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S Korea’s Raybolt ATGM Set To Compete Against Israeli Spike, US Javelin
South Korea’s Raybolt medium-range anti-tank guided missile (MR-ATGM) has passed quality tests and is planned for local procurement and export where it will compete against the US Lockheed Martin-made Javelin and the Israeli... More of this article »
Pentagon Awards $98M Main Reduction Gears Contract For Arleigh Burke class Destroyers
The Pentagon has awarded $98 million contract to Philadelphia Gear Corp. for three shipsets of Main Reduction Gears (MRGs) for the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. “Philadelphia Gear Corp. (a brand of Timken... 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 »
Israel’s Elta Wins USAF Contract For 21 MANPADS Anti-Aircraft Kits
US Air Force has awarded contract to Elta for 21 MANPADS anti-aircraft defense kits from costing $15.5 million to be manufactured in Israel. “ELTA North America [in] Annapolis Junction, Maryland, has been awarded a $15.5 million... More of this article »
Ukraine to Upgrade Pakistani T-80 Tanks: IDEX 2017 News
Pakistan and Ukraine have signed an MOU to enhance defence cooperation and specifically to upgrade Soviet origin T-80 tanks manufactured in Ukraine. An agreement to this effect was signed at the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi between... 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 Replace Russian Origin Kalashnikov With American M16 Assault Rifle
Ukraine will manufacture a new assault rifle, WAC-47 based on the M16 as a result of the Memorandum of Cooperation between UOP SE “Ukroboronservis” and the American company, Aeroscraft. The assault rifle is to become the new firearm... More of this article »
India to Buy 200 Missiles For Russian Kvadrat Self Propelled Air Defence System
India has planned to buy hundreds of Missiles for Russian Kvadrat Self Propelled Air Defence System, which is designated for air defense of the manpower and objects, against enemy aircraft. The Kvadrat air defense system provides defense... More of this article »
Ukrainian T-Rex Next-Gen MBT To Compete With Russian T-14 Armata
Ukrainian Arey Engineering group developed new main battle tank design codenamed T-Rex is expected to rival Russian T-14 Armata. The main battle tank met all technical requirements of the country’s defense ministry and is planned... 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 »
Bangladesh Army Test Fires FM-90 Surface-To-Air Missile
Bangladesh Army has test fired China developed FM-90 surface-to-air missile on Tuesday Morning. The missile that is known with its HQ-7 designation has a range of 15km radius, and 25km radar. Moreover it is capable of shooting down... 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 »
Rafale Fighter Jet Serviceability Rate With French Air Force Is 48.5 Percent
The serviceability rate of the Dassault Rafale fighter jet in service with the French Air Force is 48.5%, according to information given to a French lawmaker by the government. The serviceability rate or the availability rate is... 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 »
Chinese Sky Dragon SAM Completes Field Evaluation For Possible Indonesian Procurement
Indonesian air force has completed field evaluation of Norinco’s Sky Dragon 50 medium-range Surface to air missile system, which the service is likely to buy from the Chinese firm. The Norinco has recently submitted a proposal to... More of this article »
Russia Develops Advanced Anti-Radar Missile For 5th-generation PAK FA Jet
Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation has developed an advanced anti-radar missile Kh-58UShK for the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet. Now the advanced Anti radar missile... More of this article »
China Unveils Brahmos Competitor, Calls It ‘World’s Best’ Anti-ship Cruise Missile
China unveiled its CM-302 supersonic missile for international export and says it is the ‘best anti-ship cruise missile’ in the world. Lyu Xiaoge, spokesman for China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp touted CM-30 as better than... More of this article »
NORINCO Delivers First Batch Of SR5 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems To Bahrain
SR5 Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System (Image: NORINCO) Chinese North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has delivered the first batch of SR5 multiple launch rocket systems to the Royal Bahraini Army. Bahrain recently showcased its... More of this article »
Qatar Plans To Buy Pak JF-17 Fighter Jet, Super Mushshak Trainer
Qatar has expressed interest to buy JF-17 fighter jets, Super Mushshak trainers from Pakistan. Qatari Defence Minister called on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and expressed interest in buying Mushshak and JF-17 Thunder aircraft... More of this article »
Ecuador To Sell Three Remaining HAL Dhruv Helicopters
Ecuador will sell the three remaining three Dhruv utility helicopters it bought from India’s Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) it purchased between 2009 and 2012. Ecuador’s Defence Minister Ricardo Patino announced the decision on... More of this article »
Safran’s Sigma 40 Inertial Navigation System Carries Integration Tests With Harpoon Missile
Safran Electronics & Defense has carried out integration tests of the Sigma 40 shipborne navigation system with the alignment system on the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile for Royal Thai Navy’s Krabi corvettes and KDX class... More of this article »
Russia Deploys Armed Pick-Up Trucks In Syria
Russian Defense Ministry has deployed a group of UAZ Patriot trucks equipped with Kord 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and AGS-17 grenade launchers to Syria. The gas-powered vehicles will possibly be used to protect humanitarian convoys,... More of this article »
Russia Introduces Sniper Rifle With 2 Kms Range
Russia has launched a light weight large-calibre sniper rifle Kord-M that can fire up to 2 kilometers. The rifle that can cut through concrete and brick walls, is also strong enough to take out unsheltered enemy manpower as well... More of this article »
Bell Helicopter To Supply Huey II helicopters To Kenya, Uganda Under FMS
