The First of the Class of 05 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs), named “ICGS- Priyadarshini” built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), was commissioned at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh state, located in Southern India on Friday. The ship ICGS Priyadarshini is the first in the series
Iran's Ministry of Defense and the Army Aviation have developed three new missiles with range over kilometers to be mounted on the militarys attack helicopters, with a view to their mass-production in near future. The missiles are respectively dubbed Heidar, Qamar-e Bani Hashem, and the airborne version of the Dehlaviyeh armor-piercing missile, Fars News Agency reported on Thursday
A fire which broke out on Friday aboard the Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya at Karwar harbour in Karnataka claimed the life of an officer. "The incident occurred when the carrier was entering the Karwar harbour
Russias Almaz-Antey, one of the biggest defence firms in the world, will display the controversial S-400 air defence systems at the IDEF 2019, the 14th International Defence Industry Fair, to be held April 30 -May 3 in Istanbul. "Our participation in the IDEF 2019 exhibition aims to boost the corporation's image as that of the main Russian developer and manufacturer of defensive systems, and which provides a warranty for the service life of these systems
Polish Ministry of Defense has awarded Leonardo $423 million (€ 380 million or PLN 1.65 ) for four AW101 maritime multirole helicopters
The United States is planning to draft new arms control treaties imposing new limits on Russia's nuclear arsenal and placing unprecedented limits on and verifying China's program, according to a report published Thursday. US President Donald Trump also unilaterally withdrew the US from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a ballistic missile pact with Russia that was intended to limit the possibility of nuclear war in Europe, according to the report by The Washington Post
In what could be a record arms sales for Russia, the country's state-run Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth $5.2 billion and its order book has reached $52 billion in the first four months of 2019
The software deployed in the Turkish S-400 Air Defence Systems will have locally developed software and will operate with unique radar, detection and surveillance systems. Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today that the system will be programmed in such a way as not to detect NATO systems as hostile
Ukraine has been developing a number of defense equipment and weapons meant for combat helicopters. The countrys state-run Ukroboronprom has developed gyro-stabilizing platforms for use in Mi-type combat helicopters, in cooperation with PJSC "Motor Sich" and a number of other private enterprises
Northrop Grumman has won a $15 million modification contract from the US Navy for Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) pod system. ALMDS detects, classifies and localizes near-surface, moored, sea mines