ElbitSystems has won $200 million contract from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) to supply Hermes 900 HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract also includes supply of an advanced ground segment for command, control and communications, the company announced today
India has test fired its home-made nuclear nuclear capable Prithvi-II Missile that has strike range of 350 km. The test conducted today is part of a user trial by the army and was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Economic Times reported Thursday
General Dynamics Electric Boat has won a $102.8 million contract from the US Navy to provide research and development and lead-yard services for Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines
United Technologies Corporation Pratt & Whitney has won a new $214 million contract from US department of defense for jet engines maintenance for the over-cost and troubled F-35 stealth fighter bomber. The defense contractor will maintain the F-35 jets for the US Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as foreign military sales, US department of defense announced Wednesday
United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) of Russia will provide secure communication systems for Chinese military airfields besides equipping Su-35 fighters meant for the Chinese Air Force with matching on-board equipment. It includes the NKVS-27 ground-based system and the Sukhoi-35 aircraft based S-108 communication system
Speculation is rife in New Delhi that India will sign a contract with France to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft during the visit of French President Francois Hollande for the Republic Day celebrations in January next. Informed sources told defenseworld
Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $70 million contract to build eight ScanEagle drones for the Afghanistan armed forces
Turkey has sent an additional 20 tanks to an armored brigade stationed at western Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey earlier today also said, that it will be increasing the number of F-16s from 12 to 18 patrolling the border
France has tested new weapon loads, including GBU-12 laser guided bombs, on its fighter aircraft attacking Islamic State positions in Syria. French air force Dassault Mirage 2000N, which is being modified to carry four GBU-12 laser guided bombs, has taken off on a strike mission from its advanced air base in Jordan
Philippine will be receiving the first two FA-50 lead-in-fighter trainer jets Friday from Korea Aerospace Industries. The aircraft will land for the first time on Philippine soil at Clark Air Base in the country, Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Tuesday