Korean Aerospace Research Institute will sign a $40 million deal with French Thales for the joint development of a new augmentation system for global positioning systems that will greatly reduce the scope and rate of errors in existing GPS. The signing will be done on Wednesday to jointly develop a new and advanced Satellite Based Augmentation System for GPS by 2021, according to the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Yonhap reported Tuesday
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has frozen the bank accounts with more than Rs 400 million (US$5.9 million) of over 5,100 terror suspects, including Masood Azhar, chief of militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
Indian air force is arming all its defense personnel with smart phone sets to protect their classified information from hacking and interception. The IAF invested more than Rs 300 crore (US$44
Lithuania has signed an agreement with Norway last week to procure components and missiles of mid-range Norwegian advanced surface to air missile system (NASAMS). NASAMS is scheduled to be delivered to Lithuania by 2020, the defense ministry announced Friday
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched 1,400-ton diesel submarine built for Indonesia in South Korea. The submarine is the second of the three submarines being built under a 2011 deal worth US$1
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is working on integrating the weapons suite on the indigenous light combat helicopter. HAL has started limited series production and intends to manufacture five LCH helicopters
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a $325.7 million contract to build two 2,600 ton frigates from Philippines national defense
An initial phase of enhancements to ensure that the Royal Air Forces (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon fleet is ready to take on the role currently performed by Tornado aircraft has entered the Operational Evaluation stage. Phase 1 Enhancements Further Work (P1Eb FW) is an evolution of the current Tranche 2 Typhoon aircraft in service with the UK
Five French military officers were killed when a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner, part of French customs surveillance operation heading for Libyan coast crashed in Safi after developing engine trouble immediately after it took to air from Maltas international airport. Witnesses on site of the rescue described the scene as a pile of charred, black metal parts, owing to the scale of the explosion that ensued as the aircraft, a Fairchild Metroliner MkIII, crashed into the ground,
Indian Navy is likely to award contracts to small and private shipyards to build vessels for defense forces. The Navy is working with the shipping ministry on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Navy and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL)