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Russian MoD To Buy Over 100 Upgraded Il-76 Military Aircraft in 10 Years
Russian Ministry of Defense has announced its plan to acquire over 100 Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A military aircraft before 2030. “This is the main aircraft in Defense Ministry’s plans. Potentially, the MoD plans to buy more than 100... More of this article »
Turkey Acquired Bombardier Global 6000 Type Aircraft to Have Local Electronic Warfare System
Turkey has taken the delivery of two Bombardier Global 6000 type business aircraft which will be integrated with locally developed Remote Electronic Support/Electronic Attack Ability in Air Platform (HAVA SOJ). The project has been... More of this article »
No Warranty If Ukraine Repairs Russian-Made Indonesian Military Equipment
Russia has warned Indonesia against placing repair orders of Russian-made military equipment from Ukraine. According to a document signed by the Deputy Federal Service of the PTS Petukhov, sent to the Chief Marshal of the Air Force,... More of this article »
Russian Yak-130 to Compete with Indian LCA Tejas in Malaysian Fighter Jet Program
Russian Yak-130 combat trainer will be pitted against the Indian LCA Tejas fighter jet for the Malaysian fighter replacement program as both have been invited to display their skills at the upcoming Langkawi International Exhibition... More of this article »
Zambian Air Force Receives New Presidential Jet
The Zambian Air Force has taken delivery of a new Gulfstream G650 VIP transport aircraft from Israel. The aircraft arrived in the Zambian capital Lusaka via Israel late last month. The aircraft (AF001) has cost an approximate $65 million... More of this article »
China Working On Matching JF-17 Block III With F-16 V Fighter Jet
China is working on making the Block III version of its JF-17 fighter jet to match the latest version of the United States F-16 V aircraft which has become a huge sales success in a relatively short span of time. The JF-17 is made... More of this article »
Russian-Chinese 40-Ton Helicopter to Fly by 2022
The 40-ton class Advanced Lift Helicopter jointly developed by Russia and China is expected to be delivered by 2032, Wu Ximing, Chinese political advisor and chief designer of helicopters for the Aviation Industry Corporation of China... More of this article »
Russian S-400 Capability Overrated: Swedish Defense Research Agency
Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI in its recent report states that the range of the Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system and its capability to counter counter-measures is overrated. According to the report, “Bursting the Bubble?... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Wins $846M US Navy IRCPS Weapon System modification Contract
Lockheed Martin has won $846 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the design, development, build and integration of large diameter rocket motors, associated missile body flight articles, and related support equipment... More of this article »
Azerbaijan to Acquire Israeli Aeronautics’ Orbiter 1K Drones
Azerbaijan has inked a deal with Israeli firm Aeronautics for Orbiter 1K “suicide” drones. The two year contract is worth $13 million, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The Israeli government recently revoked the export... More of this article »
Ukrainian EW Radar Helped Israel Destroy Iranian Pantsir Air Defence in Syria
A Ukrainian-made Kolchuga-M passive radar system helped Israel locate and destroy Russian Pantsir air defence system deployed by Iran in Syria. The targeted defensive systems included Tor surface-to-air missile system, a Pantsir-S... More of this article »
India Approves Purchase Of 54 Israeli Harop Drones
The Indian defense ministry has accorded the purchase of 54 Harop attack drones from Israel. “A proposal to acquire these 54 attack drones was approved by the Defence Ministry at a high-level meeting last week,” ANI reported... More of this article »
Russian Buk-M3 Viking Defense Missile System Has Enhanced Features
Russian state-run Almaz-Antey has released additional data on its latest export-version of Buk-M3 Viking air defense missile system (ADMS). In March 2018 Rosoboronexport had declared the launch of the international marketing of its... More of this article »
Hungary to Auction Remaining MiG-29 Fighter Fleet
The Hungarian government has put its last batch of 19 MiG-29 fighter jets up for sale. The single lot includes 19 fighters MiG-29, partially dismantled, or designated as unsuitable, 20 engines and about 300 other items, including weapons... More of this article »
Indian Army Inducts New US, Italian Sniper Rifles
India has begun inducting Beretta .338 Lapua Magnum Scorpio TGT and Barrett .50-calibre M95 sniper rifles it purchased last month. “The Army has a target of purchasing around 6000 sniper rifles for the soldiers deployed all along... More of this article »
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 »