Home » News
Rockwell Collins Wins $82.6M For AN/ARC-210 Airborne Radios
The US Navy has awarded a $82.6 million worth contract to Rockwell Collins to manufacture and deliver the AN/ARC-210 family of radio equipment, the Department of defense announced Thursday. The awarded $82,621,600 firm-fixed-price,... More of this article »
Multi-Role Combat Vessels to Replace Singapore’s Victory-class Missile Corvettes
Singapore plans to replace its Victory-class Missile Corvettes (MCVs), the current mainstay of its naval surface combat fleet, with more capable Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCVs) by 2025. The MRCVs will contain configurable modular... More of this article »
Physical Optics Wins $33 Million JARVIS Contract
Physical Optics Corp has won $32.8 million in support of the Navy and the Air Force for non-recurring effort to mature the Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Visual Information System (JARVIS) Small Business Innovation Research Phase II... More of this article »
Raytheon Wins EA-18G Airborne Electronic Attack EW Kit Support Contract For US Navy, Australia
Raytheon has won a $65 million worth contract to provide engineering and software support to electronic warfare receivers on board the EA-18G aircraft for the government of Australia and US Navy, the Department of defense announced... More of this article »
Bangladesh Buys Additional K-8W Trainers from China
Bangladesh has signed a government to government contract with China to buy an additional batch of K-8W jet trainers for its Air Force. The contract was signed between the Bangladesh Air Force and China National Aero-Technology Import... More of this article »
New G-suits For Russia’s Su-57 Fighter Pilots Ready For Flight Tests
The new anti-gravity suits for Russia’s Su-57 fighter aircraft pilots are ready for flight tests and will reportedly be delivered from 2019, head of the Zvezda Research and Production Enterprise told TASS on Monday. “Our full-size... More of this article »
UK Troops Using Deadly ‘Thermobaric’ Weapons In Syrian Civil War: Report
A British publication revealed in a report on Wednesday that the UK troops have been using the most-controversial thermobaric weapons or also known as ‘vacuum’ weapons, in its Syrian operations. The UK defense ministry accidentally... More of this article »
Turkey Develops New High-Speed Long-Range Grenade Launcher Ammunition
Turkey’s Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company (MKEK) has developed a new high-speed MOD78-HE long-range grenade launcher ammunition for the Turkish Armed Forces. The grenade launcher ammunition will be used in MK-19, a 40mm automatic... More of this article »
Rheinmetall Integrates MELLS Anti-tank Missile into German Army’s Marder IFV
Rheinmetall has integrated the MELLS antitank guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle of the German army. Following successful conclusion of the study phase, the German Bundeswehr subsequently ordered 44 MELLS... More of this article »
Indian MoD to Buy BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles worth $173.5 Million
The Indian MoD has approved the procurement of Infantry Combat Vehicle (BMPs-2/2k) worth INR 1125 Crore (USD 173.5 million) from the Indian Factory Board (IFB). The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave the go-ahead to the procurement... More of this article »
Boeing Awarded $61 million Contract to Upgrade Japanese E-767 AWACS
Boeing has been awarded a $60,903,323 contract for the mission computing upgrade installation and checkout of four Japanese E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and associated ground systems. Work will be performed... More of this article »
Myanmar To Receive Six Additional Yak-130 Combat Trainers This Year
Russia will deliver an additional batch of six Yak-130 combat training aircraft to Myanmar, Mikhail Petukhov, a deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told Sputnik. “In December... More of this article »
Saab Offers ‘Swordfish’ Maritime Patrol Aircraft as Alternative to ‘Airliner-type’ MPAs
In a clear attempt to target Boeing’s P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Saab has highlighted its ‘Swordfish’ MPAs as an alternative to “large, costly airliner-type platforms”. In a press release ahead... More of this article »
Russian Sukhoi-25 Aircraft Shot Down By MANPAD Missile System In Syria
Al Qaeda-linked militants in Syria shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft using a man-portable anti-aircraft missile system on February 3, killing its pilot. “A Russian aircraft crashed during a flight over the Idlib de-escalation... More of this article »
Britain’s Royal Air Force To Scrap 16 Eurofighter Typhoons
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) intends to scrap 16 Eurofighter Typhoons as part of a project to save GBP 800 million (USD1.13 billion) on the running cost of the service’s combat aircraft fleet. The plans to dismantle the aircraft... More of this article »
Patria Signs $205M Deal To Upgrade Finland’s Hamina-class Fast Attack Crafts
Patria has signed an agreement valued around 170 million euros (US$205 million) with the Finnish Defence Forces on the mid-life upgrade and overhaul of the Finnish Defence Forces’ Hamina Class fast attack craft. The procurement... More of this article »
