India-based firm Tata Advanced Systems has partnered with Lockheed Martin to co-produce major aerostructure components to fly in all future C-130J Super Hercules. At the Defexpo 2014, Lockheed Martin will highlight its 20-year history with India and discuss new areas for partnership and collaboration with its valued customers, in addition to display of various programs including C-130J Super Hercules, Aegis Combat System and tactical missiles like Javelin and DAGR
With Indias Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle program gone cold and no word on the status of the project, contender TATA Motors will be unveiling for the first time a brand new specialty vehicle, the Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) at Defexpo 2014. The vehicle platform, developed jointly with the DRDOs Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), is a mobility platform featuring a Norwegian-built Kongsberg MCT-30-R medium-calibre remote turret sporting a US-built ATK 30mm/40mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon as a primary weapon and a secondary FN Herstal M240 7
The Indonesian Ministry of Defense took delivery of Rosoboronexport-built 37 BMP-3F vehicles, and will join 17 in-service models, according to RIA Novosti. The first batch of Russian infantry fighting vehicles was given to Jakarta as part of a billion-dollar loan to Indonesia by the Russian state, signed September 6, 2007, during a visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Indonesian capital
Raytheon Company and Chemring Group successfully fired a Javelin missile from the multirole CENTURION launcher during testing at the Defence Training Estate on 10th December. "We're bringing an entirely new dimension to ship self-defense by providing a sea-based, inside-the-horizon platform protection," said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval and Area Mission Defense product line
The Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture received a $176 million contract for 842 Block I Javelin missile rounds and 120 command launch units (CLUs). The missiles will be provided through the U
India has begun working on an indigenous man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), despite a U.S
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India has been criticized for buying 10,000 Konkurs-M anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) from Russia despite of the licensed missiles facility at the local Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). The latest report of the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG), said, “Failure of BDL to supply the missiles intended by the Indian Army resulted in conclusion of a contract for import of 10,000 missiles at a cost of $188 million defeating the very objective of avoiding dependence on foreign supplier for the ammunition
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin successfully tested the Javelin Weapon System as an anti-tank guided missile, which is part of Indian Army and U.S
Javelin missile makers, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, are in pursuit of a contract for a medium-range weapon for the French Army. The Javelin is reportedly head-to-head with MBDA for a contract to develop and build a new weapon under the planned missile moyenne portée (MMP), medium-range missile program