Northrop Grumman has delivered the center fuselage for Japan's first F-35A conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) aircraft designated AX-1. The center fuselage is a core structure of the F-35 aircraft
US will be deploying its P8 Poseidon spy plane for the first time in Singapore this month in response to Chinas territorial claims in the South China Sea. The US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Singaporean counterpart Ng Eng Hen welcomed the move in a joint statement after a meeting in Washington on Monday, Reuters reported
Indian defense vendors bagged about 62 per cent of INR 65,591 crore (US $9.8 billion) contracts in 2014-15
The US Air Force will begin training its pilots on linked virtual F-35 simulators. Lockheed Martin last week announced the delivery of four networked F-35 simulators that can be shared over virtual world giving access to multiple trainees in tactical training exercise at a single time, Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday
Lockheed Martin has won a $1.2 billion contract to supply 49 Pilatus PC-21 trainer aircraft and seven Flight Simulators To support Australian Defense Force Pilot Training System
Russia has deployed two S-400 Triumf air defense missile regiments along with Pantsir-s AD missile system batteries in the Arctic in 2015. Pantsir-S AD missile/gun system batteries will act as close-in defense for the S-400s
Russian fifth-generation PAK-FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet has completed flight tests. "Several planes are now primarily testing airborne avionics
Russia has reinforced its Armenian military base by deploying attack and transport helicopters. Russia has deployed a total of seven helicopters MI-24 and Mi-8 at the base near the capital city of Yerevan, and one more batch would be delivered to the base before the year end, the Russian defense ministry was quoted as saying by RIA news agency Tuesday
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first two lightweight military multi-role H145M helicopters (LUH SOF) to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the company press statement said Tuesday. The helicopters will be used by the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), the German Armys Special Forces, in Laupheim
Poorly regulated arms flow and careless handling on the ground in Iraq for decades has led to Islamic State (IS) to get weapons, ammunition and equipment that were looted from the Iraqi army. In a report by Amnesty International that draws expert analysis of thousands of videos and images, ‘Taking Stock: The arming of the IS catalogues how IS fighters are using arms, mainly looted from Iraqi military stocks, which were manufactured and designed in more than two dozen countries, including Russia, China the USA and EU states