Huntington Ingalls Industries is awarded a $30.8 million contract to provide engineering, technical, design agent, and hull planning yard support for the US Navys operational aircraft carrier fleet
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace has won a $180.4 million modification contract to support United States Navys T-45 land-based training jet aircraft
Northrop Grumman has won a $1.36 billion modification contract for the production and delivery of nine Japan configuration E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Act
In the aftermath of the Yemeni attack on Saudi oil fields, the Pentagon has announced deployment of Patriot air defense system, Sentinel radars, as well as station 200 additional troops in Saudi Arabia. "In light of recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and at their invitation US will deploy one Patriot battery, four Sentinel RADARs and approximately 200 support personnel,” Secretary of Defense Mark T
Design of South Koreas combat jet, the KF-X, has been finalised and prototype of the jet will be ready in about two years from now. The cost of the development project, pegged at 8
The United States DoD has revealed plans for a set of contractor cybersecurity standards that are scheduled to be implemented by January 2020, called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Currently, companies supplying products and services to the US DOD must meet 110 security requirements or risk losing contract awards and new regulations are unlikely to be more lenient
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has announced the successful first flight of its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned helicopter designed for military and civil applications. The 600kg-class NI-600VT (Night Intruder-600) unmanned copter completed its test flight on 24 September, in Goheung Aerospace Center, South Jeolla Province
A national internet access system to isolate Russia, in case of attacks or denial of international access due to sanctions, will come into test mode from November. The countrys federal communications censorship agency, Roskomnadzor has already set up a center for monitoring and controlling general communications, and has begun installing corresponding equipment to kick-start the project starting November 1
Counter-measures to intercept and destroy malicious drones such as the type that attacked Saudi Arabian oil facilities last week would be in prominent focus at Dubai Air Show 2019. Russia has announced it will present electronic warfare systems and latest air defense systems at the air show to defeat drones
Taiwans M1A2T Abrams which are expected to reach Taipei in 2023, are “more capable” than Chinese Type 99 tanks or the Type 63A light tank, Taiwanese Army Chief Yang Hai-ming said yesterday. Taiwanese army personnel are expected to be sent to the US for training and acceptance of the tanks in 2022