The Indian navy commissioned the “L-56,” the sixth of the eight ordered amphibious vessels of the Mark IV Landing Craft Utility (LCU)-class on Monday, 29 July. Manufacturer of the ship, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) signed an agreement for worth INR 21 billion ($305 million) with the Indian Navy for designing and building the LCU ships in September 2011
Russia has completed the initial deliveries of its S-400 air defense system by supplying the first shipment of the systems to Turkey, Turkish military officials said on 25 July. “Second shipment is now being planned to arrive in Ankara,” the officials added
India's state-owned defense enterprise Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered the first Chetak single-engine, light utility helicopter to the Indian Navy on Wednesday. In August 2017, HAL entered into an agreement to supply eight Chetak helicopters to the navy
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed the $1.26 billion (2
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has launched "Sundang," the Royal Malaysian Navys second Keris-class littoral mission ship (LMS) on July 12 in China's Wuhan city, according to media reports. The LMS is the second of four ships in the class ordered under a RM1
The Iranian army has received the first batch of the country-made Mohajer-6 ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) drone capable of carrying two precision-guided bombs. The Iran Army Ground Forces, on Wednesday, received the drones, previously used only by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mehr news agency reported
The Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has issued a tender worth $291 million (INR 2000 crore) for the procurement of 100 heavyweight torpedoes for the Indian Navys Scorpene-class (Kalvari-class) diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs). “The tender is for around 100 torpedoes and will cater to the immediate requirement of the Navy,” a top ministry official was quoted as saying by the local media
The eighth plane carrying components of Russian S-400 air defence systems arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday. “The delivery of S-400 parts to Turkey continues
Turkey has received the first batch of Russian S-400 air defense system components on Friday, the Turkish ministry of defense has announced. “Turkey received the first batch of S-400 air defence systems components
The first steel cut for the French Navys defence and intervention frigates (FDI), the fully digital warships that will be among the most modern anywhere in the world, will take place in October this year. Naval Group teams are in the process of launching the program for the FDIs that will be delivered from 2023 onward, a Naval Group release said on the occasion of the completion of the Normandie frigate which marks the completion of the FREMM shipbuilding program