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S. Korean Navy Deploys 4 Additional Wildcat choppers

July 5, 2017 @ 01:22 PM

South Korea's Navy has deployed four additional AW-159 shipborne anti-submarine helicopters to a front-line fleet for combat operations. The Navy acquired eight AW-159 choppers, also known as Wildcats, last year in two batches in June and December, respectively

Moscow, Cairo To Sign Deals On Ka-52K Helicopter For Egypt's Mistral-Class Helicopter...

July 5, 2017 @ 11:36 AM

Russia will sign two contracts with Egypt on the Ka-52K helicopter and operating equipment supplies for its Mistral-class helicopter carriers. "We must understand that the ships need to be additionally equipped with systems to operate the Russian helicopters

Russia, Indonesia Agree on Offsets For Su-35 fighter jets

July 5, 2017 @ 10:19 AM

Russia and Indonesia have agreed an offset obligation program that outlined the Su-35 fighter jet's concept, as well as arranged delivery times and training programs. "The theoretical work is completed

Embraer Delivers Phenom 100 Jet For UK's Military Flight Training

July 5, 2017 @ 08:46 AM

Embraer has delivered today the first of five Phenom 100 business jet to Affinity Flight Training Services for the UK military's pilot training program. The aircraft has been selected to provide Multi-Engine Pilot Training to UK Armed Forces as part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence´s Military Flying Training System...

Russia To Assemble T-90 Tanks Under License In Egypt

July 5, 2017 @ 08:45 AM

Russias Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) corporation will build a facility to assemble T-90S/SK tanks under license in Egypt, the company stated in its 2016 report, published on Tuesday. "Works on territories of foreign states to create facilities for complex maintenance and repair of previously supplied equipment, including implementation of projects to create joint...

Cruise Missile Test Launched From Russian Nuclear Submarine

July 5, 2017 @ 07:01 AM

Russias Smolensk nuclear-powered submarine has test-launched a cruise missile that hit the designated target in the Barents Sea from underwater position. "From the underwater position, a Granit missile was fired against a combined sea-based target at a distance of about 400 kilometers," the Northern Fleets press service said on Wednesday

German Fennek Reconnaissance Vehicles To Be Modified In Euro 88 Million Contract

July 4, 2017 @ 05:27 PM

The Dutch DMO (Defence Materiel Organisation) has ordered EUR 88 million ($99.8 million) worth modification of 30 Fennek reconnaissance vehicles to JFST (Joint Fire Support Team) status for the German Army

Cyberattack On Israeli Hospitals Led By 'Palestinian' Hacker

July 4, 2017 @ 01:52 PM

Israeli cyber security researchers are claiming that the virus that attacked computers in two Israeli hospitals last week was released by a hacker who identifies himself as a Palestinian. The virus is a spy tool designed to extract information

Israeli Surveillance Drone Crashes Over Gaza Strip

July 4, 2017 @ 01:05 PM

Israel's Skylark-model unmanned aerial vehicle crashed Tuesday in the south of the Gaza Strip. The unnamed aerial vehicle fell in the south of the Gaza Strip

Rheinmetall To Modernize Bundeswehr’s Boxer Command Vehicles

July 4, 2017 @ 12:22 PM

Rheinmetall has won $23.8 million contract to upgrade 38 Boxer multipurpose armoured transport vehicles for the Bundeswehr, all of them configured for a command role

NASA To Shoot Didmyos Asteroid To Defend Earth From Destroying Impact

July 4, 2017 @ 10:43 AM

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is readying its first mission to deflect an asteroid, a move that is likely to help the space agency to understand how Earth can be defended from a planet-destroying impact. The spacecraft for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is now moving to the design phase,

New Chinese Tank Can Block Anti-Tank Rounds

July 4, 2017 @ 10:00 AM

A new Chinese light tank which was put to trials in Tibet last week is reported to feature the FY series armor armor which can block anti-tank shells of varying piercing power. The tank probably has a higher than normal amount of protective explosive reactive armor, forming a pointed nose, various Chinese and international media reported

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