M) System. The system will be integrated with Light Armored Vehicle-Mortar (LAV-M), Joint... More of this article »
U.S. Suspends $100M Weapons Package to Ukraine: Report
The Biden administration has reportedly temporarily suspended a $100 million worth military aid package to Ukraine that includes even lethal weapons. The National Security Council directed officials to put the package together, as... More of this article »
Turkey’s ALPAGU Fixed-Wing UAV Test Fires Ammunition
Turkey’s ALPAGU fixed-wing UAV developed by STM, fired ammunition during its tests on Thursday. “The Fixed Wing Intelligent Strike UAV System developed by STM with its national engineering capability, capable of effective operation... More of this article »
Russia to Deliver 11 Su-35 Jets to Egypt this year?
Russian Sukhoi Corporation is likely to deliver 11 Su-35 jets to export customers and 4 Su-57 stealth aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov indicated during his visit to the... More of this article »
Ukrainian Firm Signs Contract to Repair Pakistani IL-78 Refueling Aircraft
Ukrainian firm Ukrspetsexport signed a contract with the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) to repair its IL-78 aerial refueling aircraft on Tuesday. The agreement was signed on the second day of the “Arms and Security-2021” exhibition... More of this article »
Indonesia Signs ‘Coming into Force’ Contract for 36 Rafale Jets: Report
Indonesia is believed to have signed a ‘Coming into force’ contract with France/Dassault Aviation for 36 Rafale jets on June 7 which will go into effect in December 2021. Indonesian publication, Airspace Review reported quoting... More of this article »
Slovenia Takes Delivery of Oshkosh JLTV 4×4 Combat Vehicles
Slovenian Army (Slovenskavojska) has taken delivery of 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) manufactured by American company Oshkosh Defense. “Modernization of Slovenskavojska has finally begun. With the new light armored... More of this article »
Boeing Secures $78M Saudi Contract for SLAM ER Missiles
The U.S. Department of Defense announced a Saudi contract valued $78.35 million to Boeing for SLAM ER missiles. This modification exercises an option to procure various material associated with a quantity of 36 Stand-Off Land Attack... More of this article »
Hanwa Defense Unveils Korean Vertical Launch System for Naval Missiles at MADEX show
Hanwha Defense today unveiled its Korean Vertical Launch System (KVLS) designed for warships at the 2021 International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition (MADEX), June 9-12 which began at port city of Busan. Jointly developed by... More of this article »
Antonov Unveils Fuselage of the first An-178-100P Transport Aircraft Developed for the Ukrainian Air Force
Antonov Company has completed assembly of first three AN-178 aircraft ordered by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. The contract for the planes was signed in December 2020. The delivery of the first serial aircraft will be performed... More of this article »
U.S. Special Ops Forces Getting Lightweight, More Lethal .338 NM Ammunition
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) will receive lightweight machine guns that fire the .338 Norma Magnum (NM) round which is lighter and delivers 4x the punch of a 7.62 bullet at longer ranges. The service expects to field the .338... More of this article »
Ukrainian Army Receives Modernized T-64 Tanks
Ukraine’s Kharkiv Armored Plant said it shipped a consignment of deeply modernized T-64 tanks to the armed forces recently. The tank modernization project was launched in 2017. T-64s are now fitted with an updated night vision sight,... More of this article »
Russian MoD Reveals Capabilities of its New Buk-M3 Missile System
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that its upgraded Buk-M3 (export version- Viking) multi-missile medium-range air defense missile system (ADMS) which entered service with an anti-aircraft missile formation in the Altai region... More of this article »
Morocco to Buy Electro-Optical Sensors Directly from Canada for its Turkish Drone
Morocco is acquiring electro-optical systems from Canada to equip them on Turkish-made drones it soon plans to buy. On April 18, Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (Far-Maroc) said it signed a contract to buy 13 Bayraktar TB2 combat... More of this article »
Egypt’s €5.4B Rafale Deal to Include Airbus Spy Satellite & MRTT Aircraft
Egypt wants to acquire a spy satellite and two multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft manufactured by Airbus. French newspaper La Tribune reported citing sources that the recently concluded Egyptian €4 billion Rafale deal... More of this article »
Turkey’s indigenously-developed 1500 HP Tank Engine Ignited for First Time
Turkey today turned-on it’s indigenously developed 1,500-horsepower engine, BATU, that will power various armored vehicles and tanks, Defense Industries Presidency Head Ismail Demir said Wednesday. Demir posted the informataion on... More of this article »
