Thales to Provide Five Combat Training Systems to Polish Army
Thales said it will provide Poland's land forces with five tactical combat training systems “Combat Staff Trainer systems.” The award is the first export contract for this tactical combat training system,...
Russian S-500 Air Defense System Completes Tests, all set to Enter Service
The Russian S-500 air defense system (ADS), said to counter not only aircraft, missiles and space weapons, but also satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) has completed state tests and is...
Russian Helicopters’ Exports Down 19 Per Cent in 2020
Russian Helicopters, one of the worlds leading helicopter manufacturers, exported 39 military helicopters in 2020, a figure down 19% compared to the previous year. According to the companys annual report released...
Russia’s Tekhnodinamika Testing Parachute System for Dogs
Russian firm Tekhnodinamika is in the final stage of testing a parachute system for military dogs. The parachute harness is designed both for single jumps of a parachutist with a dog...
MBDA to Deploy Common Anti-Air Modular Missile onto Royal Navy Type 45
MBDA announced it will for the first time pair a CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) missile with an upgraded Sea Viper command and control (C2) system on board the Royal...
Huntington Ingalls Plans to Acquire Alion Science and Technology for $1.65B
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alion Science and Technology for $1.65 billion in cash from Veritas Capital, subject to customary adjustments
Israel’s IAI Agrees to Set Up World’s First Passenger to Freighter Conversion...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Aviation Group said Tuesday it will establish a passenger to freighter conversion site to convert the Boeing 737-700/800 in partnership with Atitech company, at Atitechs leading MRO center in Naples, Italy. The...
Israel Aerospace Integrates Naval Combat Suite on Sa’ar 6 Corvettes
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems including MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radar onto the Navys Sa'ar 6 corvettes. IAI, together with the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure (part of...
Contact Lost with Russia’s Passenger Aircraft with 28 Onboard
A Russian An-26 airplane with 28 people onboard went missing in the Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka on Tuesday. The countrys emergencies ministry said the aircraft, en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana town, lost...
China Could Hand Over 36 J-10C Jets to Pakistan in 2021
Pakistan will reportedly receive 36 Chengdu J-10C multirole fighters from China by the end of this year. On Monday, House for Strategic & International Affairs (HSIA) posted on Twitter, “Pakistan is set to receive 36 J-10C...
Construction of Ada-Class Corvette for Ukraine Begins in Turkey
Turkey has started building the first MILGEM Ada-class corvette for the Ukrainian Navy, reports say. Under the agreements signed in October and December of 2020, first of the corvettes would be built in Turkey while the...
BIRD Aerosystems Delivers Complete ASIO Maritime Surveillance Task Force Solution to African...
Israel-based BIRD Aerosystems said today that it delivered a complete ASIO Maritime Task Force Solution to an undisclosed African government. The ASIO Maritime Task Force Solution provided includes multiple Cessna Citation CJ3 aircraft that the company...
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...