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Stacks of Dollar Bills, Gifts and $20 Million- The Price of China’s...

January 20, 2015 @ 07:30 PM

A Hong Kong businessman wined, dined, gave away stacks of US dollar bills plus $20 million price to Ukrainian shipyard officials to bring home a disused aircraft carrier which later surfaced as the Liaoning, Chinas first carrier. How the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) realized its blue ocean ambitions by getting an aircraft carrier at a throwaway price were revealed in an article today in the South China Morning Post
Indra To Develop $103 Million New Radar System For Eurofighter

January 20, 2015 @ 07:07 PM

Indra has closed a $103 million deal to work on developing the new radar system Captor-E for Eurofighter, the company announced Monday. Last November, on behalf of the secretaries of defense of all four member countries of the Eurofighter consortium (United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain), NETMA signed an agreement with representatives of the European industry to develop and integrate the most technologically advanced radar system in the world
S.Korea Plans Electromagnetic Pulse, Laser And High-Power Microwave Weapons

January 20, 2015 @ 01:20 PM

South Korea has under development high-power microwave (HPM), electromagnetic pulse (EMP) bombs and laser-based weapons, as part of the government policy of “creative defence”. HPM, known as “E-bomb,” generates electromagnetic power to damage all electronic devices within a certain radius
Damen Shipyard To Present Latest Products At Euronaval

January 20, 2015 @ 12:32 PM

The Damen Shipyards Group will be present at Euronaval 2014 from 27 - 31 October in Paris where we will showcase our latest products and developments. The DAMEN portfolio comprises the full range of requirements for naval and security forces, such as landing craft, fast interceptors, offshore patrol vessels, corvettes, frigates, amphibious vessels and a wide range of naval support vessels
Saab, Damen Team Up For Walrus Future Submarine Replacement Programme

January 20, 2015 @ 12:30 PM

Swedish company Saab is teaming with Netherlands Damen Shipyards Group to explore future opportunities in the international submarine market. Both companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to work together in pursuit of the potential Walrus-class submarine replacement programme for the Netherlands
Iran, Russia Sign Military Cooperation Pact, No Mention of S-300 Delivery

January 20, 2015 @ 12:02 PM

Iran and Russia signed a defense and military cooperation agreement today but left out the contentious issue of S-300 missile delivery to Tehran. The agreement was signed by Irans Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Tehran after two day negotiations between the two sides
Saab, Polish Navy Tests RBS15 Mk Missile

January 20, 2015 @ 12:01 PM

Saab and the Polish Navy have conducted commissioning and sea acceptance test of the RBS15 Mk3 missile onboard the Orkan-class fast attack craft. The test was conducted under a contract signed in 2006 with Poland for the delivery of RBS15 Mk3 missiles, and their installation on the Orkan-class ships
India Plans To Develop 5th-Generation Fighter Aircraft

January 20, 2015 @ 11:04 AM

India plans to start its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) development project this year to build on the expertise gained in the long developmental saga of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft. Top defence sources on Wednesday said the preliminary design stage of the futuristic fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), with collaboration among IAF, DRDO and Aeronautical Development Agency, is now "virtually" over
Pranab Kumar Bharali Appointed As Director General Of Indian Army Aviation Corps

January 20, 2015 @ 11:03 AM

Lt Gen Pranab Kumar Bharali has been appointed as the Director General of Army Aviation Corps at the Indian Army headquarters, New Delhi. Bharali was commissioned as an officer in the Army in June 1977 and is the first Army officer from Assam to rise to the rank of Lt General
DCNS Develops New Landing Craft to Complement Mistral

January 20, 2015 @ 09:59 AM

DCNS has developed in partnership with STX France a new landing craft to increase the operational capabilities of the Mistral amphibious assault vessel. The landing craft called CTM NG has been designed as an integrated amphibious force organized system around the Mistral of assault vessels, the Mer et marine reported on its website today

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