Indian MMRCA Bill Balloons To $17 Billion
The value Indian MMRCA deal is set to inflate to a whopping $17 billion from the original $12 billion by the end of this year thanks to the falling Indian rupee. The rupee currently stands at INR 59
UK, Japan Sign Defense Framework Agreement
The UK and Japanese governments have signed a Defence Equipment Cooperation Framework and an Information Security Agreement. The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and His Excellency Mr Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom, today signed 2 agreements which will create a legal framework for closer...
AVIC Aviation Techniques To Be The Face Of China’s Military Aviation Export...
AVIC Aviation Techniques (a subsidiary of state-owned AVIC) is steadily becoming the face of Chinas military industrial growth. With its 10 subsidiaries and two listed companies, the company is responsible for R&D, pre-research, sales, services, manufacture, maintenance and cooperation of UAV, fighter and guided weapons
China Aims At Global Domination of Military and Civil Aviation Market
The next big global defence company to rival Lockheed Martin or EADS could well come from China if the ambitions of the state-owned Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC) are realized. The AVIC rounded out last weeks Paris Air Show 2013 with significant interest shown in its military and civil...
Asia Pacific Defense Budget At Peak: Reports
Asia Pacific budgets are set to outstrip USA and Canada by 2021, fuelled by an explosion in global arms trade that threatens the competitive edge and dominance of US, UK and European defence trade according to the biggest budget and export study since the economic downturn. The study, The Balance of Trad, is presented to clients on 25 June by IHS Inc
Turkey To Integrate Chinese Defense System Into NATO Architecture
Turkey plans to adopt a Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defense system, Turkish procurement officials said, even though it may be impossible to integrate the system with its existing NATO architecture. One senior procurement official familiar with the program said the Turkish government has concluded that the Chinese proposal was technologically satisfactory, allowed technology transfer and was much cheaper than rival proposals
HAL, Dassault Discuss On-going Projects At Paris Air Show
On the sidelines of the Paris Air Show, top executives from HAL and Dassault Aviation sat down to review the progress of ongoing projects, according to an official statement. It is unclear if the two discussed the delays with the MMRCA contract which India and France are expected to sign this year
Does The U.S. See China As the Next Superpower?
U.S President Barak Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday met during an informal summit meeting in Washington to discuss the need to develop better military-to-military relations and improve cyber security cooperation
Pakistan Denies Buying Military Ware From Israel
Pakistan today denied the claims made by a British government report stating that its military has purchased military equipments from Israel. According to the report, Israel exported security equipments over the past five years to Pakistan and four Arab countries
India To Develop Robotic Soldiers To Be Deployed At LoC
India is working to develop robotic soldiers as part of efforts to boost unmanned fighting capabilities, joining a select group of countries in this endeavour, according to the Press Trust of India. Under the project being undertaken by DRDO, robots would be developed with very high level of intelligence to enable them to differentiate between a threat and a friend
India To Conclude Large Procurement Deals This Fiscal
The Indian Air Force is expected to close deals worth $25 billion this fiscal, its largest ever procurement. These include the long-awaited $20-billion 126 MMRCA, three C-130J special-operations planes (as a follow-on order), 22 Boeing Apache Longbow strike helicopters ($1
Swedish Air Force to Retire SK 60 Trainer Aircraft in June
No Donation, U.S. Approves $30 Million HIMARS Artillery System Sale to Ukraine
Luxembourg Allocates €2.6B for French Griffon, Jaguar Armored Vehicles
China Coast Guard Conducts Maritime Rescue Drill Near Huangyan Dao Amidst Regional...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
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...