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HAL Holds Vendors Meet to Kick-start Basic Trainer, Utility Helicopter Production

December 13, 2017 @ 09:29 AM

Over 80 potential suppliers from India and abroad participated at Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedH(AL)s 5th Global Vendors Meet held on Tuesday. In his inaugural address, HAL Chairman T Suvarna Raju said, “HAL is looking to produce 100 basic trainer aircraft HTT-40 soon once spin tests are completed in the coming months
Denel to Sell 12 Cheetah Fighter Jets to US-based Draken International

December 12, 2017 @ 02:07 PM

Denel has concluded an agreement for the sale of 12 South African-designed Cheetah fighter jets to the US-based Draken International. The contract includes return to service and flight acceptance tests in South Africa and aircraft delivery to the United States of America
Singapore Defence Ministry Offers ‘Bounty’ to Hack into Its Internet Systems

December 12, 2017 @ 08:50 AM

In a first for a Singapore Government agency, selected ‘white hat hackers from around the world will test major Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)s Internet-facing systems for vulnerabilities (or "bugs"), and will receive rewards (or "bounties") for doing so. The MINDEF's Defence Cyber Chief, Mr David Koh, announced the MINDEF Bug Bounty Programme on the sidelines of his visit to the Cyber Defence Test and Evaluation Centre (CyTEC) on Tuesday
Leonardo Wins $132 Million to Supply 8 Additional AW139 Choppers to Italy

December 12, 2017 @ 08:04 AM

Leonardo has won a contract to supply two AW139s for the Italian Coast Guard and six for the Customs and Border Protection Service valued at approximately 112 million euro for delivery by 2020. The Italian Coast Guard has signed a contract for two AW139s to perform search and rescue missions, with deliveries to be completed by the end of 2018, while the Italian Customs and Border Protection Service (Guardia di Finanza) has ordered six to perform patrol operations, with deliveries to be completed by 2020, the company said in a statement Monday
Japan Defense Ministry Plans Two Land-based Aegis Missile Defense Systems Deployment

December 11, 2017 @ 09:19 AM

Japans defense ministry has requested additional 730 million yen (US $6.4 million) in the next fiscal years budget plan to introduce two land-based Aegis missile defense systems
Vertex Awarded $79 Million to maintain 178 T-1A Trainer Fleet at AETC

December 9, 2017 @ 11:04 AM

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace has been awarded a $79 million contract for contractor operated and maintained base supply of the Air Education and Training Command fleet of 178 T-1A trainer aircraft. Work is expected to be completed by June 7, 2018
DARPA Plans Distributed Sensor Network Over Oceans

December 7, 2017 @ 11:56 AM

The US Defence Advnced Reasearch Projects Agency (DARPA) Wednesday announced its Ocean of Things program, to enable situational awareness over oceans by deploying thousands of small floats that could form a distributed sensor network. Each smart float would contain a suite of commercially available sensors to collect environmental data—such as ocean temperature, sea state, and location—as well as activity data about commercial vessels, aircraft, and even maritime mammals moving through the area
Massive Hike in S Korean Defence Budget

December 7, 2017 @ 08:25 AM

South Korea will increase its military budget next year to 43.2 trillion won ($39
Russia to Give Up Rail-mobile Missiles, Focus on ICBMs

December 6, 2017 @ 01:39 PM

Russia will put the work on Barguzin rail-mobile ballistic missile system on hold and will instead focus on developing Sarmat and Rubezh Intercontinental Ballistic missiles (ICBM) due to lack of financing. The work on the Barguzin rail-mobile ballistic missile system has been excluded from Russias new state armament plan for 2018-2027 due to lack of financing, a Russian defense ministry source was quoted as saying by
Japan to Complete Long-range Cruise Missile Test Model by 2022

December 6, 2017 @ 01:10 PM

The Japanese government is set to begin research on anti-ship missiles with ground-attack capabilities from fiscal 2018 and complete a test model by fiscal 2022. In the meantime, the government plans to introduce the Lockheed Martins AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER) system and the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) produced by Norways Kongsberg,

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