Rafael, BDL to Sign MoU Regarding World’s First Soft Kill-Hard Kill Decoy...
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Indias Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint induction of an Anti-Torpedo Defence System called SHADE for the Indian Navy. The MoU will be signed on 05 February 2021, during the Aero India 2021 show at Bengaluru
Seychelles Orders 300-ton Fast Patrol Vessel from India’s GRSE
Indias Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has signed a contract to provide a 300-ton Fast Patrol Vessel to Seychelles
Israel Aerospace Announces Harop Loitering Munitions Sale to Two Asian Nations
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today announced the sale of Harop loitering munitions systems to two different Asian nations - one for the Naval version and another for the Land version. The company announced three deals with a combined worth of $100 million
Russia to Start Serial Delivery of Zircon Missiles in 2022
Serial deliveries of Russias Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missiles will start next year. “The positive results allow us to proceed to the next stage of development - launching from underwater carriers, to complete state tests in 2021 and to start serial deliveries starting in 2022,” Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said Friday...
China Launches Type 075 LHD, Pakistan Navy’s Second Type 054A/P Frigate
China launched the third Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD), and second Type-054 frigate ordered by the Pakistan Navy at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard today. Development work on Type 075 helicopter carriers began in 2011
Rheinmetall, MBDA to Develop Laser Weapon for German Navy
Rheinmetall-MBDA consortium today won a contract to develop laser weapon demonstrator for the German Navy by the end of this year. In a statement, Rheinmetall said Germany's Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded ARGE consortium a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environment
Saab Secures Two Swedish Contracts Pertaining to Visby-Class Corvettes
Saab and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, (FMV), have signed two agreements valued $23 million (190 MSEK) to work on Visby-class corvette upgrades and acquisition of next-generation of these ships. The contracts cover Product Definition Phase for the Mid-Life Upgrades (MLU) of five Visby-class corvettes, as well as a Product Definition Phase for the next generation; Visby Generation 2 corvettes
Chinese Warplanes Practice Ops Simulating U.S. Navy’s Aircraft Carrier as Target in...
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) is said to have dispatched 13 warplanes to the South China Sea (SCS) to conduct operations simulating an attack on the U.S
Russian Nuclear Submarines Construction Period Reduced by 18 Months
Russias Sevmash Shipyard has developed a new block-modular method to build nuclear submarines that could reduce the construction period by nearly 18 months. Specialists from Central design bureaus "Malakhit" and "Rubin", as well as the Center for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Technologies also worked on the project
Turkey to Launch First Indigenous Frigate on Jan 23
Turkey will launch its first frigate of Istanbul-class built under national MILGEM project on January 23. The 113m warship is expected to be delivered to Turkey's Naval Forces Command in 2023,
U.S. Navy Refuses New Freedom LCS until Class-Wide Propulsion Defect is Fixed...
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New Aircraft Carrier Design Unveiled in Russia- Universal Sea Ship "Varan"
Russias Nevsky Design Bureau (PKB) has developed Varan, a universal sea ship (UMK). UMK Varan is an aircraft-carrying complex, characterized by a high degree of automation and the possibility of using robotic systems
Taiwan's Indigenously-built Submarine Submerged & Surfaced in Harbor Trials
Ukraine Orders Additional 35mm Ammunition for Gepard Air Defense Guns
Elbit Systems Secures $60M to Supply Counter-UAS Solutions to NATO European Country
Afraid Trump May End Freebies, Ukraine to "Buy" Weapons from Frozen Russian...
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