British firm BAE Systems has teamed up with Cammell Laird, the local shipbuilder, to provide warship design, engineering capability and combat systems in response to the UK Royal Navy's Type 31e frigate programme. Under the teaming agreement, BAE Systems will partner with Cammell Laird, who would Prime, build and assemble the vessels
A Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea as part of a multinational operational exercise off the coast of Scotland. The NATO-led exercise, Formidable Shield 17, was an integrated air and missile defense exercise simulating real-life threat scenarios
Japans Board of Audit has discovered that the countrys Maritime Self-Defense Force has 1 billion yen (US$ 8.8m) worth of inoperable shipborne missiles that remained in storage beyond the warranty period, according to a local news site
Russian Navy will receive a batch of 10 modernised Ka-72M anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters a year, defense ministry said. "This year, the number of Ka-27 helicopters arriving for naval aviation will make up another ten rotocraft
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will launch the Nationwide Network of Aircraft Clusters (NNAC) later this year to sales to 3 trillion yen ($26.8 billion) in 2030 from 1
A South Korean opposition lawmaker has claimed that the US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin secured 7.3 trillion won ($6
Yemens Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile into a military site in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing a military source, said the Qaher-M2 missile was fired at a Saudi command center in Jizan region near Yemeni border
Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber rolled off the runway during take-off in Syria on Tuesday killing the crew, the Defense Ministry said. The accident occurred at the Hmeymim air base, in Latakia Governorate, when the aircraft when building up speed before the take-off
Turkey is reportedly in talks with the United States for the possible sale of Patriot missile defense system, local media reports. The Turkish official told
Russias state-owned company United Engine Corporation has begun testing an upgraded NK-32 02 aircraft engines designed for the Tu-160 supersonic heavy strategic bomber. "The bench tests of the new NK-32 02 series engines meant for the strategic missile carrying bomber Tupolev-160M2 are in progress at the public joint stock company PAO Kuznetsov in Samara," TASS reports citing a statement made by the firm