India To Get French Rafale Fighters In September
The first of French-origin Rafale fighters will be handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony planned to take place in France in September this year. The first batch of four jets armed with SCALP missiles having a range of over 300km is expected to be ferried...
Indian Navy Issues RFP For 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels Worth $2
The Indian Navy has issued Request For Proposal (RFP) for the construction of six stealth-capable Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) worth about $1.88 Billion (INR 13,000 crore), the Indian media reported Tuesday
Fuel Tank of in-flight HAL- Tejas Jet Falls from Sky
The fuel tank of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) decoupled from the jet while it was flying over Tamil Nadu state, south India, and landed over agricultural field in the outskirts of the state-capital Chennai, on Tuesday morning. The unfortunate incident happened when the...
Lockheed Martin To Integrate, Test Combat System On New Guided Missile Frigates
Lockheed Martin has won a $7 million contract for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) new-construction ships. The work executed under this contract includes combat system (CS) ship integration engineering support and test planning, conducting a waterfront CS ship integration and test program, post-delivery engineering support...
Boeing To Supply Trailing Edge Flaps For US Navy’s F/A-18 Aircraft...
Boeing has won $43 million contract to supply 48 Trailing Edge flaps for US Navys F/A-18 fighter aircraft, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday. A Trailing Edge is the rear edge of an aircrafts wing flap where the airflow separated by the Leading Edge, which is a...
DSCA Approves $240.4M Support Package for Moroccan F-16s
The US State Department has approved a $250.4 million sustainment and support package contract for Moroccos fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters
Russian Missile Misses Syrian Target, Lands in Northern Cyprus
A projectile that hit a mountainside in the Northern Cyprus capital Nicosia yesterday may have been a Russian-made missile that missed a target in Syria. "The first assessment is that a Russian-made missile, part of the air defense system, which was part of the air defense system that took place last night in the face of an airstrike against Syria, completed its range and fell into our country after it missed," Turkish Cypriot foreign minister Kudret Ozersay said on Monday
Norway To Spend 10,000 Working Hours To Estimate Cost Of F-35s After...
A core team consisting of ten people will be assigned 10,000 working hours to estimate the price of the F-35 aircraft after a Norwegian newspaper alleged in April that the government inflated the cost of the fighters by NOK 16 billion (almost $1.9 billion)
Russia Starts Production of S-500 Missile Systems
Production of Russias S-500 surface-to-air missile defense systems, having range greater than its predecessor S-400 has commenced, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Rostec, said Sunday. "We have begun manufacturing the new S-500 systems
Turkey To Get Russian S-400s In Ten Days
Ankara will begin receiving Russian S-400 Triumf missile defense systems in ten days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly said on Monday. “We will get the Russian systems in ten days
General Atomics To Provide Logistics Support To The Gray Eagle UAS
General Atomics has won a $80 million contract to provide logistics support to the US Armys Gray Eagle Block 0 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The MQ-1C Gray Eagle has a maximum altitude capability of 29,000 feet and can take off and land without operator assistance, according to published reports
Armies of Iraq, Djibouti, Lebanon, Romania and Argentina To Get Oshkosh Tactical...
Oshkosh Defense has won as $320 million contract to supply Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) variants to the armies of Iraq, Djibouti, Lebanon, Romania and Argentina. The FMTV is a series of vehicles, based on a common chassis, that vary by payload and mission requirements
Japan, EU to Launch Defense Partnership to Deter China, North Korea &
Turkish ASELSAN to Unveil New GÖKSUR Missile Defense System at EURONAVAL 2024
Taiwan Soldiers Complete Course to Operate HIMARS Artillery in the U.S.
Sniper Targeting Pods for Poland’s FA-50 Fighter jets
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...