Saft has won order from Thales Australia to deliver Li-ion battery systems which can power up to 1,300 Hawkei military tactical vehicles. Saft will begin deliveries of advanced Li-ion batteries for use in prototype vehicles in the first quarter of 2015 and, upon success, will extend to a follow-on contract for further vehicles early in the third quarter of 2015
India has increased serviceability of the existing Fighter aircraft to deal with a shortfall in aircraft availability, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said during Aero India 2015. The minister was responding to questions as to whether India would purchase additional Su-30MKI fighter aircraft due to a delay in acquisition of the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has won a contract at Aero India 2015 from Elbit Systems for the production of Elops Compact Multi-Purpose Advanced Stabilized Systems (CoMPASSTM). This is in addition to an earlier order for the supply of CoMPASS, received by BEL from Elop in 2014
Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a part of the Rostec, will introduce modern radio-electronic solutions for the Indian Air Force at Aero India 2015 The foreign partners are to become familiar with the latest achievements in a field of the identification friend or foe, special electronics, electronic systems for aviation and radio-electronic solutions within the Russian stand,. The Concern is ready to export both the latest complexes for EW solutions and the latest avionics
France has closed a €5.2 billion ($5
Airbus and the Indian MoD are set to sign a contract to procure the multirole tanker transporter (MRTT) aircraft based on the A330 platform. Well informed officials told Defenseworld
China has claimed that its growing military spending is way less than that of US, UK and Japan in terms of per capita expenditure. Refuting the annual military balance report by UK based International Institute For Strategic studies that accused Beijing of lack of transparency in its military spending, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hua Chunying said
MASA group will unveil its automated wargame solution for training or decision support, SWORD version 6.0 at ITEC exhibition and conference to be held in Prague from 28-30 April 2015
The French President Francois Hollande confirmed the conclusion of the first contract of sale of 24 Rafale fighter aircraft to Egypt, which will be signed on February 16, the Elysee Palace said in a statement Thursday. "The Egyptian authorities have let me know today of their intention to acquire 24 Rafale combat aircraft and a multi-mission frigate and associated equipment
Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems (UKIS) has proposed radar/mission system for the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) programme. The proposed radar system offers a 'future-proofed' solution exploiting the capability of IAI Elta's EL/M-2052 active electronically scanned array (AESA) multimode radar, according to the report published on Tuesday