Iran Unveils Electronic Warfare, Surveillance Systems for Drones
Iran on Sunday unveiled a slew of electronic warfare and other electronic systems to disrupt enemy drones and provide protection to its own drones over enemy territory. These products developed by the Iranian Army Ground Force’s... More of this article »
Lockheed Wins $138M Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising Program
The U.S. announced a contract valued $138 to Lockheed Martin for Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising 2 (PPR2) program. The contract modification is for the development and fielding of capabilities for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance... More of this article »
Chinese Navy Many Have 4 New Type 09IV Nuclear Attack Submarines
The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army –Navy (PLAN) which christened its Type 09IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine as “Changzheng-18” last Friday may have three more such vessels. Media reports of the vessel’s... More of this article »
Ukrainian Man Trying to Obtain S-300 Parts Sentenced to 10 Years in Russia
An Ukrainian man who tried to buy parts of the S-300 air defense system (ADS) called Klystrons for $163,000 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The man, A.V. Marchenko, is accused of carrying out espionage activities. He was... More of this article »
U.S. Army in Germany Receives First Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) System
The U.S. Army’s 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), under the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command based in Germany, is the first battalion in the Army to test, receive, and field the Mobile Short... More of this article »
U.S. Army Orders more Switchblade 300 Systems
Aerovironment said it won a U.S. Army contract to provide additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems. The $44.96 million contract is part of the Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme. It covers includes... More of this article »
Russia Builds Electronic Warfare Dome to Defeat Drones in Syria
The Russian Ministry of Defense said the military has created a multilayered electronic warfare (EW) network to destroy drones in Syria. “The EW troops continue to successfully carry out special tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic... More of this article »
MQ-9 Reaper Makes First Flight with Electronic Support Measure Payload
The MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has flown for the first time equipped with the Reaper Defense Electronic Support System (RDESS). The U.S. Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies... More of this article »
Ukrainian Motor Sich to Sell 50% Stake to Turkish Firm
Ukrainian jet engine maker Motor Sich wants to sell half of its stakes to a Turkish company. Motor Sich’s engines power Antonov planes, besides “Mi” and “Ka” series of military helicopters used by nearly fifteen countries. The... More of this article »
Russia’s Hypersonic Missile-Hunting Radar to Enter Combat Duty near Norway Border by late 2021
One of Russia’s Rezonans-N anti-hypersonic missile radar will enter combat service in the Arctic, some 30km away from the border with Norway, by the end of this year. The first of these radars was deployed on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago... More of this article »
U.S. Army Buys Stinger Warheads for $92M
The U.S. Army has asked Sippican Inc., a Lockheed Martin company, to supply fuzes warheads of the Stinger Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS). The $92.45 million contract award from U.S. Army Contracting Command enables the... More of this article »
M88 Engine from Rafale to initially Power European Next Generation Fighter
Europe’s Next Generation Fighter (NGF) being built under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project could initially be powered by M88 engine that is currently used on Rafale jets. An agreement regarding the same was signed by French... More of this article »
Russia to Develop Kedr New Gen Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from 2023
Russia will start the development of new generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Kedr, around 2023. “Research work on Kedr has been financed under the current state arms procurement program, which is in effect... More of this article »
Russian ‘Magistr-SV’ Automated Air Defense Fire Control System Passes State Tests
Rostec State Corporation’s Ruselectronics Holding has developed Magistr-SV automated air defense fire control system that cleared state tests recently. State-run Rostec announced Wednesday that serial production of the equipment... More of this article »
Norway to Block Sale of Rolls Royce Subsidiary, Bergen Engines to Russian Group
The Norwegian government has decided to block the potential sale of Norway- registered Bergen Engines AG, a part of the Rolls Royce group, to the Russia based Transmashholding. The Minister of Justice and Public Security of Norway,... More of this article »
Copycat J-16 Jet “Much Superior” to the Su-30: Chinese PLA Pilot