Bell Helicopter was awarded an $86.9 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to produce and deliver five Huey II helicopters, spare parts and special tools each to Kenya and Uganda. The contract value for Uganda is US$34.54 million... More of this article »
Russia May Take Back Tanks, AFVs Sold To S Korea Against State Debt
The Russian Federation may regain T-80U main battle tanks (MBT) and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) supplied to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the 1990s and in the 2000s towards state debt payments. “Moscow is planning... More of this article »
Boeing To Integrate GBU-56 Laser Guided Bomb Onto Hornet Fighter
Boeing has won a $9.9 million contract to integrate the GBU-56(V) 4/B laser-guided bomb on to the F/A-18 Hornet’s weapons platform. The contract involves systems engineering and logistic support planning required for the production... More of this article »
Pakistan To Participate In Turkey’s TFX Next-Gen Fighter Aircraft Program
Turkey has invited Pakistan to participate in the development of its next-generation fighter program, TFX. Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain in an interview with PTV last Sunday, said that Turkey had... More of this article »
Russia’s Krasukha-4 Electronic Countermeasure System Alerted Erdogan Of Coup
Russia’s surveillance and eavesdropping equipment, Krasukha-4 deployed near Latakia in Syria hacked into Turkey’s NATO-compatible radio-electronics mounted on helicopters, aircraft and ground vehicles to learn of the impending... More of this article »
China’s Boeing C-17 Competitor, Y-20, Enters Service
China’s newest military freighter aircraft Y-20 joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force today, the state media reported Wednesday. “The Y-20 entering service marks a crucial step for the air force in improving its... More of this article »
Russia Develops World’s Smallest Grenade Launcher
Russia’s KBP Instruments Design Bureau has developed world’s smallest reusable BUR grenade launcher. Grenade launcher is believed to solve a wide class of military problems. The total length of the complex is 742 mm and the weight... More of this article »
India, Netherlands & Spain to Receive Raytheon’s 155 mm Excalibur Guided Projectiles
Raytheon is awarded a U.S. Army contract to procure 155 mm Excalibur Increment Ib projectiles for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to India and Spain. The FMS contracts for India, Spain and the Netherlands is worth $9.17 million, $9.14... More of this article »
Ukraine’s LUCH Presents SD-300 Mid-Range Air Defense System
Ukrainian firm LUCH unveiled a concept of a new mid-range air defense system, called the SD-300, at the Arms and Security exhibition being held in Kyiv from June 15-18. The SD-300 surface-to-air missile system is designed to intercept... More of this article »
Rockwell Collins Unveils PSR-500 Perimeter Surveillance Radar At Eurosatory
Rockwell Collins today introduced its PSR-500 Perimeter Surveillance Radar (PSR) at Eurosatory 2016. PSR-500 is a high resolution, compact radar with the capability to track and record intrusions in all weather. “The PSR-500 couples... More of this article »
AESA Radars Become Mainstream In Fighter Aircraft
Defense and aerospace firms around the world are investing on the development of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to replace mechanically-scanned radar systems in fighter and attack aircraft. Defenseworld.net... More of this article »
Futuristic Combat Helmets Move Beyond Protection
Helmets for pilots and ground troops do much more than stopping bullets. Night vision, data display and secure communication are among the features incorporated in specialist helmets which have evolved to become the most technologically... More of this article »
Indian Air Force Su-30MKIs, Jaguars Shine in Red Flag Alaska Exercise
Su-30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in offensive counter air ops in which they provided escort cover to the strike elements as part of the Red Flag Alaska 16-1 air exercise involving the Indian and US air... More of this article »
Belarus Receives Fourth Battalion Of S-300 PS Air Defense Systems
Russia has delivered the fourth battalion of the S-300 PS air defense system to the Air Force and air defense units of Belarus, the Belarusian news agency reported. “All in all Belarus has received four air defense missile battalions... More of this article »
Croatia Probes Faulty MiG-21 Purchase From Ukraine
The Croatian military police has launched a corruption probe in the July 2013 purchase of 12 Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter jets after they found five of the aircraft actually belonged to Yemen Air Force. Five of the aircraft purchased were... More of this article »
Russian Warplanes To Be Fitted With Khibiny Electronic Countermeasures
Russian warplanes including Su-34 fighters and other fighters will be equipped with Khibiny electronic countermeasures systems in the near future. The Khibiny system provides individual aircraft with protection against enemy fighters’... More of this article »
Bye Bye Kalashnikov, Ukraine Develops NATO Standard Sniper Rifles
Ukroboronprom has transferred 10 new NATO standard experimental sniper rifles to the national guard of Ukraine. The new rifles are developed by ‘Ukroboroncervis’. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine... More of this article »
Safran Plans Engine Upgrade For Dassault Rafale Fighter Jet
French company Safran, which manufactures the M88 engine of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft plans to increase its thrust from 7.5 tone to nine tons. La Tribune newspaper said yesterday quoting CEO of Safran, Philippe Petitcolin... More of this article »
Russia Develops Stationary SSC-5 Stooge Missile Systems With Silo-Based Launcher
Russia is developing stationary version of the Bastion Coastal missile systems (SSC-5 Stooge) with a silo-based launcher. We were developing the mobile and the stationary versions of the Bastion coastal missile system simultaneously.... More of this article »
Indian Air Force To Procure Eight Aerostat Radars
The India Air Force (IAF) plans to procure up to eight aerostat radar platforms to boost low-level air and sea surveillance. A request for information (RFI) issued by the Ministry of Defense a few days ago seeks a batch of four, six... More of this article »