Indian MoD Issues $1.5 Billion Tender To Acquire 61 Close-In Weapon Systems
Indian defense ministry has issued more than $1.5 billion tender for acquiring 61 Close in Weapon Systems (CIWS) from domestic manufacturers under the Make in India program. The tender was issued by the acquisition wing of the defence... More of this article »
Pratt and Whitney Wins $6.7 Billion F119 Engine Sustainment Contract
Pratt & Whitney has won $6.7 billion contract for F119 engine sustainment from US Air Force. Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday. F119 is an afterburning turbofan engine... More of this article »
Chinese Student in Japan Ships Classified US-made Night Vision Device to Hong Kong
The Japanese Police has accused a Chinese exchange student of illegally exporting an infrared night-vision camera to a firm in Hong Kong which he purchased from an on-line auction site. The Tokyo-based exchange student, 22, purchased... More of this article »
Russia to Fully Replace Tu-60 Current Fleet With Modernized Models
Russian Ministry of Defence plans to fully replace the T-160 current fleet with modernized models. “All the Tu-160 aircraft that comprise the long-range air force are to be replaced with modernized models. Taking into account prompt... More of this article »
India’s BEL Displays L70 Artillery Gun at D & S, Bangkok
India’s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is displaying its L70 artillery gun at the Defence and Security 2017 exhibition in Bangkok. The gun has been designed and developed for the Indian Army. BEL had earlier won a Rs 575-crore... More of this article »
IWI Launches Kalashnikov Competitor, TAVOR 7 Assault Rifle
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has launched the 7.62X51mm caliber TAVOR 7, a competitor to the hugely popular Kalashnikov AK series of assault rifles which fire the heavy 7.62 mm bullet from a relatively small and light weapon. The... More of this article »
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Accidents Up 1.5 Times in Japan
Accidents involving US Marines’ V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in Japan has gone up by approximately 1.5 times from when the aircraft were first deployed at Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture five years ago, the Mainichi Shimbun... More of this article »
HAL Hands Over Fiftieth AL31FP Engine For Su-30MKI To IAF
India’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the fiftieth AL31FP engine meant for the Su-30MKI fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday. The engine, manufactured from raw... More of this article »
US Government to Upgrade 218 Kuwaiti M1A2 Abrams Tanks for $29 Million
The US State Department has approved an upgrade to Kuwait for M1A1 Abrams Tanks estimated to cost $29 million. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of two hundred eighteen (218) M1A1 Abrams tank hulls with 120mm cannons... More of this article »
China’s Type 055 Destroyer Has More Firepower Than US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class Ships: Global Times
China’s new missile destroyer has had 112 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) installed, which according to experts could upgrade the rapid-reaction capability of weapons, local media reports. The new Type 055 guided-missile destroyer... More of this article »
Russian Armed Forces To Get New Gen Ratnik-2 Infantry Gears by 2020
Russian Armed Forces To Get New Gen Ratnik-2 Infantry Gears by 2020 (Sputnik photo) The Russian army will be fully equipped with Russia’s next-generation Ratnik-2 infantry gear by 2020. “By 2020, the Russian army will... More of this article »
Faulty Indian Ammunition Caused Army M777 Gun Explosion
An explosion of Indian Army’s new long-range ultra-light (ULH) howitzer M-777 earlier this month was due to faulty ammunition, according to a preliminary investigation. The barrel of the US-manufactured gun had exploded when it was... More of this article »
T-72 Tank Modernized To NATO Standard Offered To Poland
A T-72 tank, modernized to NATO standards was displayed at the recent MSPO-2017 exhibition to demonstrate capabilities of the tank, christened PT-17, to the Ministry of Defense of Poland. In April 2017, Ukroboronprom and the Zaklady... More of this article »
Bahrain to Buy US-made 35 Meter Fast Patrol Boats Costing $60.25 Million
The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain for 35 Meter Fast Patrol Boats costing $60.25 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of... More of this article »
IAF Su-30MKI Aircraft To Get New Reconnaissance Pods
Indian Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets will be equipped with new reconnaissance pods under INR 3,000 crore proposal recently cleared, amid rising tensions with China and Pakistan. The aircraft with new reconnaissance pods will help detect... More of this article »
Philippines Plans To Buy 12 More FA-50 Fighters From South Korea
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has planned to double the size of Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) fleet of fighter jets by buying 12 more FA-50PH aircraft from South Korea. “I want to build a strong nation,” the President... More of this article »
