United Technologies Corp (UTC) and Raytheon announced a merger on Sunday, which they plan to name as “Raytheon Technologies." The combined company is forcasted to have approximately $74 billion of annual sales this year, putting it behind Boeing as the second-largest aerospace and defense company in the US by revenue
India is likely to acquire National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US for an estimated $1 billion (INR 6,000 Crore) in order to erect a multi-layered missile shield over New Delhi, in order to protect the capital against 9/11-type attacks. “The networked system, capable of even shooting around buildings, will take care of 9/11-like and other close-in threats,” sources from the defense ministry told
A detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K fighter belonging to the Indian Navy crash-landed on the runway, spilling fuel and causing minor damage to the landing and take-off strip in Goa Airport on Saturday afternoon. The Dabolim International airport was closed for nearly two hours and has now resumed operations
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has offered 111 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), the “Dhruv” for $3 billion (INR 21,738 Crore) to the Indian Navys Naval Utility Helicopter (NUH) procurement plan. “The Companys NUH is an Advanced Light Helicopter `Dhruv with customisation designed to meet all the operational requirements of India,” a top officer told
The Pentagon has suspended training of new F-35 Turkish pilots, and told Ankara the current students must leave the country by July 31, as new details about the rift with Ankara over its plans to purchase Russia's S-400 missile system come to the fore. Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan in a letter to Hulusi Akar, Turkeys defense minister dated June 6, wrote that the 42 Turkish students attending F-35 training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will be required to depart by that date
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1,808,545,655 contract for continued design maturation and development of Block 4 capabilities in support of the F-35 Lightning II Phase 2.3 Pre-Modernization for the United States Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps; and foreign customers
Russian Novikombank will finance two key United Engine Corporation (UEC) projects; the PD-14 and VK-2500 aircraft engines and a number of civilian rotorcraft of Russian Helicopters such as the Ansat and Ka-226. Agreements to this effect were entered into at the St
A US warship made a ‘dangerous manoeuvre close to a Russian ship in South China Sea on Thursday, which was preceded by a similar incident when a Su-35 jet intercepted an American P-8A surveillance aircraft thrice over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. The second interception that happened June 4 is considered “unsafe
Ukraine has established its fourth Naval Forces base in Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region, located northwest of the Black sea, reports Dumskaya news outlet. The first three bases are in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Berdyansk
German Federal Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Elbit Systems' E-LynX Soldier Radios in handheld and vehicular configurations for its army. The E-LynX soldier radios will be used at the platoon and company levels and will be installed onboard various combat vehicles including the SPz PUMA, the company said in a statement Tuesday