China today refuted western media reports which claimed that two Chinese air force test pilots were killed during J-15 fighter aircrafts carrier testing and qualification. The source was a citation of the China Flight Test Establishment(CFTE) which had a mention of two pilots having sacrificed their lives
US and South Korean armies will form a new joint unit, the first of its kind next year, accoridng to an official statement. In case of war with the North, the unit will be charged with eliminating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), officials were quoted as saying by Yonhap New Agency
General Dynamics has won a $5.7billion contract to supply British Army with 589 SCOUT SV platform armored cavalry by 2020
Germany has agreed to deliver weapons and munitions worth a total $91 million to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq in their fight against Islamic State (IS). The weapons will be delivered in three tranches to a secure region of Iraq that has not been affected by the civil war, according to the German Defense Ministry
General Dynamics C4 Systems received a $59 million contract from the U.S
The Croatian Army received more than two dozen military vehicles from excess Army inventory at a ceremony in Croatia, April 7, according to an official statement. The 30 Maxx PRO Plus model Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, were being divested from Army inventory and were available for Foreign Military Sales
Comtech has won a contract to continue providing sustainment support for the US Army's Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below - Blue Force Tracking ("BFT-1") program, a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system. In addition, the US Army agreed to continue to license certain of Comtech's intellectual property ("IP") pursuant to a separate contract
A proposal to delink the copper trade from defense procurement in Chile may upset calculations of defense companies who consider the South American country a potential gold mine for contracts. The new legislation which aims at doing away with a law that requires the copper industry to fund military procurement has been criticized for lacking coherent vision
BAE Systems has won a $79 million contract to work on phase two of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Insight programme. The contract allows the company to mature the Insight system by adding capabilities to integrate information from space, air, sea, and ground sensors, human reports and intelligence repositories
Revision Military has won a contract for PEO Soldier's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS), aiming to develop the US Armys next-generation helmet system. Revision's IHPS small arms helmet serves as the foundation for the company's proposed head protection system