Curtiss-Wright To Supply Mission Computers For Turkish MALE UAS
Curtiss-Wright has won a contract from Sierra Nevada (SNC) to supply its small form factor rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Tactical Mission Computer technology for use in the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) ANKA Medium-Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS). Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright provides SNC with its Parvus DuraCOR(r) small form...
Singapore Appoints Major-General Perry Lim Cheng Yeow As New Chief Of Defense...
Singapore has appointed Major-General Perry Lim Cheng Yeow, Chief of Army as a new chief of Defense Forces. From 18th August, MG Lim will succeed Lieutenant-General (LG) Ng Chee Meng, the Singapore Defense Forces announced Today
Russia, France Reach Compensation Over Cancelled Mistral Warships' Deal
Russia has reached a compensation deal with France for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships after eight months of negotiation. "The negotiations are completely finished, everything has already been decided, both the time-frame and the amount," President Vladimir Putin's adviser for military and technical cooperation, Vladimir Kozhin was quoted as saying...
Russia, China Building Hypersonic Missiles
China and Russia are developing manoeuvring hypersonic missiles that pose as new threat for the US. Adm
Boeing Delivers Seventh C-17A Globemaster III aircraft To Australia
Boeing has delivered its seventh C-17A Globemaster III aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), strengthening its military, humanitarian and disaster relief support capabilities. The arrival of the new aircraft at RAAF Base in Australia marks the fastest C-17A delivery to the RAAF fleet as it is delivered after three...
Selex To Upgrade Royal Air Force's Puma Rotor-craft With New Radar Warning...
Selex ES has won a $30 million contract from the Royal Air Force to upgrade Airbus Helicopters SA330 Puma HC2 rotorcraft fleet with a SG200-D Radar Warning Receiver. The radar replaces the Sky Guardian 200 that is currently installed on the aircraft, the company announced Wednesday
Embraer Delays Two-Year For KC-390 Certification
Embraers certification for the KC-390 tanker-transport has delayed to the second half of 2017. Further, Embraer is planning to deliver the first KC-390 cargo jets in the first half of 2018, extending a deadline originally set for the end of 2016
Boeing Introduces First Growler Airborne Electronic Attack Aircraft
Boeing has introduced the EA-18 Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft, which is the first of 12 for Australia under a US $2.2 billion acquisition program
Rheinmetall to Supply Canada With Radar Similar To Israel's Iron Dome
Canada will be purchasing US$187.2 million worth 10 Rheinmetall's missile defense radar systems that are patterned after Israels Iron Dome
UAE VVIP Aircraft To Get Four Infrared Countermeasures Systems For $335 Million
The US state Department has approved a US$335 million sale of Four AN/AAQ-24(V) directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) systems to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for installation on its VVIP aircraft meant to transport senior political figures. Manufactured by Northrop Grumman, the DIRCM systems are intended to equip the aircraft of the UAEs Head of State, President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for defending the jet from infrared-guided missiles, especially those fired by man-portable air defence missiles (MANPADS)
Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute Wins $1.73 Billion Software Contract
Carnegie Mellon Universitys Software Engineering Institute has won a $1.73 billion renewed contract to support the US DoD with secure software systems
Lockheed Martin Wins Retrofit modification Contract For F-35 Aircraft
Lockheed Martin has won a $37.5 million contract for retrofit modification of F-35 aircraft
ASELSAN Unveils New Underwater Drone, GOKSUR VLS, CENK 4D Radar at IDEF
Return Alive Foundation Buys Mobile F-16 Maintenance Complexes for Ukraine Air Force
Avio Secures €60M Orders from MBDA for ASTER 30 System
Iran Tests Qaseed Rocket to Launch Low Earth Orbit Satellites
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...