Indias defence research and development budget has remained static, if not declining in the last two years. In 2014-15, the R&D spend of the ministry of defence (MoD) has been Rs 15,282
Saab is exploring a new conductive ultra-light and strong material, ‘Graphene to use it in camouflage and other defense and security products. Graphene is the worlds first 2D material obtained in 2004
Rheinmetall Defense sales rose by €159 million or 18% to €1,054 million in the first six months of 2015 (first half year 2014: €895 million). Adjusted for currency effects, the growth was 15%, the company announced today
French defense minister on Thursday said that ‘several nations have shown interest in buying its Mistral-class warships after Paris refused to deliver them to Russia citing Ukraine crisis. “A certain number of countries, there are several, have made their interest known for these boats,” Jean-Yves Le Drian was quoted as saying by RTL radio
Pakistan has blocked thousands of fake computerized national identity cards (CNICs), issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), mostly to terrorists and criminals during the past five years. Some 26 fake CNICs were issued by NADRA in 2011, 493 in 2012, 6,000 in 2013, 22,000 in 2014 and 64,000 this year, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was quoted as saying by Pakistani news daily, Express Tribune today
India has exported defense equipment worth INR 670 crore (US $104 million) that include helicopters, bullet proof jackets, aircraft spares and military hardware to 22 countries in 2014-15. India has exported forging equipment, electronic assemblies, flight control panels to the US, transmitting tubes to UK and MIG, Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft spares to Russia and Malaysia, DNA news daily reported Thursday
France will pay Russia Euro 1.2 billion (US$1
The Indian Navy has been unable to obtain heavy weight torpedoes from a Finmeccanica group company, Wass for installation on its Scorpene submarines owing to the Italian company being blacklisted in India. Wass Italy had won a contract to supply heavy weight tropedoes for the Navy's Project 75 submarines in 2014
China is building the worlds longest aircraft carrier base at Hainan Island in South China Sea to deploy guided missile nuclear submarines. China has completed basic construction work on 700 meter long dock at its Sanya naval complex in Hainan province in November 2014, Kanwa Defense review reported Wednesday
The Malaysian Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) has appointed Weststar Group as the main contractor for the procurement of StarStreak Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) system from Thales, Weststar said in a statement today. Malaysia had signed an agreement with Global Komited, a subsidiary of Weststar Group and Thales during DSA 2014 to market Starstreak system to Malaysian Armed Forces to replace Thales Starbust V-Shorads which has been in use with air defense of the military bases