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China’s PLA Replaces Two Artillery Guns with Vehicle-mounted 155mm Howitzer
The Chinese PLA has started receiving the new PLC 181 155mm vehicle-mounted, air transportable howitzer in mass numbers to replace legacy PL-66 152-mm guns and Type 59-1 130-mm towed cannons. The howitzers were delivered to the... More of this article »
Russian Army Orders 35 Units of MSTA-SM 152MM Self-propelled Artillery
The Russian military is set to receive over 35 units of MSTA-SM self-propelled howitzers by the end of this year. “The Missile Troops and Artillery (MT&A;) of the Russian Ground Forces will receive in 2020 more than 35 2S19M2... More of this article »
Qatar Airways Plans Flights to 80 destinations by June
By the end of June, Qatar Airways aims is to have 80 destinations in its schedule including 23 in Europe, four in the Americas, 20 in Middle East/Africa and 33 in Asia-Pacific. Many cities will be served with a strong schedule with... More of this article »
Eurofighter to Zoom Past Dassault Rafale with Germany’s 93 Typhoon Order
The Eurofighter Typhoon is set to race past European rival Dassault’s Rafale in new orders if the proposed German contract for 93 aircraft comes through. Germany’s defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced earlier... More of this article »
Iran’s Army unveils 2 Phased Array Radars to Detect Stealth Aircraft, Missiles
Iran’s Army has unveiled two new locally-made radars based on AESA technology which it claims can detect low-observable aircraft, drones besides ballistic and cruise missiles. The radars, named Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) and... More of this article »
Armata T-14 Tank Tested in Syria, Delivery to Russian Forces Pushed Back to 2021
Delivery of Russia’s most advanced battle Tank, the Armata T-14 to its armed forces has been pushed back to 2021 owing to the need for more testing even as the tank was tried out in the Syrian battleground. “Deliveries of T-14... More of this article »
Philippine National Police Acquire Russian Ural Next Trucks
Russia delivered a batch of 37 Ural Next off-road trucks to the Philippine National Police earlier this week. The trucks, built at Ural plant in Russian city of Miass, was delivered at the port of Manila on April 14, wrote dambiev.livejournal.com. In... More of this article »
Russian Forces Incapacitate Drones, Intercept Radio Using Local Electronic Warfare Systems
The Russian Forces have managed to incapacitate combat drones and intercept radio networks using their latest Electronic Warfare (EW systems) during an exercise held recently. “EW units of the Eastern Military District worked out... More of this article »
Barnard Construction Affiliate Awarded $569M for US-Mexico Border Wall Construction
The Pentagon has awarded BFBC LLC, an affiliate of Barnard Construction Co., $569 million to design-build 17.17 miles of US-Mexico border wall in California. “BFBC LLC, Bozeman, Montana, was awarded a $569 million modification to... More of this article »
Russia’s Arbalet-DM Remote Controlled Weapon Station Tested against Helicopter Target
Arbalet-DM RCWS equipped on Tigr armored vehicle Russsia’s Arbalet-DM remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) was successfully tested for the first time against a moving target resembling a helicopter, at night last week. This RCWS,... More of this article »
Rostec Completes Modernization of 203mm 2S7M Malka ‘World’s biggest’ Howitzer
A subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec, Uraltransmash company has completed the overhaul/modernization of the 203mm 2S7M Malka self-propelled gun, claimed to the worlds biggest wheeled artillery howitzer. As part of the modernization,... More of this article »
Ukraine tests Vilkha-M Short-Range Missile
Ukraine’s Luch Design Bureau conducted another test of Vilkha-M missile which has a range of 120km at Odesa on March 30-31. “Even in the conditions of quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing implementation of... More of this article »
How Turkey Won the Electronic Warfare Battle Against Syria in Idlib
Turkey’s success against Syrian regime armor during its ‘Operation Spring Shield’ in February can be attributed to the effective use of electronic warfare (EW) and the deployment of lightly-armed drones that crippled tanks,... More of this article »
Land of the Blazing Guns: Japan’s Quest for Advanced Weapons
After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power, Japan has its eyes set on matching if not overtaking the United States and Europe in aerospace and defense... More of this article »
L3-Harris, Raytheon Net $1B for Anti-Jam SATCOM Software
The Pentagon has awarded L3-Harris and Raytheon $500 million each to develop anti-jam communications software — called the Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) used in military satellites. “Raytheon and L3-Harris have each been... More of this article »
Russian Arms Sales Growing in Africa
Russia has emerged as the biggest supplier of weapons to Africa and accounts for half of the region’s arms market pie, more than twice that of China and the United States. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute... More of this article »
