India might face US sanctions for its purchase of S-400 air defense system from Russia under the Countering Americas Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). India is likely to request the US to exempt its sanctions over Russia to clear its path to purchase S-400 air defense system from Moscow
Lockheed Martin plans to offer a hybrid stealth fighter design based on its F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The proposed aircraft "would combine the F-22 and F-35 and could be superior to both of them," Reuters reported quoting unnamed sources Friday
VR-Technologies design bureau, part of Russian Helicopters, has begun bench tests of the main systems and assemblies of VRT300 unmanned helicopter. The flight tests are scheduled to begin by the end of 2018
Turkeys homegrown Remote-Controlled Weapon Platform (UKAP), developed by defense contractors Katmerciler and ASELSAN, has been selected to be exported to the Asian market, local media reports. At the Defense Services Asia (DSA 2018) fair held in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, Turkish developers of UKAP signed a cooperation agreement with DEFTECH, Malaysia's leading defense and aerospace company, to sell locally developed unmanned land vehicle in the Asian region,
Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for providing training systems to the Swedish Army. The order value amounts to SEK 51 million and deliveries will take place at the end of 2018
Saab has received a contract from Luerssen Australia for the Situational Awareness System (SAS) for the Royal Australian Navys new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV). The contract is expected to run over the 12 year OPV shipbuilding programme, which will see the delivery of 12 new ships
Ukroboronproms State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch announced Thursday the successful testing of its advanced anti-tank guided missile system "Skif", an export variant of the Ukrainian ‘Stugna-P, at one of the military testing grounds. The design of the advanced AT guided missile system "Skif" has undergone a number of changes in accordance with the requirements of the potential customer
Raytheon Company has completed developmental testing on the Small Diameter Bomb II, a key step toward bringing this new capability to fighter pilots. Government confidence testing, a prerequisite for operational testing, is scheduled to be completed this year
Raytheon has won $136 million modification contract to exercise an option for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) low rate initial production (LRIP). The LRIP unit will be deployed on a DDG Flight III class ship
The Malaysian Ministry of Defense announced the acquisition of 18 units of 105LG1 artillery systems for the Army Forces during one of the largest defense services exhibition in Asia, DSA&NATSEC 2018. This 3-year contract will start by November 2019 with the first delivery of 6 light guns and the last delivery is due to take place in February 2020