India To Conduct Trials of 'Prospina' Anti-tank Missile Soon
Indias locally made anti-tank missile, Prospina, equipped with improved Imaging Infra Red Seekers, will be tested for a reduced range of 3-3.2 km during the day time from the earlier...
EU Unified Defense Fund May Affect US Arms Sales To Europe
The European Commissions (EC) unified multi-billion-euro defense fund to buy military equipment may affect sales of US-made equipment including Lockheed Martins F-35 fighters in Europe. "The protection of Europe can no...
Anti-Qatar Coalition Releases List of Doha-supported Terror Financiers
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have released a list of terror financiers comprising of 59 individuals and 12 groups in a joint statement. The anti-Qatar coalition has...
Northrop Grumman To Modernize US F-16 Fighter Jets With APG-83 AESA Radar
The United States Air Force has choosen Northrop Grummans APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) active electronically scanned array (AESA) to modernize 72 Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons. The company...
Argentina Modernizes Elta Radar System With Wireless Communication Capability
Argentina's Ministry of Defense has upgraded an Elta radar systems with ability of wireless communication between the transceiver and the processor, permitting the system to record plots, and remember plots...
Canada To Boost Cyber-Attack, Drones' Purchase Capability With Extra $62 Billion Defense
Canada is planning to spend $62 billion over next two decades to boost its armed forces' capabilities in offensive cyber-attacks and purchase of armed drones. Though the plan also calls for the addition of 5,000 more...
S Korean Govt Seeks $38.7 Billion Military Budget For 2017
South Korea's defense ministry has sought a record 43.7 trillion won ($38
China’s C919 Aircraft Uses Gore Tapes And Gaskets For Panel Sealing And...
Chinas first domestically produced single-aisle passenger jet uses Gore Skyflex Aerospace Materials for panel sealing and surface protection throughout the aircraft. Gores materials remain in place under compression and do not squeeze out, providing a durable...
BAE Systems’ Advanced Hawk Trainer Jet Demonstrator Completes First Flight
A concept of a future variant of BAE Systems' Hawk trainer jet aircraft has flown for the first time at the Companys military aircraft facility in Warton, UK. The concept demonstrator features an upgraded cockpit equipped...
Russian Knights Perform First Aerial Refueling Of Su-30SM Fighters
Russian Knights aerobatic team carried out an aerial refueling of the advanced multipurpose Su-30SM fighter jets for the first time. "Flights of the advanced aircraft, which involved aerial refueling, took place at the Lipetsk air facility...
AAI Corp, Insitu Receive US$950 Million Contracts for Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft ISR...
The US Special Operations Command has awarded multiple contracts worth $950 million to the US firms for Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services. Boeing Co's Insitu Inc and Textron Inc's AAI Corp...
North Korea Launches Four Anti-Ship Missiles
North Korea has fired four anti-ship missiles into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, probably to demonstrate its "precise targeting capability". The projectiles, launched near the eastern port city of Wonsan, were believed to be...
Blast in Iranian Port: Negligence or Sabotage?
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
