China Begins Large-scale Military Exercise Aimed at Taiwan
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) began a six-day, large-scale, live-fire military drill in an area of the East China Sea on Wednesday, according to a Chinese media. Taiwans Defense Ministry said that the military has a firm grasp of the activities and was monitoring the Chinese movements closely
CAE 700MR Series Flight Training Device For Military Helicopter Training Unveiled at...
CAE announced the launch of the CAE 700MR Series flight training device (FTD), a next-generation FTD designed specifically for military helicopter flight and mission training, at the Farnborough International Airshow today. “We listened to our customers to design and develop a high-end flight training device that addresses the highest priorities for...
CAE to Provide Instructor Support Services for US Navy
CAE has won a contract to provide the US Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) with Contract Instruction Services (CIS) that will support the delivery of ground-based training to the United States Navy. Under terms of the five-year CNATRA CIS contract, which was awarded as a base contract with four one-year...
Swedish Army Orders Saab’s Training Systems
Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for providing training systems to the Swedish Army. The order value amounts to SEK 51 million and deliveries will take place at the end of 2018
UAE To Wind Up Somalia Military Training Program
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to end its military training program in Somalia, following the seizure of nearly 10 million dollars from a UAE Royal Jet by the Somali government last week. “The UAE has decided to disband its military training program in Somalia,” said a government statement run...
Boeing To Provide P-8A Maintenance Device Training System Upgrades For US, Australia...
Boeing has been awarded a $35.9 million worth contract to provide upgrades to P-8A maintenance device training system for the U
L3 Tech Wins $218 Million to Supply New F/A-18 Aircraft Training Systems
L3 Technologies has won $218 million contract for the procurement of new training systems, as well as hardware and software upgrades and modifications to existing F/A-18C/D/E/F and EA-18G aircrew training systems for the US Navy. This contract will also support software configuration set upgrades, engineering change proposals, Naval Aviation Simulation Master Plan upgrades and spare parts for hardware deliverables, the US department of defense said in a statement Friday
Turkey to Train Nigerian Submarine Officers
Turkey and Nigeria have signed an agreement in the field of military training, the Turkish government's Official Gazette announced on Monday. The agreement will enable the two countries to train submarine officers, petty officers and international divers
Saab To Modernize Netherlands Army’s Mobile Combat Training Centre
Swedish firm Saab has received an order from the Defence Material Organisation, DMO, for support and update of simulators to the Netherlands Armys Mobile Combat Training Centre. The order value amount to SEK 115 million is a two-year extension and includes an option for one additional year of support
Leonardo and Team To Provide Air Support Service To British Armed Forces
The Leonardo, Top Aces and Inzpire team, named Red Aces, has been down-selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to compete for a contract to meet the Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) capability. Team Red Aces is creating an industry-leading solution to provide a safe, highly representative live air support service to the British Armed Forces and its allies
CAE To Provide NH90 Helicopter Training Solution For Qatar’s Air Force
CAE was awarded a subcontract valued at more than C$150 million from Leonardo Helicopters to provide the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) with a comprehensive NH90 helicopter training solution. The QEAF has signed a contract with Leonardo Helicopters to acquire a fleet of both NH90 tactical transport helicopters (TTH) and NH90 NATO frigate helicopters (NFH)
Lockheed Martin Awarded $3.5 Billion US Army Training Contract
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3,531,926,800 contract for US Army training aids, devices, simulators and simulations, maintenance, sustainment, operations and support of instrumentation systems and live-fire ranges. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2025, a brief announcement from the US DoD said on March 15
Turkish Military Orders 12 Hurjet Block-1 Aircraft
Argentina gets U.S. Nod to Buy Basler BT-67 Aircraft
Netherlands, Czech Republic to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine
First Batch of Modernized Dutch Apache Echo Helicopters Now Combat-Ready
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U