The French Dassault which clinched the biggest export deal with India for its Rafale fighter jet, is not in the running for now to manufacture the same fighters under the ‘Make In India Program. The IAF has received “unsolicited offers” from Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Saab for building their fighters in India - the F-16 Block 70, F/A-18 Super Hornet and the Gripen E respectively, the Chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said during the course of a press conference in New Delhi yesterday
Pakistans civilian government has asked the Inter-Services Intelligence to stop patronizing militant groups. The move came after an all-party meeting Monday over Pakistan facing diplomatic isolation
A new energy-efficient tactical vehicle that operates on hydrogen fuel has been unveiled during the US Army Annual Meeting and Symposium this week. ZH2 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle developed by the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and General Motors, operates on hydrogen fuel instead of traditional diesel and uses a lot less fuel than traditional tactical vehicles
The negotiations for the Research and Development design contract with Russia for the Indian "perspective multi-role fighter", a variant of the Russian single-seat FGFA called Sukhoi T-50 or PAK-FA has been resolved, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said. “The tortuous negotiations holding up the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) have been resolved,” Raha was quoted as saying by
Raytheon is partnering with Logos Technologies for delivering advanced multi-intelligence, or multi-INT, sensor systems to address challenging intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements. The new sensor system will allow military ISR operators to use multi-sensor data to detect, recognize and identify hard-to-find targets across wide areas and in near-real time without extensive post-mission processing
General Dynamics has won a $101.3 million contract from US Navy to continue developing common missile compartment for Ohio replacement submarine and UKs successor-class ballistic submarine
Harris Corp has won a $21 million contract against a previously issued agreement for the development and qualification of 12 each new digital receivers and technique generator (DRTG) shop replacement assemblies (SRA). The DRTGs and SRAs are for the ALQ-214(V) 4/5 on-board jammer system for the government of Australia
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $214 million contract for performance based logistics maintenance and support services for up to 400 Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) stations and 150 reconfigurable transportable CASS stations. The contract will fulfill needs for the US Navy and the governments of Australia, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Italy, and Spain, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
Israel has lost its front line F-16I fighter on Wednesday and the pilot died following a strike mission in Gaza. The pilot and navigator were returning to their home base southwest of Beersheba around 5 p
Russia has deployed a battery of S-300 air defense missile launcher to Syria to defend its naval logistics facility and warships. “This S-300 missile defence system is designed to ensure the safety of the naval base in Syrian city of Tartus and ships located in the coastal area of Syria" ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted as saying by