North Korea has claimed that it has made miniature nuclear warheads enough to fit on ballistic missiles. At a meeting with nuclear scientists and technicians, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that his country has made a nuclear bomb lighter and achieved its "standardization," according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
Sikorsky has won a $387 million contract to manufacture 35 UH-60M helicopters for the US Army. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Dec
Philippines has acquired two additional C-130 Hercules planes from the US for $34 million (P1.6 billion) for its Air Force (PAF)
India has tested of its intermediate range undersea missile, K-4 secretly. The nuclear capable missile was fired from a submerged pontoon positioned nearly 30 feet deep sea offshore Vizag coast Monday, The Indian Express news daily quoted an unnamed defense source as saying Tuesday
Iran has claimed that its missiles are capable of reaching Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. “Any one bearing greater enmity towards Islamic Iran will naturally be more fearful of such capabilities and preparedness,” Major General Mohammad Ali Jafarri, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was quoted as saying by
Airbus is looking at setting up assembly lines to manufacture military transport aircraft and helicopters under the ‘Make in India program. Airbus sourcing of equipment from India is likely to reach $2 billion (INR 13, 395 crore) by 2020
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has announced a voluntary layoff program that is targeted to reduce employment by approximately 1,000 positions at locations in the United States The voluntary program is available to mid-level employee groups in Fort Worth, Texas; Marietta, Georgia; Palmdale, California; Meridian, Mississippi; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Patuxent River, Maryland; and Edwards Air Force Base, California. The action is necessary to position Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to be competitive in the future marketplace, secure future business opportunities, and keep an infrastructure appropriately aligned with customer demands
Lockheed Martin has named teams from two Indian universities as winners of its C-130J Roll-On/Roll-Off University Design Challenge on Tuesday. Lockheed Martin launched the Indian University design challenge in November 2014
The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy commissioned three new tank landing ships at a naval port of a landing ship flotilla on Monday. The Wuyishan warship (hull number 914), Culaishan warship (hull number 915) and Wutaishan warship (hull number 917), independently developed and produced by China itself, are the same type of tank landing ship, China Military Online reported
Pakistans Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has denied reports on a statement made by US Secretary of State John Kerry that Saudi Arabia may purchase nuclear bomb from the country. While giving a policy statement in the Senate on Tuesday, Aziz said that Pakistans nuclear technology is for its own deterrence and it will not share it with any other country under any circumstances, The Express Tribune reported