The Israel Air Force and Israel Navy have completed a successful trial of its Iron Dome short range missile defense system intercepting rockets fired at sea. The IDF trial imagined a scenario similar to attempts by terrorist organizations in Gaza to strike marine targets during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014
Rafale International (comprising Dassault Aviation, Safran and Thales) presented their contribution to the Make in India policy as part of the Rafale Offset program and presented the potential opportunities for French SMEs to also invest and set up production activities in India. Rafale International has won a contract to sell 36 Rafale jets to the Indian Air Force and has to execute 50% offsets as part of the deal
The inter-governmental agreement between Poland and Czech Republic on cooperation in cross-border interventions of their military aircraft might be signed in 2018, Prague Defense Ministry said. "At present, an inter-governmental agreement with Poland on cooperation in the military aviation is being prepared
Russias state arms program bill for 2018-2025 comes to 19 trillion rubles ($321.2 billion) is almost ready
Lockheed Martin is being awarded $80 million contract for the modified ballistic re-entry vehicle/re-entry vehicle separation modules. The contract includes development; production; storage and surveillance; maintenance of delivered hardware and software; and transportation of end items to the designated launch vehicle provider
Saab has been awarded a contract to deliver a Mass Field Feeding Capability to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The contract will supply the SANDF with mobile containerised kitchens systems which consists of 24 x 50-man systems and 11 x 200-man systems
Three members from Control Yuan have filed an application to investigate the recent disappearance of a Mirage-2000 fighter jet during a regular training exercise. The members said that they will try to find out whether the military aircrafts disappearance on Nov
The US Navy's Communications Satellite Program Office, PMW 146, and Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to the Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC). The October 11 milestone followed the completion of the MUOS-5 satellite's on-orbit testing and delivery of all operational products needed to "fly" the satellite
The Peruvian Air Force (FAP, per its Spanish acronym) carries on with the avionics systems upgrade program of its main combat, transport, training, and helicopter fleets. “New leaps in technology demand that we acquire and develop a diagnostic solution compatible with a wide range of our aerial platforms,” FAP Colonel Armando Pomar Galdós, commander of SELEC, was quoted as saying by
The Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee & Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba released ‘Joint Training Doctrine Indian Armed Forces – 2017 Tuesday. This key stone Doctrine will basically serve as a ‘foundation and ‘knowledge base from which specific Directives and Strategies will be issued by the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee to the HQ IDS and Service HQs to consolidate proven concepts, structures, mechanisms, capacities, capabilities, etc, from time to time