Indian Air Forces frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi-30 fleet grounded after a crash in Pune on October 14 will be back in service within a weeks time, Air Force Chief Arup Raha said Friday. This is the longest period that the Russian-made aircraft has been grounded since 2009 when operations were suspended for nearly three weeks following an accident
China and Pakistan may soon sell fighter jets developed jointly to an unidentified Middle Eastern country, Bloomberg reported today. The report says that they are in advanced talks with the country to make its first foreign purchase
France has to deliver the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier to Russia by the end of this month or else face serious legal consequences; a high ranking source in Moscow was quoted as saying by Sputnik Friday. “We are preparing for different variations
General Dynamics has won three contracts worth $311 million for the Canadian defense forces that include providing Mercury Global anchor stations and surveillance system for light armored upgrade vehicles, the company announced Thursday. Two of these contracts are worth CDN $59
Dassault Systems announced the launch of “Engineered to Fly” digital continuity from design engineering to manufacturing solution for small and medium sized aerospace and defense suppliers during its annual 3D Experience Forum, North America Wednesday. Aerospace and defense suppliers today face significant pressure to improve gross margins, revenues and market share
ThalesRaytheon Systems announced today that it has successfully completed system testing for NATOs Air Command and Control System program (ACCS). The tests demonstrated the systems ability to operate in a network configuration linking the pilot sites at Lyon Mont Verdun in France, Glons in Belgium, Uedem in Germany and Poggio Renatico in Italy
Turkey is likely to cancel the missile defense systems with China and call for new bidders early next year, AFP reported today. Turkey was in negotiations with China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation (CPMIEC) to acquire its first long range anti-missile systems last September
Russia has rubbished claims that it gave China the BrahMos missile technology which it jointly developed with India after Beijing unveiled the new CX-1 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) at the Zhuhai Airshow 2014. Developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the missile resembles design features similar to Russian-Indian BrahMos or Russian P-800 Oniks (Yakhont) cruise missile and has a range between 50 km and 280 km
The US Department of Defense (DoD) first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) will be unveiled by the U.S
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) unveiled today the new CX-1 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) at the Zhuhai Airshow 2014. The missile has two variants; CX-1B that can be truck launched from land and the CX-1A designed to be surface launched from a vessel at sea