European OCCAR Awards Contract to MBDA for French MAST-F Missile
The European OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) as Contracting Authority, representing the government of France, has agreed a contract with MBDA France for the development, production and initial in-service support phases of the MAST-F missile programme. MAST-F is a weapon system for the MKIII version of the TIGER helicopter capable...
India’s DRDO Conducts Maiden Trial of Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile from Tejas Jet...
Tejas, Indias indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, test fired an Israel-developed fifth generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) on April 27, 2021. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas
Turkey’s New Air-to-Air Missile Hits Target
Turkeys Bozdogan air-to-air missile successfully hit the target after being fired from a jet for the first time. "Turkey has become one of the few countries to own air-to-air missile technology
Raytheon Produce AMRAAMs for Saudi Arabia, S.Korea, Qatar
Raytheon Missiles and Defense has won a contract valued $518 million to produce AMRAAM missiles to ten countries including Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Qatar. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia and South Korea
French DGA Orders 367 MICA NG Missiles
The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has acquired 367 MICA NG missiles from MBDA to arm its Rafale fighter jets under ~€1.8 billion MICA NG program
Lockheed Wins U.S. Navy’s $1.54B Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon Deal
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Israel’s Semi Conductor Devices to Lead Consortium on Development of Novel Vertical...
Israeli company Semi Conductor Devices (SCD) will lead a National Consortium for the development of next generation Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL). The consortium is supported by the Israeli Innovation Authority through its MAGNET Consortium program
DRDO Tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Technology
India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) carried out flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Integrated Test Range Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Friday. All the subsystems including the booster motor and nozzle-less motor performed as expected
Rafael Develops Ground-Based Air Defense Variant of I-Derby ER Missile
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today it completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile. During the test series concluded earlier this week in southern Israel, Rafael performed a ground launch to test the missiles command and control, navigation, and flight trajectory capabilities
Latvia to Procure 42 ASCOD IFVs from Spain's General Dynamics Land Systems
Philippines' Marcos Offers to Return U.S. Missiles If China Stops Harassing its...
Airbus Launches SpainSat NG Satellites to Increase Spain's Communications Capacity Ten Folds
Italy to Procure 380 KF51 Panther Tanks, 1,050 IFVs
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U