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Russia’s Pantsir-S1 Systems Destroy ‘Enemy’ Drones Attacking S-400s
Russian military’s Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft systems destroyed “enemy” drones that were attacking S-400 air defense systems during a recent exercise in Crimea. The Southern Military District said in a statement that the Pantsir... More of this article »
Indian MoD to Buy Software Defined Radio from BEL Worth Over INR 1,000 Crore
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) today signed a contract for procurement of Software Defined Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac) worth over INR 1,000 crore ($137 million). The SDR-Tac, jointly designed... More of this article »
France Orders 3,000 Thales O-NYX Night Vision Goggles
The French armed forces have placed an order for 3,000 O-NYX goggles with Thales. The additional 3,000 night vision goggles ordered by the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) will be delivered in 2021 for deployment into French... More of this article »
HAL to Fly Production Version of AESA Radar in Jaguar Darin III Aircraft in March
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will fly a Jaguar Darin III fighter with a production version of an ELTA-sourced Active Electronically Scanning Radar by March 2021. The radar will be a completely built up unit (CBU) but integrated... More of this article »
India’s HAL Readies New Plant to Double Tejas Jets Production Capacity
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is preparing the third plant to produce 83 new Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark 1A jets that the Air Force is expected to sign a contract for, during Aero-India 2021 event scheduled... More of this article »
HAL’s Displays RUAV Drone Concept for High-Altitude Cargo Delivery
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has shown the concept of a helicopter drone called RUAV designed to carry load in high altitude regions. The concept shown at Aero India 2021 can be fitted with a surveillance payload... More of this article »
Is the Carting Away of Russian Pantsir S1 linked to U.S. Army’s IM-SHORAD Testing?
Speculation is rife that the U S military moving a Russian-made Pantsir S1 air defence system (ADS) from Libya to Germany may have something to do with the development and testing of the Interim Maneuver, Short-range Air-defense... More of this article »
Lockheed Receives Mission Planning Contract for Potential F-16 Sales to India, Pakistan, 21 Other Nations
Lockheed Martin received a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contract worth $64.3 million for F-16 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) mission planning. It involves FMS to Slovakia, Bulgaria, Taiwan, Morocco, Greece, United Arab Emirates,... More of this article »
First Serially Produced Su-57 Jet Delivered to Russian MoD
The first serially produced Su-57 has been rolled out from the hangar of a test center in Russia’s Akhtubinsk Air Base. The stealthy fifth generation jet will be handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense soon, state-owned... More of this article »
U.S. Military Smuggled Pantsir System from Libya in 2020: No Impact Says Russian Expert
The U.S. military reportedly spirited a Russian-made Pantsir S1 anti-aircraft system out of Libya in June last year. The air defense system was allegedly captured from forces aligned with renegade commander Khalifa Haftar. A U.S.... More of this article »
German Air Force Begins Phasing Out A310 MRTT Planes
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has begun decommissioning its special convertible version of the Airbus A310 plane, called the A310 MRTT. “The 10 + 27 is the first to be dismantled at Deutsche Lufthansa Technik. In the coming days,... More of this article »
Northrop Grumman to Deliver IBCS Air Defense System Hardware & Software to Poland
Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth nearly $10 million to supply Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) hardware and software to Poland. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an... More of this article »
Indonesia to buy Leonardo’s RAT 31 Air Defence Radar
Leonardo has signed a contract with Indonesian company PT Len Industri (Persero) to provide a RAT 31 DL/M radar system for the Indonesian Air Force (IAF). The IAF will operate the radar to strengthen the air defence system of the Republic... More of this article »
Lockheed to Support U.A.E. THAAD Batteries for $255M
Lockheed Martin has won a contract valued $255 million to support U.A.E.’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries. In a statement today, the U.S. Department of Defense said: “Under this follow-on contract, the contractor... More of this article »
Sukhoi Upgrading Superjet 100 with Domestic Engine, Avionics
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is working on a new version of the country’s first passenger aircraft, Superjet 100, under its SSJ New Project. Under the project, foreign-made systems and components of the aircraft... More of this article »
Huntington Ingalls to Assemble Boeing’s Orca Unmanned Undersea Vehicle at New Facility
Huntington Ingalls has completed the first phase of its Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence with the construction of a 22,000-square-foot facility. The first of two planned buildings on the 20-acre campus in Hampton, Virginia will... More of this article »
