India has so far approved 36 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)/ Joint Venture proposals in defense sector for the manufacture of defense equipment, both with Indian Public and Private Companies as on March 2016. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre in the parliament Friday
Turkey will equip domestically produced long-range, anti-tank missile UMTAS and laser guided UMTAS on their ATAK helicopters. The missiles manufactured by Rocketsan will be used on helicopters manufactured by Turkey
Russian weapons that Islamic State (IS) militants have stolen include Kalashnikov assault rifles and RPG-7 shoulder-launched anti-tank grenade launchers, according to documents obtained by Sputnik Arabic from Iraqs city of Mosul. Apart from Kalashnikov assault rifles, RPG-7 shoulder-launched anti-tank grenade launchers, other documents specify registration numbers of bullpup straight-pull bolt-action rifles, VSSK Vykhlop magazine-fed sniper rifles and other weaponry,
The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command received today responses to the Requests for Information regarding the replacement of Hornet aircraft. The following manufacturers responded: Boeing (F/A-18), Dassault Aviation (Rafale), BAE Systems (Eurofighter Typhoon), Lockheed Martin (F-35) and Saab (JAS Gripen)
The US military has suffered its first combat death in Syria on Thursday when a soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern part of the country. The soldier was killed near Ayn Issa which is about an hour from Raqqa, Daesh's self-declared capital in Syria,
Ukraines state-owned Antonov has assembled a modernised version of An-32 aircraft without any components made in Russia. Photos have been published on Facebook, confirming that the plane is almost ready: its fuselage has been fully assembled, as well as wings and PW150A engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Canada have been installed,
India is planning to conduct trail of a long range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay next month, following two failures and one partial success. The Nirbhaya missile test comes after India acquired the membership of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in late June this year,
Indian Navy has launched the seventh ship of LCU MK IV project Thursday at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, Kolkata. LCU-L57 is the seventh vessel in the series of eight Landing Craft Utility Ships being designed and built by GRSE for the Indian Navy
The Canadian government has committed to spending another $36 million for the development of the F-35 fighter jet. Canada intends to continue in the F-35 program to draw out benefits for Canadian companies, while at the same time buying a rival firms aircraft, the Boeing Super Hornet
Rheinmetall has won a €134 million to supply 110 HX81 tractor-trailers to an international customer. The order has been earmarked for delivery between January 2018 and February 2019