Lockheed Martin and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities for aerial refueling for the United States defense customers. The companies will seek to provide aerial-refueling services to address any identified capacity shortfall and to meet requirements for the next generation of tankers capable of operating in the challenging environments of future battlespace, Lockheed Martin said in a statement Tuesday
Lockheed Martin has won a $20 million modification contract to exercise options for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) for AWS baselines through Advanced Capability Build (ACB) 12. The contract includes providing shipboard integration engineering, test team support, modernization team engineering support, ballistic missile defense test team support and AWS element assessments
The Indian Navy has encashed bank guarantees of Reliance Naval Engineering (RNEL) following delay in supplying Project 21 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) by over four years. RNEL has an order to supply five offshore patrol vessels (OPVs)
The Indian navy is likely to have agreed to lease one of Akula-2 class SSN from Russia reportedly for US $3.3 billion
India has decided to ship 6 Kiran Jet trainers to Myanmar without any payment, an indian news channel, Times Now reported Saturday. Kiran Jet trainers are used by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for basic jet aircraft training
The Dubai government has ordered extradition of Christian Michel, a British national alleged to be a middleman in Indias $500 million AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, according to several Indian media reports. The Indian authorities are currently in Dubai to complete the legal formalities
Russias United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will build two or more Ivan Gren-class large amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy. "A decision has been made to finalize the Ivan Gren project
With growing submarine activity from China and Pakistan in its cross-hairs, the Indian Navy expects to significantly boost its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability with the acquisition of Lockheed-Sikorsky MH-60R (Seahawk) helicopters. The Indian MoD accorded approval for the purchase of 24 MH-60R helicopters in June this year and sent a formal request to the United States government to buy the helicopters; a deal potentially worth US$ 1
Irkut Corporation has delivered the fuselage of the MC-21-300 aircraft to the Ramenskoye airfield (Zhukovsky) to conduct fatigue and operational tests of the fuselage. Life test of aircraft are conducted to confirm the design decisions in terms of fatigue strength and operational survivability
The United States (US) has denied Turkey a certificate to export the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) helicopter engines as part of a deal by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to sell 30 ATAK helicopters to Pakistan. The TAI was to produce 30 T129 ATAK Multipurpose helicopters for Pakistan following a $1