Rostec, a state-owned entity in Russia, has announced that the Kalashnikov Concern has dispatched equipment and components necessary for the production of more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles to India. The manufacturing of these rifles is set to occur at the Korwa Ordnance Factory, in accordance with a contract that was inked in 2021 during a meeting between the defense ministers of Russia and India held in Delhi
BAE Systems and Drone-maker Malloy Aeronautics have demonstrated the capabilities of the latters T-600 heavy lift UAV to carry and release an anti-submarine torpedo during a large NATO exercise in Portugal. The T-600 is an electric-powered demonstrator UAV capable of vertical take-off and landing, can carry a payload of 200kg and can travel at up to 140km/h
Sweden has contributed 10 Stridsvagn-122 armored tanks to Ukraine's battlefield, operated by Ukrainian crews trained in Sweden. These tanks have long served as the backbone of Swedish mechanized brigades, with over 3,600 in operation
Chinese J-11B fighters featuring enhanced radars and the ability to carry powerful weapons took part in a maritime strike and air-to-air combat exercise from an islet-based airfield in the disputed South China Sea. A military expert informed state-controlled media that two J-11B variants participated in the drills - one featuring an older black-nosed configuration and the other showcasing a newer gray-nosed configuration
There is growing speculation that an on-board explosion caused the Embraer business jet to crash soon after take-off from Moscow killing Wagner Private Military Company boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. Some reports said a female passenger, unknown to him, was carrying an explosive in her briefcase planted by the Russian secret service
Russia for the first time has used its “top secret” KH-50 stealth cruise missile in a successful attack on an ammunition depot in Ukraines Zaporozhye region. As per Ukrainian monitoring channels, an explosion at the military facility occurred at about 23:00 last night
Russias Rosoboronexport signed contracts worth $600 million with several foreign customers at the Army 2023 event in Moscow. It reached agreements on the joint production of Kalashnikov assault rifles, armored vehicles, guided missiles on the territory of customers, besides the installation of Russia-made combat modules of various calibers on the chassis of (land vehicles) of our partners, said Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport in a statement
Israel said it will sign its biggest ever defense export deal worth $3.5 billion with Germany for the Arrow 3 missile-defense system
Keel-laying ceremony for Polands first signal intelligence warship was held today in Gdańsk, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding SA shipyard. Poland inked a €600 million deal with Swedish company Saab in November 2022 for two Delfin-class SIGINT/ELINT vessels