Russia Highlights BMP-3 Dragun Armored Vehicle At Russian Arms Expo
Russia highlighted its latest version of BMP-3 Dragun armored vehicle at the Russia Arms Expo that concluded recently. An updated version of BMP-3, the BMP-3M Dragun AFV features an uninhabited combat module with a front-loaded engine, Sputnik International reported Thursday
Japan Allows Military To Fight Overseas
Japan's parliament has voted into law on Saturday a defense policy shift that relaxes the constitutional limits on its military power for fighting overseas. A main feature of the new laws is removal of long-standing ban on exercising the right of collective self-defence, or defending the US or another friendly nation...
Australia To Build Next-Gen Submarines Locally
Australian Defense Ministry is considering developing its next generation submarines locally instead of buying it from Japan as favoured by former prime minister Tony Abbott. France, Germany and Japan are in the running to secure Australia's defence procurement programme worth Aus$50 billion (US$36 billion), to replace current diesel and...
China Completes Air-to-Air Missile Development For Fifth-Gen Fighter Jet
The Chinese Luoyang Electro-Optical Research Institute (LEOC) has almost completed development of its fifth-generation PL-10 short-range air-to-air missile (AAM). The missile's chief designer Liang Xiaogeng said that the PL-10 weighs 89 kg, has a length of 3 m, and a range of 20 km
L-3 Wins Communications Upgrade Contract For US Army’s Apache helicopter
L-3 Communications has won a new communications upgrade subcontract from Science and Engineering Services in support of the US Armys Apache helicopter program. The project offers increased communications capacity between the Apache and unmanned systems, the company announced Thursday
Harris Corporation To Supply Tactical Radio Systems To Central Asian Nation
Harris Corporation has won a $26 million to provide Falcon III tactical radios for supporting special operations forces in a Central Asian country. The orders include the Harris RF-7800H-MP wideband HF/VHF tactical manpack radio for expanded data capabilities in long-range and beyond-line-of-sight environments
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Thailand To Buy Four T50 trainer jets From South Korea
South Korea has secured a $110 million contract from Thailand to export four T-50 trainer jets. The agreement was clinched between the Korea Aerospace Industries and the Thai government in Seoul, the Korea Herald reported Thursday
South Korea To Host ADEX Defense Exhibition Next Month
South Korea will host a defense exhibition, ADEX 2015, next month to showcase worldwide high-tech weapons, including the US Global Hawk surveillance aircraft. The Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition that starts on October 20 will run for six days
Rockwell Collins Wins DARPA Contract To Develop GPS Backup Technologies For Contested...
Rockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program
Denel To Display RG21 Mine-Protected Vehicle At DSEi 2015
Denel will display RG21 mine-protected vehicle, which is capable to withstand a 21kg blast under any wheel at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi 2015). The 4X4 vehicle can also with stand a 14kg charge under hull, the company announced Wednesday
US Navy Tests Raytheon-Built SeaRAM Missile Launcher
The US Navy has launched a tactical missile from a SeaRAM launcher on an Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS) known as U.S
Lockheed Martin Wins Desert Hawk 3 Contract from UK MoD
Lockheed Martin has won a contract frojm the UK ministry of defense to support Desert Hawk 3 programme and establish the small unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a Core Defence Capability. "Desert Hawk has served the UK military well in providing intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance to tactical warfighters,"said Jay McConville, Lockheed Martin director of business development for Unmanned Solutions
Chinese Carrier Based J-35 Jets Could Fly off Proposed New Russian Aircraft...
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
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...