Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAS Completes Shipboard Trails For South African Navy
Schiebels CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has demonstrated its capabilities to the South African Navy from 20 to 23 October 2015 in the shipboard trials. During the trials the payload of choice was the Selex ES SAGE Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system, rendering the CAMCOPTER S-100 capable of detecting, identifying...
China's Amphibious Landing Ship Type 072B Enters Service
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned the Taihangshan, a new Type 072B landing ship last week. The ship was developed for amphibious operations at an unknown naval base of the East Sea Fleet, the Want China Times reported today
CPI To Support US Navy's Aegis Radar Systems
The Econco Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has won a $9.7 million contract for the production of new power grid devices to support the US Navy's Aegis radar systems
US Navy To Install Missile Systems On Littoral Combat Ships
The US Navy is considering installing surface-to-surface missiles in the next two littoral combat ships (LCS). The Littoral Combat Ship program was initiated in 2002 and has two versions
Smiths To Supply Chemical Agent Detector For New-Gen UK Military Vehicles
Smiths Detection has won a £6 million contract from General Dynamics UK to supply chemical agent detectors for the AJAX Programme. Production of up to 589 vehicles is planned under the UK MOD programme, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2017, the company announced today
Harris Corp Wins High Frequency Tactical Radio Antennas Contract From US Army
Harris Corporation has won a five-year, $12 million contract to provide high-frequency (HF) tactical radio antennas to the US Army. The award was received during the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the company announced today
Russia Likely To Discuss 154 Sukhoi PAK FA Fighter Jets To India
Russia is expected to sign contract with India to deliver 154 Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fighter jets during the upcoming annual Indo-Russian summit. The agreement, which will be under the joint FGFA initiative, will include work share and a commitment to the number of single-seat and double-seat aircraft, The Financial Express reported today
Northrop Grumman Wins Australian F/A-18 Advanced Targeting Systems Logistics Follow-on Contract
Northrop Grumman has won a contract from Royal Australian Air Force to continue providing logistics support for its F/A-18 Hornet Target Designation Systems, which use the AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING pod. The contract is the second four-year extension of the agreement between the RAAF and Northrop Grumman
US Denies S. Korea Permission To Sell Supersonic Jet To Uzbekistan
The US has denied permission to South Korea to export $400 million worth 12 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan. The US refusal is another blow to Korea's program to develop its own military aircraft following the US refusal to hand over key avionics technologies regarding F-35 fighters to Korea
India-Israel To Develop AESA Radar For LCA Tejas
India will develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with Israel for the next generation of its Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA). The Indian air force has accepted the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) which previously it had opposed, Business Standard reported Sunday
Lockheed Martin Wins USAF Contract For Boosting Sniper Targeting Pod Accuracy
Lockheed Martin has won a $176 million contract from the US Air Force for Sniper Advanced Targeting-Pod Sensor Enhancement kits. Sniper ATP-SE has improved sensors, a two-way datalink and algorithms that increase air-to-ground, air-to-air and maritime targeting capability, the company announced Friday
South Korea To Produce Parts For Northrop's Global Hawk Drones
South Korea has set to manufacture components for USA's Global Hawk Unmanned aircraft systems( UAS). The Global Hawk drones deliver a broad overview and systematic intelligence of target areas by using high-resolution radar and long-range electro-optical and infrared sensors
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
Norway to Buy 9 Sikorsky HH-60W Helicopters Worth $2.6 Billion
L3Harris Delivers First Overhauled P-8A Poseidon from 139-Aircraft Navy Fleet
South Korea’s DAPA Finishes Incheon Class Frigate Search Radar Upgrade
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...