Boeing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea to establish an avionics Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility that will service avionics components for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) fleet of F-15K Slam Eagles. "Boeing continues to improve its services by bringing them closer to our customers, reducing turnaround time and costs for mission-essential components," said Joe Song, vice president of International Business Development - Asia-Pacific for Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Two helicopters belonging to the Indian Air Force collided mid-air today in Gujarat killing six personnel and injuring three on board. Two medium transport Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters crashed into each other at approximately 12:25 pm IST
Harris Corporation has been awarded a contract worth $46 million the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S
A new era in cyber warfare seems to have emerged over the past week as an estimated 500,000 Indians, hailing from the country's North East fled the southern cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad following the circulation of anonymous text-messages threatening mass violence against them. The texts contained multi-media clips of violence and links to social networking sites showing graphic images of violence
After many delays and disruptions, India’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWAC) dreams have finally taken off with the latest delivery of an AWACS platform from Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer. India, on Thursday, took delivery of the Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft following the completion of a host of tests conducted by both Embraer and the Indian Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) which designed the phased array radar which sits atop the aircraft
Several of India’s big ticket defense acquisition programs could be delayed as the country battles drought coupled with the slowest economic growth in years and high inflation. With wide-spread drought reported all over the country, several states such as Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra among others are in line to receive a $2 billion federal relief package
The Russian Mil Mi-28N, the newest attack helicopter in the Army, crashed on Thursday morning at its base in Mozdok, North Ossetia. According to preliminary reports, no one including the two-man crew was injured
In an effort to up the ante against a possible conflict with Iran, Israel has re-launched its most advanced unmanned aerial vehicle, the Eitan, a Heron TP. According to reports, the Eitan has been used by the Israeli Air Force to attack convoys carrying weapons in Sudan from Iran to terrorist outfits in Gaza
Sikorsky and Terma have begun negotiations to establish how Terma’s aircraft defense systems could be used on Sikorsky’s 70i Black Hawk, S-92 and S-76 helicopters. Jorn Henrik Levy Rasmussen, Vice President, Terma Global, said, “Preliminary negotiations with Sikorsky Aircraft are very positive
The U.S has announced that it will ground all flight operations of the MV-22 Osprey that was recently installed in Japan until Tokyo confirms the safety of the planes