Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is conducting two technology demonstration efforts for unmanned aircraft systems capabilties under its Tern initiative - a joint research and development program with US Navy. The SideArm and Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems(TALONS) portions of the Tern program seek to build on its research as part of phase one, DARPA announced Thursday
France is unlikely to commission the two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships (Vladivostok and Sevastopol) to Russia but will instead look for international buyers after refunding Moscow for the cost of the ships. India, China and Brazil have been cited as possible buyers for the two ships
China is turning its coast guard into the nation's second navy with the introduction of larger and more heavily armed vessels into service, according to US naval intelligence report cited on US military website Strategy Page. China has commissioned at least 60 warships in the year 2014 and it is likely to continue between 2015 and 2016, according to intelligence report, cited by Want China Times on Monday
Pakistani Taliban on Sunday released a video showing a Russian surface-to-Air Missile (SAM-7B) allegedly used to down Mi-17 army helicopter in PoK that killed seven including two ambassadors. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that the chopper was turning due to which the missile hit the tail rotor of the helicopter so it did not get destroyed fully in the air
Airbus has informed that it is ready to invest, manufacture in India and to source from India, thereby contributing to the Make in India policy, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said. However, there is no agreement between the Government and the Airbus on this
Indias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in Agustawestland VVIP chopper deal has reached an advanced stage, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in parliament on Friday. The minister said in a written reply to a question, “The investigation is in advanced stage and during the probe, the central investigative agency has sent Letters Rogatory to Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius in 2013 and UAE, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and British Virgin Islands in 2014
The Research & Development (R&D) phase of Indian Air Forces Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project is yet to be concluded, Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar said in a Parliament today. As per the draft R&D Contract, the delivery of FGFA can commence after 94 months from the start of the contract
North Korea has test-fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, which would allow North Korea to deploy projectiles far beyond the Korean peninsula. The countrys leader Kim Jong-un said "a strategic weapon capable of wiping out hostile forces in any waters", the North's official news agency KCNA reported Saturday
Antonov announced Thursday that its new short-range medium airlift military transport aircraft, AN−178 new transport, has made its first flight. The first flight lasted for an hour in Kyiv−Antonov airport (Gostomel)
Russias arms exporter, Rosoboronexport has offered to collaborate with Turkey to create amphibious hovercraft for the Turkish Navy. Anatoly Aksyonov, the companys chief delegate was quoted as saying by Tass at the IDEF-2015 on Thursday, "We have been cooperating in the creation of smaller amphibious hovercraft, as well as the integration of combat systems of Russian manufacture with Turkish naval platforms"