UK MoD Awards BAE Systems £250M for Tempest Jet Development
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) today awarded BAE Systems approximately £250 million ($348.77million) to progress the design and development of Tempest, the UKs Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
S.Korea, Qatar to get New AMRAAM Missiles
Raytheon won a contract valued $483 million to produce AMRAAM missiles for Canada, Hungary, Korea, Netherlands, and Qatar. This modification contract is for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot
S.Korea Deploys Indigenous, Hi-Tech Mortar System
South Korea has started deploying an upgraded version of its indigenous 81-millimeter mortar system. According to Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the development of the system took five years and was...
Russian MoD Orders Ten S-500 Missile Systems
Russian Ministry of Defense placed an order with Almaz-Antey for ten S-500 missile systems. "Russian defense ministry signed a contract with VKO Almaz-Antey on shipment of over 10 Prometey systems to...
Turkish firm, ASFAT Exports 4 Mine-clearing vehicles to Burkina Faso
Turkish state-owned defense firm ASFAT has received an order for four unmanned minesweeping equipment to Burkina Faso. “We made our first defense industry export to the region with the sale of 4 Mechanical Mine Clearing Vehicle,”...
Thales, IIIT Delhi Sign MoU on Complex Microprocessor Research
Thales signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-D) to enable collaborative research and development in the field of Open Hardware and other allied subjects. The collaboration will enable co-development of...
Navantia Completes Tropicalization of Norwegian F310 Frigates
Spains Navantia shipyard has completed complex tropicalization work of the Roald Amundsen frigate (F-311) that Navantia designed and built for the Norwegian Navy between 2000 and 2011. The warship is second of the Fridjof Nansen Class
Elbit Deploys TORCH-X Battle Management System in NATO’s Interoperability Exercise
Elbit Systems UK deployed TORCH-X based Battle Management Application system (BMA) to support UK Higher Headquarters preparedness activities for Five Eyes and NATO operations in NATOs Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise 2021 (CWIX 2021). Held during June...
Taiwan Navy Receives Tuo Chiang-class Stealth Corvette
Taiwan Navy took delivery of its Tuo Chiang-class stealth corvette on Tuesday. Taiwan launched the first Tuo Chiang-class corvette named Ta Chiang in Yilan county in December
Who is the Mystery Launch Customer of Russia’s Upcoming ‘Checkmate’ Fighter Jet?...
Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has commenced assembling the first prototype of the new Light Strike Fighter (LTS) code-named ‘Checkmate, at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft plant (KAANZ) just a week after the official ...
Ukraine’s Artem Wins $200M to Provide R-27 Missiles to Mystery Customer
Ukraines Artem Holding company reportedly won a $200 million contract from an unnamed customer to provide R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles. “The company received an advance payment and began to fulfill the largest contract for the last...
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...