India Buys Light Machine Guns from Israeli Firm for $116.4M
The Indian Ministry of Defence has contracted Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) to supply 16,479 Negev 7.62X51 mm Light Machine Guns (LMGs) for $116.4 million (INR 880 crore). “The Indian Armed Forces’ long-standing requirement... More of this article »
Pakistan Unveils Light Attack Super Mushak Turboprop Aircraft
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) on Monday unveiled the attack version of Super Mushak turboprop aircraft. The PAC-manufactured aircraft was displayed equipped with anti-tank missiles. The Buraq laser guided missiles, meant for... More of this article »
Airbus A320neo Sales 11 Times More Than Boeing 737 in 2019
Airbus sold 796 A320neo planes in 2019, more than eleven times Boeing’s tally of 737 order of 69 aircraft. The overall gross orders for Boeing in 2019 stood at 246 aircraft, down from 1090 a year before. The jet-maker’s previous... More of this article »
Naval Group, Nexter to Upgrade French Navy’s Narwhal Remote Weapon Systems
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded Naval Group and Nexter a contract to modernize Narwhal 20B 20mm remote weapon stations (RWS) fitted aboard all French Navy surface vessels. “With Nexter Group, Naval Group... More of this article »
First Pakistani F-16 Crash in 11 years Raises Questions about Maintenance
The Pakistani F-16 jet that crashed today is the first in 11 years and has come after the United States sold a $125 million technical support and end-use monitoring package to Pakistan in July 2019. “Pakistan had requested a continuation... More of this article »
China May Have Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Planned for Amphibious Assault Ships
China may have plans to develop tilt-rotor aircraft for its Type 075 amphibious assault ships, the second of which is scheduled to be launched soon. Having vertical-landing and take-off ability a helicopter with the speed of a turboprop... More of this article »
Russian Troops Destroy Javelin, NLAW Missiles Depot Using Long Range Weapon
Russian troops destroyed a Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems in Ukraine’s Zhitomir city on Saturday. “In the past 24 hours, a strike was delivered with long-range precision weapons to destroy the ammo depot on the... More of this article »
Turkey Relied on NATO-Compatible Equipment to Shoot Down Syrian Su-24 Planes
Turkey may have used NATO-compatible equipment and system to shoot down two Russian-made Su-24 fighter jets of the Syrian Air Force. Turkey was able to bypass Russian closure of the airspace over Northern Syria by using the sophisticated... More of this article »
Despite French Sanctions, Turkey Making Progress in Pak’s Agosta 90B Sub Upgrade
Turkish firm STM has said that it is making progress in the modernization of Pakistan’s Agosta 90B submarines despite “sanctions and restrictions” imposed by France whose Naval Group was the submarine’s manufacturer. “This... More of this article »
Chinese PLA to Procure 1.4 million Body Armor Units Worth $1.85 billion
The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) plans to procure 1.4 million units of Body Armor worth 13 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) in the coming two years as it prepares for possible military conflicts against ‘Taiwan secessionists... More of this article »
Israeli F-35I Jets Strikes “Large Convoy” in Syria
Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I “Adir” stealth fighter jets reportedly carried out a “successful” airstrike to destroy a “large convoy” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- Quds Force, or Iraqi Popular... More of this article »
Iran Installs Home-made Radar in Mirage F1 Warplanes
Iran has installed locally-made radar and other equipment in Mirage F1 warplanes flown to the country by Iraqi pilots during the 1991 US invasion of Iraq. “We have overcome the aircraft’s previous shortcomings in the area of radar... More of this article »
Yemeni Rebels Reveal New Air Defense System
Yemeni Houthi rebels have unveiled their newly-inducted air defense system that shot down a Saudi Tornado fighter on Friday night. “It is part of a new, domestically-designed and sophisticated air defense system. It constitutes... More of this article »
Digital Drawing of Latest Singaporean Endurance-class Ship Unveiled at Airshow
ST Engineering displayed a digital drawing of the Joint Multi Mission Ship, the Endurance 170, at the Singapore Air show 2020 (February 11-16). The ship is intended to host helicopters as well as the F-35B jets that the city-state... More of this article »
HAL to Export Su-30MKI, MiG-29 Engine Parts
India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosoboronexport to export spares and accessories of engines of the Su-30MKI and MiG-29 fighter jets. “The MoU envisages... More of this article »
Ground Tests of Superconducting Electric Aircraft Engine Begin in Russia
Ground tests of the world’s first electric hybrid aircraft engine based on a superconducting system has commenced in Chaplygin in Novosibirsk, Russia. Following the successful ground tests, a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40... More of this article »
