Russia, Egypt Close To Signing $3.5 Billion Arms Contracts
Russia and Egypt have initialed arms contracts worth $3.5 billion, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin said Wednesday
Indra To Exhibit At Africa Aerospace & Defence Show 2014
Indra will be showcasing its defense portfolio, featuring aerial defense, border surveillance and simulation and training solutions at the Africa Aerospace & Defence fair (AAD 2014) held in Centurion, South Africa, from September 17-21. At the exhibit, Indra will present a scale model of its long-range 3D LANZA Radar for Aerial...
Airbus Plans Restructure, To Sell Off Fairchild Controls, Atlas Elektronik
Airbus announced Tuesday plans to sell several subsidiaries from its defence division to focus on its core businesses of space activities, military planes and missiles, according to media reports. "Some business areas are identified as divestment candidates as they do not fit the strategic goals," the company said in a statement,...
DRS Technologies To Provide Command And Control Hardware Products To US Navy
DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that the U
US Navy Eyes Arming Helicopters With Energy Laser Weapons
The High Energy Fiber Laser Project of the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) intends to procure technical assistance and systems engineering in the development, testing, and fielding of the High Energy Laser Weapons System (HELWS). NAWCWD serves as a focal point for defining HEFL system and sub-system requirements,...
MBDA, Roketsan Sign MoU For 70mm Guided Weapon System
MBDA and Roketsan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop a 70mm guided weapon system. Under the terms of the agreement signed at the ILA Berlin Air Show, the two companies will initiate the exchange of business and technical information for a guided weapon system based on the 70mm rocket concept for the German UH Tiger
French Air Force Successfully Demo Raytheon Paveway II GBU-50
Raytheon and the French Air Force successfully completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. "Raytheon is committed to delivering GBU-50's unique capabilities to our French customer,” said Mike Jarrett, vice president of Air Warfare Systems
L-3 Communications To Supply Laser Target Designators To South Korea
L-3 Communications has been awarded a contract to deliver state-of-the-art Ground Laser Target Designators (GLTD) to the Republic of Korea (ROK). L-3s new Scarab system is a modular laser designator equipped with rangefinding and an IR thermal imager, providing accurate target designation during the day, night and in nearly all battlefield conditions
Uralvagonzavod To Debut BMPT-72 At Russia Arms EXPO 2013
Uralvagonzavod will present its latest Tank Support Fighting Vehicle BMPT-72 at the Russia Arms EXPO 2013 on September 25, 2013. BMPT-72 is a breakthrough modernization of the world-famous Uralvagonzavod T-72 tank
Thales Signs 60 Million Euros Laser System Contract
Thales today signed a contract worth €60 million to develop a high-intensity laser system at the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Romania. The Thales laser system will generate an unprecedented power level of 2 x 10 petawatts (10E15 watts) in ultrashort pulses
Camero To Display XAVER Series At LAAD
Camero announces its award of a tender to supply XAVER 400 Tactical Through-Wall Imaging systems to the Special Forces units of a South American army, adding another country to the 25 others already using these systems. The company will display its well known world leading XAVER 400 at LAAD
Saab Wins Contract for weapon systems from U.S. Special Operations Command
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the U.S
U.A.E. Receives Fourth Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft
U.S. Approves $700M Arms Sale to Netherlands for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles...
Poland Cleared to Buy Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for $1.3B
France's Third Barracuda Submarine Begins Nuclear Reactor Startup
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...
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...