BAE Systems Helo Countermeasures Against Shoulder-fired Missiles Ready For Export
BAE Systems announced today that its advanced threat infrared countermeasures (Atirm) system for helicopters against shoulder-fired missiles has been approved by the Pentagon for export. BAE and the US Army developed the system to protect Army helicopters against shoulder-fired missiles
Sagem To Integrate SIGMA 30 Pointing Systems On Vertical Launch MICA Missiles
Sagem (Safran) announced today that it has signed a contract with MBDA to integrate SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing systems on several VL MICA surface-to-air weapon systems. Sagem designed SIGMA 30 pointing system will provide air defense systems independent deployment and firing capability in the absence of GPS
India’s Battlefield Management System Prototype To Be Ready By 2017
Indias INR 50,000 crore (US$8.01 billion) Battlefield Management System (BMS) project prototype will be ready by 2017, KK Singh, CMD of Rolta India said during an interview with an Indian News Channel
Lockheed Martin To Supply C-130J Virtual Maintenance Trainer To Australian Air Force...
The Lockheed Martin Australia has won a contract for supplying a C-130J-30 Virtual Maintenance Trainer and a Multi-Function Training Aid (MFTA) to support aircrew training of Royal Australian Air Force. Through this major upgrade, the RAAF will have a standardized curriculum tailored for its operations and based on decades of C-130...
India’s First Public Funded-Privately Executed Defence R& D Project Gets Underway
Indian Government will be funding its first “Make” contract that involves two private consortia (BEL-Rolta and Tata Power and L&T) for a battlefield management system development project of the Indian armed forces. The government will be funding 80 percent of the prototype cost and the remaining 20 percent will have to...
BEL Consortium Selected For $8 Billion Indian Battlefield Management System Project
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Rolta India announced today that their consortium has been selected for the $8.01 billion (INR 50,000 Crore) Battlefield Management System (BMS) development project by Indian Defense Forces
Controp To Debut 3D Video Motion Detection System At GSA 2015
Controp will debut its 3D-GUARD Advanced 3 Dimensional Video Motion Detection at this year's GSA Global Security Asia 2015. The system is designed for the protection of borders, strategic facilities and perimeters, 3D-GUARD is a day/night system for 24/7 automatic detection and alert of moving targets/intruders
Rockwell To Supply Terminal Attack Controller Simulators To Australian Army
Rockwell Collins will provide the Australian Army with the latest generation Joint Fires Observer (JFO)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) simulator that is designed to meet services training requirements. This system, part of the RealFires family of JFO and JTAC simulators, will be located at the School of Artillery and is fully integrated with the Rockwell Collins FireStorm Integrated Targeting System
Exelis Wins US On-The-Move Network Distribution Contract
Exelis has a won a $7.6 million Global Network on the Move-Active Distribution (GNOMAD) systems contract from ADS on behalf of US Department of Defense and Defense Logistics Agencys (DLA) support program, the company said in a statement Tuesday
General Dynamics Team Wins $415 US Army LT2 Product Line Management Contract
General Dynamics team announced today that it has won US Armys $415 million Live Training Transformation (LT2) Consolidated Product-line Management (CPM) Next contract. The original CPM program contract was awarded in 2009 by the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Program Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE)
Exelis Wins 10.7 M Contract From DARPA To Develop Next-Generation Communications Capability
Exelis has won a $10.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a new multifunctional chip for airborne radio applications
KRET To Introduce Modern Radio-Electronic Solutions At Aero India 2015
Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a part of the Rostec, will introduce modern radio-electronic solutions for the Indian Air Force at Aero India 2015 The foreign partners are to become familiar with the latest achievements in a field of the identification friend or foe, special electronics, electronic systems for aviation and radio-electronic solutions within the Russian stand,. The Concern is ready to export both the latest complexes for EW solutions and the latest avionics
British Typhoon Aircraft’s Canopy Jettisoned after Suspected Bird Strike
Netherlands Navy Receives Two Renovated Landing Craft
Polish Airport Secured With Two Patriot Missile Batteries for Ukraine Aid Hub
Estonia Receives Six HIMARS Units From Lockheed Martin
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