Rostec Registers $24.3B Export Revenue in 2020
Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, has said that the company has delivered $24.3 billion worth of goods last year of which $13 billion were military equipment. “Despite the difficult period (due to COVID-19), growth... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Wins $5B to Build Next Gen Missile Defense Satellites
Lockheed Martin was today awarded $4.934 billion to build three Next Generation Geosynchronous (NGG) Earth orbiting space vehicles (SV). The contract covers manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, and delivery of the spacecraft;... More of this article »
Boeing to Convert Saudi F-15S Jets Into F-15SA Configuration
Boeing has won a contract valued $22 million for Saudi F-15S to F-15SA (Eagle Fighters) aircraft conversion support. This contract provides support for the conversion of the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S into an F-15SA aircraft, which... More of this article »
In a First, Turkey’s Drones Suppressed & Destroyed Syria’s Russian Air Defenses: Turkish Expert
Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 and Anka-S drones executed “suppress enemy air defense (SEAD)” and “destroy enemy air defense (DEAD)” in Syria in tasks normally requiring F-16s. The incident, marking the first of drones... More of this article »
Russian Military to Double its Tu-160 Bomber Fleet by 2027
The Russian military plan to operate well over 32 Tu-160 bombers and its variants by 2027. In an interview with the defense ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda on December 30, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko revealed that the... More of this article »
U.S. Approves $128 million King Air B300ER Scorpion ISR Aircraft Sale to Kazakhstan
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of King Air B300ER Scorpion Aircraft with Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Mission Systems to Kazakhstan for $128.1 million. The Government of Kazakhstan had requested... More of this article »
Russia’s Kalashnikov Starts Serial Production of New Strela-10M ADS Missiles
Russia’s Kalashnikov said today that it has launched serial production of new 9M333 guided missiles for Strela-10M mobile air defense systems. The company said field tests of the missile were completed at Donguz test site at Orenburg... More of this article »
Lockheed to Support S.Korea’s Peace Krypton Surveillance Aircraft
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced a $28 million contract to Lockheed Martin to support South Korea’s Peace Krypton surveillance aircraft. “Lockheed Martin Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $28,125,918... More of this article »
U.S. Adds Russia’s Defense Ministry, Chinese & Russian Defense Entities to Sanctions List
The U.S. Department of Commerce today sanctioned the Russian Ministry of Defense besides some of the major Russian and Chinese defense and aerospace firms. In a statement today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said it will... More of this article »
French MoD to Order 20,000 Additional Heckler & Koch HK-416 F Rifles in 2021
The French Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) has decided to place an order for 12000 HK-416 F assault rifles in 2021 and will receive an equal number of rifles under an earlier order next year. Another 12,000 HK-416 rifles were... More of this article »
Raytheon to provide Multi-Spectral Targeting System Sensors Support for India, Australia
The U.S. Department of Defense announced a $8.4 million contract to Raytheon to provide Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) support services for India and Australia. This order provides non-recurring engineering for the MTS software... More of this article »
U.S. Army Orders XM813 Bushmaster Chain Guns for Strykers
The U.S. Army has purchased XM813 Bushmaster Chain Guns from Northrop Grumman for their Stryker vehicles. The order is part of the Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System 30mm Lethality Upgrade program. The base contract and first delivery... More of this article »
Rheinmetall, Israel Aerospace to Provide 3D Multi Mission Radars to Hungary
The Hungarian armed forces have ordered advanced Provide 3D Multi Mission Radars from Rheinmetall and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). A contract to this effect was signed on 11 December 2020. Shipment of the systems will begin at... More of this article »
Honeywell Wins $1.1B for U.S. Army’s Abrams Tank Engines
The U.S. Army awarded Honeywell a contract valued $1.1 billion for engines that power their M1 Abrams series of tanks. “Honeywell International, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $1.1 billion modification to contract for the Automotive... More of this article »
Dutch Army Procures Elbit XACT nv32 micro Night Vision Systems
Elbit Systems has won $15 million from the Dutch Ministry of Defense to supply XACT nv32 micro night vision monocular systems for the Armed Forces of the Netherlands. The initial contract will be performed over a period of two-years,... More of this article »
Russian Military’s New Automated Artillery Fire Control Systems to Improve Accuracy by 30%
