Boeing and Lockheed Martin team are interested in knowing how the Long Range Strike-Bomber competition was scored in terms of price and risk. In a response to the US Air Forces decision to award Northrop Grumman with the $60 billion LRSB contract, Boeing and Lockheed Martin in a joint statement released Tuesday said that they were disappointed with the announcement
Cubic Global Defense has demonstrated Live Flight of Encrypted P5 Combat Training System on tactical fighter aircraft. Cubic Miniature Encryptor (CME) is an encryption solution readily available to the P5CTS which will accomplish increased security for advanced air combat training as well as P5CTS pod and ground station encryption compatibility with the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)s P5 Internal Sub-system, the company announced today
South Korea is emerging as an arms exporter in its own right which may one day overtake China in Asia and several European countries. While American defence technology denial to Seoul may have dominated headlines last week, what is significant is that Seoul has exported or is pitching for contracts to supply ships, aircraft, artillery systems to several customers in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Middle East
Orbital ATK has won a $426 million contract for the production of FMU-139D/B precision guided munitions and fuze accessories. The US Naval Air Systems Command contract includes qualification and first article testing activities
The US has scheduled to demonstrate a 10-foot unmanned submarine, Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) in the early 2016. The vehicle is still under development and will be fitted for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, various media reported Wednesday
Price of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft seems to be the main sticking point in Indo-French negotiations to purchase 36 units of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA). The negotiations which commenced in May this year to meet the “urgent requirements” of the Indian Air Force have not reached fruition despite several rounds of meetings
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is developing a new family of armored personnel carriers (APC)based on older Merkava Mk2 Tanks hulls to reduce cost. The Merkava Mk
Raytheon has won a $393 million mission support contract for the US Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). DCGS is the service's primary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) analysis tool
China has deployed third-generation supersonic trainer aircraft JL-9 Mountain Eagle to its military flight schools to reduce pilots' training duration as well as to train them. People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University deployed an undisclosed number of JL-9 Mountain Eagle two-seater trainer jets this month
Turkey is giving away 34 trainer-cum-fighter aircraft for free under a defense deal inked between the two countries. Turkey has decided to provide 34 T-37, a jet trainer and light attack aircraft and its spare parts, without charging a single penny, Pakistani Defense Ministry said in a statement Wednesday