Trump Orders Review of Defence Industry Raw Material Supply Chain
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday ordering an assessment of materials, manufacturing and components required for the defense industry, their sourcing and supply chains. Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, said in a background briefing to reporters that there is a shortage of domestic companies that can...
Bureaucratic Headwinds Spook Shinmaywa US-2 Aircraft Procurement in India
The procurement of 12 amphibious Aircraft from Shinmaywa of Japan which has been held up due to bureaucratic procedures in India could face further headwinds following the release of new defence procurement procedures(DPP). The procurement proposal had gone up to the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), India's supreme defence purchase body chaired...
Russia Starts Unannounced Nuclear Weapons Readiness Test
Russias Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) have begun an unannounced test of its nuclear weapons near the central Russian city Yoshkar-Ola, the SMFs press center said Wednesday. “The Committee of the Command of Strategic Missile Forces is conducting an unannounced test of the condition and security provisions of nuclear weapons in the...
China Transparent On Its Military Spending: Chinese Media
China has claimed that its growing military spending is way less than that of US, UK and Japan in terms of per capita expenditure. Refuting the annual military balance report by UK based International Institute For Strategic studies that accused Beijing of lack of transparency in its military spending, Chinese Foreign...
Finmeccanica Aims To Re-Launch Group With New Industrial Plan For FY2015
Finmeccanica announced Tuesday approved the groups industrial plan for FY2015 guidance. The Plan is also the start of a re-launch and development of the Group, with a focus on the areas of excellence and a more effective commercial presence in key international markets
US Releases Revised Military Intelligence Budget
The Department of Defense released Saturday its revised Military Intelligence Program (MIP) request for the FY 2015 valued at $16.6 billion
Finmeccanica Unanimously Approves Interim Financial Report, Third Quarter Results
The Board of Directors of Finmeccanica, convened today under the chairmanship of Gianni De Gennaro, examined and unanimously approved the Interim Financial Report at 30 September 2014 and the results for the third quarter of 2014. With regard to commercial performance, considerably more orders were acquired than the first nine months of 2013, both in Aerospace and Defence and Transportation, Finmeccanica said in a statement
UK Defense And Security Export Increased By 13% in 2013
UK achieved defense export sales of £9.8 billion in 2013 (up 11
Russia To Increase Arms Exports By 2020
Russia is planning to quadruple its annual arms sales to $50 billion by 2020 in a race for the top spot on the global arms exporters list, a senior government official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “Not counting inflation, I think we could reach $50 billion [in arms exports] annually by 2020,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in Moscow
Sustained Military Spending Paves Way To Wide-Spread Progress In Indonesia
Indonesia is quickly growing into a military power in South East Asia as it continues to strengthen its armed forces with the best in technology and weapons. Since 2009, the country’s defense budget has grown steadily from $3
Electronic Warfare Sales To Rise Amid Budget Cuts
Electronic warfare systems such as electronic intelligence, electronic counter-measures and counter-improvised explosive devices have emerged as standard fitments on a variety of military platforms. According to a research study by defenseworld
What Brought Down Ukrainian Su-27: Own F-16 or Russian Drone?
Anduril Rolls Out Pulsar-L Electromagnetic Warfare System for Fast-Deploy Missions
Pakistan Warns Of Indian Strike After Terrorist Attack Kills 26 Tourists in
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Norway Completes F-35 Fleet Delivery, Receives First Joint Strike Missile for Stealth...
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...