Russia’s state-owned Rostec announced it recently completed delivery of new automated artillery fire control systems that would increase the accuracy of fire by 25-30%. The systems were handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense for... More of this article »
Raytheon Wins Qatar’s Early Warning Radar Deal
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced a $13.65 million Qatar Early Warning Radar (QEWR) contract. This modification is for the procurement, manufacture and storage of spares in support of sustainment for the QEWR. It brings... More of this article »
German Mantis Anti-Aircraft Guns Get New Barrels
The Germany Army have procured new barrels for their fleet of Mantis anti-aircraft guns which are now undergoing testing. “The new barrels lasted longer than expected in the tests. We shoot until they break and measure beforehand... More of this article »
United States’ Arms Exports Totaled $175.08 billion in 2020, up 2.8% Over 2019
United States arms exports (including both government-managed and commercial) rose 2.8 percent from $170.09 billion in 2019 to $175.08 billion in fiscal 2020, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced Friday. Making... More of this article »
US Opposing Iraq’s S-400 Air Defence System Purchase to Guard its Aerial Hegemony: Iraqi Legislator
The United States is fiercely opposed to Iraq’s procurement of Russian-made S-400 air defense system for fear of losing the aerial hegemony it enjoys in the region, as well as loss of lucrative arms deals, an Iraqi parliamentarian... More of this article »
Russian Army Receives 18000 ‘Ratnik’ Combat Outfits
The Russian Army are all-protected by Ratnik infantry gear, thousands of which they received recently, a month ahead of schedule. Manufacturer Central Research Institute for Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash) announced Thursday... More of this article »
Nigeria Inducts Locally Built Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
The Nigerian Army has inducted eight EZUGWU Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles built locally by Command Engineering Depot (CED). The equipment were inducted into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. The vehicles are... More of this article »
EUROJET Signs Contract with NETMA for 56 New EJ200 Engines German Eurofighter Jets
EUROJET Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium responsible for the EJ200 engine installed in the Eurofighter Typhoon, today signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) to provide 56 new EJ200... More of this article »
Ukraine to Provide Radar Systems for US Military
Ukraine’s Iskra, a subsidiary of state-owned Ukroboronprom, will supply new radar systems to the U.S. military under a contract signed recently. “The U.S. is completely satisfied with the quality of our products. Just a few days... More of this article »
US Approves $46 Million Javelin Missiles Sale to Australia
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Javelin missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $46 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered... More of this article »
Turkey Develops Engine to Power UAVs
Turkey’s TUSAS Engine Industries (TEI), subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), has produced a new engine to power locally-made drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci. Selcuk Bayraktar, Baykar’s Chief Technology... More of this article »
Romania’s €1.2B Corvette Deal to Go to Naval Group
Romania appears poised to sign a deal for four corvettes with French company Naval Group pegged at €1.2 billion, despite being challenged by Dutch shipbuilder Damen. “There is a dispute, in fact not one, there have been... More of this article »
Azerbaijan Destroyed Six S-300 Systems of Armenia: President Ilham Aliye
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has claimed that the military has destroyed at least six Armenian S-300 missile systems using Turkish and Israeli drones. “Modern methods of warfare are different from those of the 90s. Unmanned... More of this article »
Russia to Win An Order for VPK-Ural Armored Vehicles from Middle East Country
Russia will sign an export contract for VPK-Ural armoured vehicles with a Middle East country. If signed, the first of the ordered vehicles will be delivered to the unnamed customer by the end of this year. The vehicles are already... More of this article »
Vietnam Plans to Convert Decommissioned MiG-21 Aircraft into Drones
Vietnam plans to convert Soviet era Mig-21 aircraft into unmanned drones to serve as target drones or even as combat UAVs. So far, research has been carried out on how to have the drone (MiG-21) automatically land properly, Viet Defence... More of this article »
South Korea’s F-35 Fleet Has 24 Jets: DAPA
The United States has so far delivered 24 F-35A stealth jets to the South Korean military, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said today. “We experienced some delay in the delivery due to the COVID-19 situation,... More of this article »
MBDA Announces VL MICA NG Missile Launch
The MICA NG, a new infrared seeker based on a matrix sensor will provide increased sensitivity, a new radio frequency seeker with an active electronically scanned antenna (AESA) will allow for smart detection strategies. The VL MICA... More of this article »