Canada has signalled to withdraw its fighter jets from fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Canadas Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau on Tuesday told US President Barack Obama that the Canadian fighter jets will no longer be part of the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria
South Korea's Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has agreed to step up strategic cooperation in the aviation industry with Airbus Group for greater technical cooperation. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was also signed for expanding business areas on the side lines of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, Yonhap News Agency reported today
Lockheed Martin has started to construct the first lot of six VH 92 Super Hawk helicopters that transport the US president in India. The new generation helicopter is based on the Sikorsky S-92, whose cabin; some other parts and wire harnesses are made only in India in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) at Hyderabad in India, the economic Times reported Tuesday
The US military and eight allied nations on Tuesday have test-intercepted dummy ballistic and cruise missiles with Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IA guided interceptor. The test is an important first demonstration of that capability in Europe, various media reported Wednesday
Indian defense minister Manohar Parrikar will be discussing the delayed fifth generation fighter aircraft development program along with multi-role transport aircraft on his visit to Moscow next month. The minister will co-chair a meeting of Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Co-operation (IRIGCMTC) on November 2
Lockheed Martin has completed the maiden flight of the F-16V combat aircraft with Northrop Grumman's advanced APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR). The SABR will deliver a quantum leap in capability for the venerable F-16
Lockheed Martin has won an $85 million contract to deliver seven AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counter fire target acquisition radar to US Army. Mounted on a five-ton truck, the Q-53 can be rapidly deployed, automatically leveled and remotely operated with a computer
The US State Department has approved a planned sale of four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) worth $11.25 billion to Saudi Arabia
The new Canadian government will dump F-35 stealth fighter jet and will open a fresh competition to replace Canadas ageing fighter jets. The victorious Liberals leader Justin Trudeau had earlier in September during the election campaign had said that if elected, he would scrap F-35 program and would reopen fresh competition for Canadas fighter jet replacement program
Russian Uralvagonzavod plans to introduce test models of new combat robots in a couple of years. "We will be able to show prototypes in 1