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Indian Navy to buy Mine Counter-measures from Thales Australia
The Indian Navy has inked a INR 306 Crore ($42 Million) deal with Thales Australia for eight mine counter-measure clip-on influence sweeps. “In order to meet the requirement, a contract for procurement of eight Clip Influence... More of this article »
Russian Army to Stop 5.56mm Ammo For Kalashnikov Rifles
To ensure penetration against modern body armor the Russian Army has decided to stop using 5.56mm round for the AK-74, AK-12 assault rifles Instead, an enhanced 7.62mm round with lesser recoil will be optimized in future assault weapons,... More of this article »
Turkish Aselsan Develops Anti-drone Jammer System
Turkey’s firm Aselsan has developed a new anti-drone jammer system “İHASAVAR ” to combat threats like spying. Drones are used for purposes such as Reconnaissance against spying and Eavesdropping, disturbance and attack... More of this article »
China Offering J-10 Fighters to Laos, Bangladesh as Rival to Russian Yak-130 Aircraft
China has started to hard-sell its J-10 fighter jet to Laos and Bangladesh to wean them off Russian aircraft such as the Yak-130 trainer/light fighter which both countries are considering. The country has been trying to get Pakistan... More of this article »
Pakistan Test-fires Newly Inducted LY-80 Weapons System
The Pakistan Army has test-fired newly inducted LY-80 long-range air defence weapons system on Thursday near Karachi. The military fired the LY-80 at the culminating event of the two-week-long exercise, Al-Bayza 2019. “Induction... More of this article »
BDL Signs $110 Million Contract With Indian Army To Supply Konkurs Anti-Tank Missiles
India’s state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a contract worth INR 760 crore ($110 million) with the Indian Army for the supply of Konkurs Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) and Launchers. The contract was signed... More of this article »
Sukhoi Reducing US-made Components in SSJ100 Aircraft to Enable Iran Exports
Sukhoi Aircraft Company of Russia is cutting down components needing United States export clearance to enable exports of the Sukhoi Super Jet 100 (SSJ100) to Iran and other third countries. According to US export control regulations,... More of this article »
Saudi-Ukrainian Developed Mobile Ballistic Missile to Enter Saudi Service by 2022
Saudi Arabia is likely to receive new mobile Thunder-2 short-range ballistic missile systems in 2022. The kingdom received the first batch of components that include engines, spare parts and different warheads of the missile as part... More of this article »
Taiwan Plans Re-Engineering J85 Turbojet Engines For Long-Range Missiles
The Taiwanese Air Force in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences is studying on how to reverse engineer the General Electric J85 small single-shaft turbojet engines from its decommissioned F-5E/F fighters to reuse them... More of this article »
Upgraded MiG-29 to take on F-16 in the Refurbished Fighter Jet Market
The MiG-29, one of Russia’s most exported military jet has been upgraded in India that expands its capabilities from an air superiority fighter to a multi-role aircraft. The Indian Air Force (IAF) revealed the upgrade, called the... More of this article »
Ukraine Inducts Refurbished Mi-8 Helicopters Back into Service
The Ukrainian Air Force has inducted two refurbished Mi-8 helicopters, Mi-8MTPB and Mi-8MTPI back into service last week. The helicopters were not in operation owing to the repair work being done at the Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant,... More of this article »
Reliability of Russian Su-35, Su-30 Fighter Jets in Syria Up to 4 times of Expectations
Russia achieved excess of three to four times of projected levels of reliability indicators of its Su-35 and Su-30SM fighter aircraft operating in Syria, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov has said. “The achieved... More of this article »
Ukraine has Capability to Develop, Manufacture Nuclear Weapons
Ukraine has intellectual, organizational and financial capabilities to develop and manufacture its own nuclear weapons, a former Ukrainian envoy to NATO, Major General Petro Garashchuk claimed in an interview with a television channel. “I’ll... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Sells More Arms Than Top 10 Russian Companies Combined
Russian Almaz-Antey air defense concern increased its arms sales by 17 per cent in 2017 (Image:mil.today) Lockheed Martin is the world’s leading arms seller with $44.9 billion sales while the combined sales of 10 Russian companies $37.7... More of this article »
Egyptian Air Force Signs Agreement to buy Chinese Drones
The Egyptian Air Force signed an agreement to purchase drones, believed to be the Wing Loong II attack-reconnaissance UAVs, from China’s National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC). The agreement was signed Commander... More of this article »
US Approves $1.2 Billion Upgrade for Morocco’s M1A1 Abrams Tanks
The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Morocco of enhancements to 162 Abrams tanks for an estimated cost of $1.259 billion. The prime contractor will be General Dynamics Land Systems. Refurbishment work will be performed... More of this article »
Pakistan Selects Slovakian Turra 30 Combat Module for Locally-made Infantry Vehicle
Pakistan has selected the Slovakian-made Turra 30 combat module for its Viper infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) being developed by local firm, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT). HIT unveiled a prototype of Viper IFV at the IDEAS 2018 held... More of this article »
South Korea to Order Israeli Green Pine Radars worth US$292 million
South Korea will buy two Israeli-made Green Pine Block C radar early warning radar systems to boost its medium-range air defense, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said today. Seoul’s defense project promotion... More of this article »
Indian Army to Issue RFP to Procure Night Sights for Medium Machine Gun in December
The Indian Defence Procurement Board (DPB) has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for procurement of Night Sight(TI) for approximately 1500 7.62mm MAG 58 2A1 Medium Machine Guns (MMG). The DPB intends to issue the request for proposal... More of this article »
Indians, Bangladeshis, Kenyans Can Join UK Armed Forces
The British government will allow up to 1350 Commonwealth nationals such as citizens of India, Australia, Canada, Kenya Bangladesh to join its army, navy and air force. According to a statement, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) laid... More of this article »
Ukrainian S-300 Air Defence System Destroy Targets in First Test in 19 Years
