ST Engineerings Marine sector has launched the eighth Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), Fearless, designed and built for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the company said in a statement Saturday. The LMV programme that started in 2013 will replace the RSNs current fleet of Fearless-class Patrol Vessels, also designed and built by ST Engineerings Marine sector in the 1990s
India successfully conducted the maiden test of New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM) from the Sukhoi-30 MKI, the main fighter jet of the Indian Air Force off Odisha coast last week. The indigenously developed air-to-surface missile is capable of destroying the enemy radars, tracking system and communication facilities
Boeing has won a $2.46 billion United States (US) Navy modification contract to supply 19 more P-8A aircraft for the US Navy and government of United Kingdom (UK) and Norway
Rolls Royce Wins $26 million United states (US) Navy contract for repair of T56-A-427 engines, utilized on E-2 Hawkeye aircraft. The contract includes repair work of the power section, torque meter, gearbox, and accessories in accordance with Navy depot manuals and approved repair practices, US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday
Thousands of Invasive rats in Ecuadors Galápagos archipelago have been killed with the help of drones dropping bait laced with poison on two small islands in Ecuadors Galápagos archipelago. A conservation group used this technique to eradicate rodents causing extensive damage to the endemic species of flora and fauna
China has started to hard-sell its J-10 fighter jet to Laos and Bangladesh to wean them off Russian aircraft such as the Yak-130 trainer/light fighter which both countries are considering. The country has been trying to get Pakistan interested in the J-10 but Islamabad has shown little interest despite several photo-ops of Pakistani military leaders in the cockpit of the J-10 fighter jet
V-280 Valor vertical lift aircraft has reached a true airspeed of 280 knots. The aircraft hit the airspeed in one year of flight testing, Keith Flail, vice president of Advanced Vertical Lift Systems at Bell, said in a statement Friday
CAE has won a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) contract to develop a comprehensive synthetic training system for the United Kingdoms Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) program
India has completed testing the Barak Long Range Surface To Air missile system from destroyer INS Chennai on Thursday. "Ship launched Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) has been successfully test fired from INS Chennai against an incoming aerial target flying at low altitude, today," the defence ministry said Thursday
Netherlands Ministry of Defense has awarded Bagira Systems and Van Halteren Defence (VHD) a contract to supply simulator for the MoD's National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) training center. The contract includes maintenance and operation of the simulator for 15 years