Russia to Swap Western Avionics in MC-21 Airliner with Locally-made Ones
Russia has planned to replace MC-21 twin-jet airliner’s avionics manufactured by America’s Honeywell and Rockwell Collins, and France’s Thales with indigenous airborne avionics before 2023. A draft tender was issued... More of this article »
Turkish Albayraklar Defence Firm To Shut Shop, Offers Stock For Sale
Albayraklar Savunma Company awarded as the fastest growing defense company of the Year in 2019 resolved to quit the sector by offering its stocks for sale. The stocks of Albayraklar Defense Company affiliated to Albayraklar Holding,... More of this article »
French MOD orders more than 23,000 parachutes from Airborne Systems
Airborne Systems, a world leader in parachute systems, has won its first contract to provide a new troop parachute system for the French airborne forces. Under the contract with the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement), procurement... More of this article »
Iran May Buy Chinese J-10Cs Using Part of $3B Qatar Funds
Iran may drop its plan to buy Russian MiG-35 and Su-30 fighters, and opt to acquire Chengdu J-10 jets from China by investing half of the $3 billion financial assistance provided by Qatar. The $3 billion aid was offered by the Emir... More of this article »
Russian firm Delivers Helmet-mounted Night Vision Goggles to African Nation
Russia’s Shvabe Holding Company, part of Rostec, shipped a large batch of helmet-mounted night vision goggles to an unnamed African country, the company announced Thursday. “The Shvabe Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation... More of this article »
Turkey Invites Malaysia for “Hurjet” Combat-Trainer Project as Wedge with US Deepens
Turkish Aerospace has invited Malaysia to partner it in the production of its home-made Light combat-trainer jet, “Hurjet”, the CEO of the aviation giant Turkish Aerospace said. Malaysia may contribute to the technology... More of this article »
Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM
Images sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated... More of this article »
Pakistan Army Gets New EW, Ground Surveillance Radar Facility
The Pakistan Army has set up new laboratories to test indigenously developed electronic warfare equipment and ground surveillance radars (GSRs) at National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC), Haripur. On Friday, Chief of... More of this article »
Turkish Aerospace Inaugurates First Office in Pakistan
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has set up a new office in Pakistan, weeks after Islamabad hosted a Turkish defense exhibition on its soil for the first time. “We have launched our new office at Pakistan’s National Science... More of this article »
Leonardo’s Osprey 50 AESA Radar Equipped on Beechcraft Plane Completes First Flight Test
Leonardo’s new Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar equipped on a B200 King Air has completed its first flight test in the UK. The new radar is a larger-aperture variant of Leonardo’s Osprey surveillance... More of this article »
Czech Republic Orders $40M RBS 70 NG from Saab
Saab has won a $40 million contract to supply Czech Republic with RBS 70 Next Generation (NG) Very Short-range Air Defense (VSHORAD) man-portable air defence system. The order includes integration with Czech Air Defence, test equipment... More of this article »
China Developing New Waverider Hypersonic Vehicle
China’s “Xingkong-2” currently undergoing trials, is the country’s first waverider hypersonic vehicle with its development starting a year prior to the DF-17. Enumerating differences between the DF-17 and the Xingkong-2 (Starry... More of this article »
Mongolia’s First Ever Fighter Jets-Two MiG-29s, To Arrive on Nov 26
Mongolia is set to receive its first ever fighter jets, two MiG-29s, from Russia on the 26th of November (Tuesday). “Russia will hand over two MiG-29 fighter jets to the Mongolian army. As of now, the country has no military aircraft... More of this article »
Thailand Upgrades F5 TH Jets to Bring them on Par With Gripen 39 Aircraft
The Royal Thai Air Force has upgraded two of its 30-40 year-old F5 TH aircraft which will being them on par with the Gripen 39 C/D fighters. The upgrades to two aircraft include German IRIS-T and Israeli Python 4 missiles, Italian... More of this article »
UAE’s EDGE To Display ISR-Configured Bombardier Challenger 650 Business Jet At Dubai Airshow 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s “Edge,” a new government-owned defense company launched on November 5, will display its new, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)– configured Bombardier Challenger 650 jet at... More of this article »
UAE’s EDGE To Display ISR-Configured Bombardier Challenger 650 Business Jet At Dubai Airshow 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s “Edge,” a new government-owned defense company launched on November 5, will display its new, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)– configured Bombardier Challenger 650 jet at... More of this article »