China’s J-16 fighter jet, widely considered a copycat of the Russian Su-30, is “much superior to other similar aircraft including the Su-30,” according to a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pilot. “In terms of performance,... More of this article »
Superconducting-engine Based Electric Airplane to be displayed at MAKS 2021
The first Russian electric airplane, whose engine works on a superconducting system, will be showcased at MAKS 2021 air show, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Wednesday. “This is what was done with... More of this article »
First of 3 Pakistani JF-17 Jets Arrive in Nigeria
An Il-76 transport plane belonging to the Pakistan Air Force arrived at the Nigerian Air Force’s 21st Makurdi Air Base loaded with a JF-17 fighter jet. This is the first of three JF-17 fighter jet that Pakistan plans to deliver... More of this article »
Israel’s Seagull USV Gets New Vision and Analysis Capability
Elbit Systems has introduced new technologies on-board the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) including new vision and analysis capability. A 360-degrees Panoramic Video System with an Automatic Target Recognition capability... More of this article »
Israel’s Seagull USV Gets New Vision and Analysis Capability
Elbit Systems has introduced new technologies on-board the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) including new vision and analysis capability. A 360-degrees Panoramic Video System with an Automatic Target Recognition capability and... More of this article »
Indian Army Orders 1,300 Mahindra Light Specialist Vehicles
The Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd (MDSL) for supply of 1,300 Light Specialist Vehicles to the Indian Army, at a cost of INR 1,056 crore (~$146 million), in New Delhi, today. The induction... More of this article »
South Korea Delivers 1,400-ton Submarine to Indonesia
South Korea handed over Alugoro, a 1,400-ton submarine, to the Indonesian Navy today. The 61-meter Chang Bogo-class submarine was the third unit South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. delivered to Indonesia... More of this article »
Ukraine’s Lviv Armored Plant Delivers T-64, T-72 Tanks to the MoD
Ukrainian Lviv Armored Plant handed over a new batch of modernized T-64 and T-72 tanks to the defense ministry. The tanks are equipped with the latest communication systems and fire control, instrumentation day and night vision reversing... More of this article »
Rockwell Collins Gets $17M for Full-Rate Prodn of E-3 AWACS Plane’s DRAGON Upgrades
The U.S. Air Force today awarded Rockwell Collins a contract valued $17 million for full-rate production of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON) for the Airborne Warning... More of this article »
Asian Country Orders Hermes 900 UAVs for $300M
Elbit Systems announced today it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by a country in Asia to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over a period of five years. Under the contract,... More of this article »
Saudi Arabia Negotiating S-400, Su-35 Buy
Saudi Arabia is negotiating the purchase of S-400 air defense systems and Su-35 jets with Russia, three years after the two countries signed a military cooperation agreement. “Until we sign the contracts, we are not talking about... More of this article »
Textron Systems Wins $34.4M Unmanned Influence Sweep System USV Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Textron Systems $34.4 million to support for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Unmanned Surface Vehicle program. Designed for the littoral combat ship (LCS) as part of the mine countermeasures mission... More of this article »
Ukroboronprom Wins Pakistan’s $86M T-80 Tank Support Contract at IDEX 2021
Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom has signed a $86 million contract to support and repair Pakistan military’s T-80UD tanks. The agreement was finalized at the ongoing IDEX-21 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Yuri Gusev, CEO of... More of this article »
Russia, Saudi Arabia Sign Agreement to set up of Kalashnikov Rifles Factory
Russia has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to implement the first stage of joint production of Kalashnikov assault rifles. “As for the contract for the implementation of the first stage of creating a joint production of... More of this article »
Russia’s Antey-4000 Long-Range Missile System to Debut at IDEX 2021
IDEX 2021 in Abu Dhabi from February 21-25 will see the first presentation abroad of the Antey-4000 air defense missile system (ADMS), the export version of Russia’s S-300V4 system. The system will be demonstrated at the Rosoboronexport... More of this article »
Russia’s Boomerang Armored Vehicle can be fitted with Foreign Combat Modules
Russia’s Boomerang (Bumerang) armored vehicle can be equipped with foreign-made combat modules, a top official of Military Industrial Company (VPK), manufacturer of the vehicle, said. “We see the possibility of equipping Bumerang... More of this article »