Russia Developing Parachute System To Airdrop Armored Vehicle With Personnel Inside
The Russian Airborne Force will get a new parachute system in 2018, the Bakhcha-UPDS multi-cupola, which can air-drop a BMD-4M infantry fighting vehicle with a seven-member crew inside it. “This year, the state trials of the... More of this article »
Rheinmetall To Deliver ‘Skyguard’ Air Defense Hardware To Two Foreign Customers
Rheinmetall has recently won contracts worth total €220 million (US$256 million) from two foreign governments to provide air defence hardware and related services for their air forces. Rheinmetall had to overcome stiff international... More of this article »
GLOCK Emerges Lowest Bidder In Philippines Army’s Handgun Acquisition Project
Handgun manufacturer GLOCK has emerged the lowest bidder for the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) 9mm Pistol acquisition project worth PHP1.497 billion (US$29.4 million) for 74,861 units of handguns. Trust Trade, authorized... More of this article »
US Navy Awards $492M Automated Digital Network System Contract
The US Navy has awarded multiple contracts estimated $492 million to four US firms – DRS Laurel Technologies, Leidos, SAIC and Serco Inc., for Automated Digital Network System (ADNS). “DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania... More of this article »
First Saudi-Spec Boeing F-15SA Super Eagle tactical fighters Arrives in Riyadh
Saudi Air Force has introduced first Boeing F-15SA fighter jet, of which it ordered 84 new-built aircraft together with the upgrade of 70 older F-15S it already operates. The F-15SA is a derivative of the two-seat F-15E Strike Eagle... More of this article »
US Army Seeks To Replace M4 Carbine With Armor Piercing Rifle
The US Army has invited bids for a 7.62mm automatic weapon, seeking to get an estimate on lead time and cost to purchase 10,000 new assault rifles that shoot armor piercing bullets. Weapons procurement staff for the US Army, seeking... More of this article »
Thailand To Buy 34 Armored Personnel Carriers From China
The Thai Army signed with the NORINCO Group (China) a contract to purchase 34 armored personnel carriers 8×8 ZBL09 (export named VN1) armed with 30mm turret. It is expected that the ZBL09 will be delivered by 2020. In addition,... More of this article »
Vegan is Kosher For Israeli Defense Forces
The Israeli Defense Forces has introduced vegan rations with increase in number of vegan combat soldiers. The vegan combat rations will include hummus and tahini, beans in tomato sauce, cocoa spread, halva, green olives, peas and... More of this article »
Turkey Keen On Buying Ukraine’s 6TD-3 Diesel Engine For Altay Main Battle Tank
Turkey is reportedly keen on buying Ukraine’s 6TD-3 Diesel Engine for its Altay main battle tank (MBT) due to increasing uncertainty of Western suppliers. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman... More of this article »
Russia Develops New Software-defined Radio
Russian NPO Angstrem has developed a radio communications system around new Russian-made hardware components. The R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio (SDR) lies at its heart. The system makes it possible to establish... More of this article »
Ukraine To Develop New Air Defense Missile System
Ukraine has approved a program to develop new air defense system, including a new medium-range missile. This new Ukrainian air defense system will strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian armed forces to protect its airspace, Army Recognition... More of this article »
Google Earth Shows Chinese Nuclear Submarine Docked Too Close To India
An image on Google Earth shows a Chinese nuclear attack submarine, docked in the harbour in Karachi in May last year, proving that Beijing likely to be scrutinizing Indian warships’ movements more closely than earlier. The nuclear-powered... More of this article »
Qatar, India, Italy To Buy Raytheon Stinger Missiles
Raytheon has won a $207.9 million contract to produce Stringer missiles and supporting equipments to Qatar, India and Italy. The contract includes production for Stinger FIM-92H Block 1 missiles, FIM-92F Block 1 missiles, spares, captive... More of this article »
Indian T-90 Tanks To Be Equipped With High Tech Night Vision
Indian Army has planned to procure 1,400 uncooled thermal imager-based driver’s night sight (DNS) with fusion technology for T-90 tank to assist the driver in tank operations at night. The army has revived the process to equip its... More of this article »
Turkey Offers Fast Attack Missile Boat FAC-55 To Pakistan
Turkey is offering its newest Fast Attack Craft, ‘FAC-55’ to Pakistan Navy. The Turkish shipbuilder Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM) which introduced the new FAC-55 to Qatar and Azerbaijan earlier this... More of this article »
Greece Receives First Three Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopters From US
Greece has received the first three Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters following an agreement with the United States signed earlier this year. The parts of the choppers arrived Friday from the US to Piraeus port on the Endurance... More of this article »