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Finland to Invite Bids to Purchase 64 New Fighter Jets worth 10

November 25, 2017 @ 08:32 AM

Finlands Ministry of Defense plans to invite bids for the purchase of 64 new fighter jets for replacing its Boeing F/A-18 Hornets fleet for an approximate 7-10 billion euros. The ministry said it will send out tender invitations in early 2018 to Boeing and Lockheed Martin from the US, Saab from Sweden, Dassault Aviation in France and the British-European BAE Systems
Chinese Army Conducts Live-fire Exercise Using Armored Vehicles at Djibouti Base

November 25, 2017 @ 08:01 AM

The Chinese People's Liberation Armys Logistics Support Base in Djibouti has conducted a live-fire exercise using several wheeled tank destroyers and wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. The armored vehicles from the base in the Horn of Africa took part in the exercise at a local shooting range and fired dozens of shells, Peoples daily quoted news release published late Friday by the PLA Navy, which administers the logistics support base in its report
DRDO to Test New Propellant Booster on BrahMos Missile in December

November 25, 2017 @ 07:46 AM

The High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of Indias state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will conduct a mechanical vibration test of a solid proponent booster for the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile sometime in December. "A solid propellant booster, which is an important component of the BrahMos, is in its final stages of development
Russia Completes Static Tests on MC-21 Aircraft Wing Box

November 24, 2017 @ 05:37 PM

Russian Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) has completed another stage of static tests of a composite load-bearing wing box of MC-21-300 aircraft. The lead designer of the aircraft is Irkut Corporation
Work on Australia’s First of 12 OPVs to Commence in Last Quarter...

November 24, 2017 @ 04:07 PM

The first of Australias 12 Offshore Patrol Vessels that will be built in Australia will commence production in the fourth quarter of 2018. The Malcolm Turnbull Government announced that the Australias AUD4 billion OPV project will be designed and built under prime contractor Germany's Lurssen Werft shipyard
Indian Air Force Trainer Jet Crashes, No Casualties

November 24, 2017 @ 01:13 PM

An Indian Air Force Kiran trainer jet crashed in the southern state of Telangana on Friday. The woman cadet on board ejected unhurt before it crashed
ThyssenKrupp’s Israeli Rep Received €10.2 million Bribe for Sub Deal: Globes Newspaper

November 24, 2017 @ 12:36 PM

Israeli representative of German company ThyssenKrupp, Michael Ganor, received about €10.2 million as bribe for the purchase of submarines by the Israeli Navy,
Russian MoD seeks 19 Trillion Rubles (US$325 Billion) For New Arms Procurement

November 24, 2017 @ 11:42 AM

The Russian MoD will seek an allocation of 19 trillion rubles (325.43 billion US dollars) to finance weapons supplies and one trillion rubles (17
Missing Argentinian Submarine May Have Imploded, 44 On-board Feared Dead: Navy

November 24, 2017 @ 09:49 AM

The Argentine Navy has confirmed the deaths of all 44 crew members of the submarine ARA San Juan citing explosion on-board as the cause of the accident. "An anomalous, singular, short, violent and non-nuclear event consistent with an explosion," occurred shortly after the submarine's last communication, navy spokesman Captain Enrique Balbi told a news conference in Buenos Aires, according to AFP reports Friday
Elta Awarded $39 Million for Counter UAS Systems

November 24, 2017 @ 09:15 AM

Elta has been awarded a not-to-exceed $39 million contract action for counter unmanned aerial system supplies. This contract provides counter unmanned aerial system in support of US Strategic Command joint emergent operational needs, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday

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