Lockheed Martin Restarts P-3 Orion Wing Production Line
Lockheed Martins wing production line for the P-3 Orion Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) program has been restarted in Canada and Chile on March 4. The MLU replaces the outer wings, center wing, horizontal stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer leading edges, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
New Hov Pod Carbon Fibre Hovercraft Completes Flight Test
Hov Pod announced today that its new Carbon Infinity 120HP Turbo 7-seater hovercraft has completed its first field test. The first carbon fibre hovercraft can pick up half a tonne in weight 1105 pounds or 500 Kgs from an on-water start subject to operating conditions
Russian Air Force To Receive First Fully Home Made Aircraft Tanker By
Russian Air Force is expected to receive first aircraft tanker (Il-78-90A) fully produced in the nation by 2018, a defense industry source told RIA Novosti on Monday. Earlier the Il-78 aircraft had been assembled by the Tashkent Chkalov Industrial Group in Uzbekistan
Australian KC-30 Multirole Tanker Transport Operational This Year
The Airbus KC-30A multirole tanker transport (MRTT) is likely to achieve final operating capability with the Royal Australian Air Force this year. The RAAF has five KC-30As, including one currently deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Okra
L-3 To Deliver MXTM-15D EO/IR Imaging And Designating Systems To UAE...
L-3 WESCAM has won a contract from IOMAX for delivering 28 MXTM-15D electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging and designating turrets to the UAE. Fitted to a fleet of IOMAX Archangel turboprop aircraft, the MX- 15Ds will support close air support and armed border patrol missions carried out by a customer within the United...
Embraer To Exhibit KC-390 Military Airlifter, Tanker At IDEX 2015
Embraer is showcasing the A-29 Super Tucano light attack airplane and advanced trainer as well as the new KC-390 military airlifter and tanker at IDEX 2015 this week. The A-29 Super Tucano was selected for the US Air Forces Light Air Support program to perform counter insurgency missions in Afghanistan
Raytheon To Provide Application-Based Architecture To P-8A Poseidon
Raytheon has won a $15 million contract from the US Navy to provide an open system application-based architecture (ABA) to fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. Under this contract, Raytheon will deliver two prototype ABA systems featuring software-based mission applications and services-oriented architecture and airborne Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) computing capabilities
HAL To Sign Hawk Maintenance Contract At Aero India
HAL is expected to sign maintenance tot agreement with BAE Systems for Hawk MK 132 aircraft here at Aero India 2015. Designed to provide most efficient and cost-effective method of training pilots by integrating air and ground based elements, the Hawk Mk132 is a dual seat multi-purpose aircraft, primarily used for basic, advanced and weapons training of the pilots
Airbus Set to Sign Indian MRTT Tanker Contract
Airbus and the Indian MoD are set to sign a contract to procure the multirole tanker transporter (MRTT) aircraft based on the A330 platform. Well informed officials told Defenseworld
AM General Submits Final Proposal For JLTV Program
AM General has submitted the final proposal for its Blast Resistant Vehicle-Offroad (BRV-O) entrant into the US governments Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, Wednesday. The BRV-O is a combat system designed and built with a total focus on Warfighter needs, by a team whose sole calling is fielding the worlds best light tactical vehicles, said AM General President and CEO, Charlie Hall in the statement
IAI Introduces New Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a maritime patrol aircraft, dubbed ELI-3360 based on the Bombardier Global 5000 business jet. Avishai Izhakian, deputy general manager of IAI's Elta Systems airborne systems and radars division said, "there are negotiations with some potential customers for the new system, which incorporates the companys ELM-2022 maritime search radar and an electro-optical/infrared sensor
Decision On Indian Air Force’s Avro Replacement In A Couple Of Days...
Indian defense ministry is likely to decide on the sole Airbus-Tata joint bid to replace Indian Air Forces (IAF) fleet of 56 Avro aircraft fleet with C-295 military transport carrier in the coming week. Defense ministry sources said the next meetings of the defense acquisition council (DAC) would deliberate on the bid worth multi crore rupees
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Tested in Secretive U.S. Launch from Cape Canaveral...
Kim Jong-un Attends Launch of 5,000-Ton Destroyer at North Korean Naval Shipyard
India Closer to Hypersonic Weapon: DRDO Conducts Second Test of Scramjet Engine
Poland’s First Locally Built AW149 Helicopter Takes Flight
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...