A Russian origin S-300B1 air and missile Defence System, tested for the first time in 19 years, destroyed two airborne targets with its missiles Saturday, Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) reported. “For the first time in 19 years,... More of this article »
Thales Launches 4D AESA Radar for Naval Platforms
Thales today announced a 4D AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) air and surface surveillance radar, the NS50 for naval platforms. With the NS50, Thales aims to bring the benefits of 4D AESA radar to naval vessels where 2D... More of this article »
South Korean Medium-Range Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Spotted In Yemen War
Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi armed forces were spotted using a South Korean third generation medium-range anti-tank guided missile (MR-ATGM), ‘Raybolt’ in a video posted on the internet. The Saudi Army has acknowledged that... More of this article »
Honeywell Wins $37.7 million contract to Supply AGT-1500 Tank Engine Parts
Honeywell was awarded a $37.7 million contract for tank engine parts for the AGT-1500 tank engine. Work is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2020, the United States department of defense said in a statement Monday. The AGT1500... More of this article »
India’s Upgraded MiG-29 Fighter to Have Increased Flying Time
The Indian MiG-29 aircraft are being upgraded to match capabilities of a 4.5 generation of fighter jet and will be capable of increased duration of sorties. India’s only fighter Aircraft Repair Depot, Air Force station Ozar in Nashik... More of this article »
Colt to Supply 10,000 M4, M4A1 Carbine Rifles to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Morocco
Colt’s Manufacturing Co. has won $57.7 million contract to supply up to 10,000 additional M4 and M4A1 5.56mm carbine rifles to Jordan, Morocco, Afghanistan, Senegal, Tunisia and Pakistan. Work will be performed in West Hartford,... More of this article »
Russian IL-20 Aircraft Shot Down by Syrian S-200 Missile
A missile of the Russian-supplied S-200 air defence system brought down a Russian Air Force Ilyushin-20 aircraft which was coming into land at around the same time Israeli F-16 jets attacked Syrian targets. Blaming Israel for the loss... More of this article »
Russia Blames Malaysia For Not Following Proper Maintenance Schedule For Sukhoi Aircraft
The Russian government has denied claims that Malaysian Sukhoi fighter jets are difficult to maintain, stating that Kuala Lumpur should follow proper maintenance schedule so that the planes are kept “in the right condition to serve... More of this article »
Elbit Wins $173M Asian Order for Naval Remote Weapon Stations, Possibly India
Elbit Systems has won a $173 million contract to provide Naval Remote Controlled Weapon Stations (RCWS) to the Navy and Coast Guard of an Asia-Pacific country, most probably India. The contract will be performed over a five-year period,... More of this article »
France to Cut US-made Components from its Military Products
France is working to reduce US-made components from its defense products so as not to run afoul of the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which allow Washington to veto sale to countries it does not approve of. French... More of this article »
Battle of the Air Defense Systems: S-400 Vs Patriot and THAAD
The American-made Patriot and Russian S-400 Triumf air defense systems are currently hogging international orders despite their price tags running into billions of dollars. While the Patriot has more or less a captive market within... More of this article »
Fincantieri Starts Work on $4.6 Billion First Qatari Corvette
Fincantieri has started the work on the first ‘Doha’ class corvette ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defense (MoD) by a steel cutting ceremony at Italy’s Muggiano (La Spezia) yard. The contract envisages the supply of seven... More of this article »
UK Scraps Fire Shadow Loitering Munitions Program Incurring Loss of $148 Million
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has formally cancelled its Fire Shadow loitering munitions weapons system project at a loss of £95 million ($148 million). The project was abandoned according to the ministry’s 2017-18... More of this article »
L-3 Wins $73M For HALO Aircraft For Ballistic Missile Defense System Test Requirements
The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $73 million worth contract to L-3 Communications for upgrading the High Altitude Observatory (HALO) systems for carrying out the Ballistic Missile Defense System tests requirement. The contract... More of this article »
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 »
Bangladesh Buys C-130J Mk5 Aircraft from United Kingdom
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has inked a deal to purchase an unspecified number of C-130J Mk5 transport aircraft from the United Kingdom. “Under a government-to-government agreement, the handing over ceremony of title transfer... 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 »
Russia Commences Sixth-gen Jet Technologies Test Aboard Su-57 Fighter
Russia has commenced tests of certain technologies of the yet-to-be-named sixth-generation manned-unmanned combat jet being developed as a follow on to the Su-57 fifth generation fighter aircraft. The tests involve control and navigation... 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 »
Estonia to Acquire Mistral SHORAD Missiles for $58 Million from MBDA
Estonia will acquire Mistral short range air defence missiles/ man portable surface to air missiles, training missiles, simulators and testing and maintenance equipment from European missile manufacturer MBDA under a 50 million euros... 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 »
Turkey Develops First Indigenous Stingray-shaped Armed Underwater Drone
Turkey Develops First Indigenous Stingray-shaped Armed Underwater Drone. Image: Daily Sabah Turkey’s defense company Albayraklar Savunma has developed the country’s first indigenous armed underwater drone, which resembles the... More of this article »
Ukraine Tests New Anti-tank Guided Missile System ‘Skif’
Ukroboronprom’s State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch announced Thursday the successful testing of its advanced anti-tank guided missile system “Skif”, an export variant of the Ukrainian ‘Stugna-P’, at one of the military... More of this article »
Kalashnikov Venezuela Plant to Start AK-103 Production by 2019 End
Russian Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela will start full-fledged licensed production of AK-103 assault rifles by the end of 2019. The plant is planned to manufacture about 25,000 assault rifles annually. ‘The plant will begin its work... More of this article »