The Russian army's airborne troops have received the Verba man-portable surface-to-air defense system (MANPADS) with the Barnaul-T automatic control system, a senior military official said Sunday. Four airborne troop units have been supplied with the latest Verba MANPADS between 2014 and 2015, the Head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Airborne Forces Informational Support Section Evgeniy Meshkov was quoted as saying in various media reports
Finmeccanica has signed a $485 million contract to extend the Tetra PIT program with the Italian Interior Ministry on December 31 2015. The Programme is for the implementation of a Tetra‐based mission‐critical national mobile radio service assuring secure communications for Police Forces
Cubic Corp has won a $15 million contract to provide Future Study Plan (FSP)/Unified Quest (UQ) events services under the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). Cubic will support ARCICs overall efforts for FSP/UQ events including, planning, preparation, execution, assessment and analytical integration, the company said in a statement Monday
The Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM), Barak-8. The warships include aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during its mid-life upgradation (MLU), the two indigenous aircraft carriers being designed and built, the three Delhi-class of destroyers (built under Project 15), three Kolkata class destroyers (Project 15A), four Vishakhpatnam class destroyers (project 15B), three Shivalik class (Project 17) during MLU and seven frigates under Project 17A
The Philippines Defense Department is expected to award military modernization projects to Elta System Ltd and Triton Communication Corp for the supply of air surveillance radars and drones respectively. Data obtained by The STAR showed that the military projects awaiting the issuance of notices of award are the air surveillance radars worth P2
Russias newest frigate Admiral Grigorovich has completed trials in the Barents Sea, the Yantar shipyards official said. "The second and last phase of the certification tests is over
Thousand private companies have received permission to develop and produce weapons or other military equipment, accounting for about 40 percent of defense equipment contractors in China. Xu Dazhe, director of the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for the National Defense, said in July that the government would open more fields in the defense sector to private enterprises and lower the entry threshold for them, Xinhua reported Sunday
Czech Republic will be upgrading Gripen fighter jet fleet leased from Sweden for ground-attack capability. The upgrade will be carried out through Sweden's Defense and Security Export Agency, or FMX
Turbomeca has received EASA engine type certification for its Arrius 2R engine that powers the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. “The Bell 505 is the first production Bell Helicopter to incorporate a Turbomeca engine,” said Turbomeca CEO Bruno Even in a statement Thursday
Ukrainian arms sales have declined 37.4 per cent in 2014 in comparison to arms sales revenue in 2013 largely due to the conflict in the eastern region