GD To Co-Produce Digital Display Systems With Local Avionics Firm For Indian...
General Dynamics and India-based Samtel Avionics will co-produce digital display systems for the Indian Army and GD. The partnership will produce multi-function displays (MFDs) for armoured and reconnaissance vehicles, and for civilian use in utility vehicles like those used for garbage collection
Rockwell Collins’ New MultiScan ThreatTrack Weather Radar To Equip Boeing 737s
Singapore-based SilkAir has selected Rockwell Collins new MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar, for its 23 Next-Generation Boeing 737s. SilkAir has also chosen Rockwell Collins Dispatch 100 service and asset management program for its new Boeing fleet
Lockheed Martin Wins Saudi Arabia Apache Pilotage And Targeting Systems Support Contract
Lockheed Martin has won a $22 million contract to provide Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) Special Repair Activities for the Royal Saudi Land Forces' Apache attack helicopters. Under this three-year contract, Lockheed Martin will provide tools and test equipment to maintain components of the M-TADS/PNVS system...
Pakistan, Four Other Countries Get USAF Certified Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare...
The US Air Force has certified and installed the latest operational software for mission data files for Exelis AIDEWS systems in Chile, Oman, Poland, Pakistan and Turkey. Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) is an electronic warfare (EW) self-protection system that shields F-16 fighter aircraft from advanced radio frequency threats...
Kinetics, L-3 CPS Sign Agreement To Manufacture InfiniDrive HMX Transmissions
Kinetics Drive Solutions Inc. has signed an agreement with L-3 Combat Propulsion Systems, which provides L-3 CPS with a manufacturing license for the Kinetics HMX Series of Infinitely Variable Transmissions
Thales Wins Support Contract For Sonar 2050 Anti-Submarine Sensor
Thales has won a five-year contract with the UKs Ministry of Defence to provide support for the Sonar 2050 anti-submarine sensor used on the Royal Navys Type 23 Duke-class frigate fleet. Sonar 2050 is a medium-range bow sonar currently fitted to thirteen Type 23 frigates and is the Royal Navys primary hull-mounted anti-submarine warfare sensor
Sagem To Equip French Navy Vessels With New Optronic Systems
Sagem (Safran) has won a contract to supply new-generation electro-optical multifunction system (EOMS-NG) for the French Navy's Horizon-class anti-air warfare (AAW) vessels and Cassard-class anti-aircraft ships. Under the contract, Sagem will upgrade the optronic systems installed aboard the Navy's four vessels, including two Horizon-class and two Cassard-class vessels
ATLAS Sonar System To Equip Indian Navy Warships
A European-firm, Atlas Elektronik has won the competition to equip Indian Navys indigenous Delhi class and Russian-origin Talwar class warships with its sonar system. The Navy officials were quoted as saying by Press Trust of India (PTI) that the firm is the lowest bidder and the Defence Ministry is yet to declare its final decision on the deal
Exelis To Highlight Upgraded Electronic Warfare Suites At Singapore Air Show
Exelis will showcase the Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) and other secutiry products at the 2014 Singapore Air Show at the Changi Exhibition Centre Feb. 11 - 16
Axis Launch Bird Detection and Monitoring Radar Systems At Defexpo 2014
Axis Aerospace & Technologies Ltd (AAT) launched their first ever Bird Detection & Monitoring Radar System (BDMRS) at the Defexpo 2014, developed to address the bird menace faced by aircrafts both civil and military. Bird hits are the most menacing hazards faced by aircrafts globally
Pipavav Defence, ATLAS To Build Heavyweight Torpedo
Indias Pipavav Defence & Offshoring Engineering Company (PDOC) and Germany-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK are teaming up to build new Heavyweight Torpedo for the Indian Navy. ATLAS also offers the SeaHake mod4 torpedo, amongst the most advanced Heavyweight Torpedoes and has a range in excess of 140 km
Raytheon Wins Cyber Network Research Contract
Raytheon has won a $9.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of its Plan X program, which seeks to help US government agencies plan, execute and assess cyber network operations
Bangladesh Navy Signs Do228 Fleet Maintenance Deal with General Atomics AeroTec Systems
Rostec Begins Deliveries of New Anti-Drone System Dvina-100M
South Korea Converting KF-21 Jet into 5th-generation Fighter
Israel Test Rail-Mounted Robotic Eye for 24x7 Perimeter Surveillance
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...