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Russia Delivers New Batch Of Su-25 Fighters To Iraq

April 18, 2016 @ 03:40 PM

Russia has delivered a new batch of Sukhoi Su-25 strike fighters to Iraq. "A batch of Su-25 (three aircraft) has arrived in Iraq in accordance with the contract signed with the Russian side," spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry Nasir Nouri Mohammed al-Tamimi was quoted as saying by Tass Monday
Pakistan Plans to Produce 24 JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft This year

April 11, 2016 @ 11:27 AM

Pakistan plans to increase the rate of manufacture of the JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from 17 in 2015 to 24 in 2016. The countrys Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman expressed determination to produce up to 24 jets in 2016
DARPA, ONR To Commence Open-Water Testing Of Unmanned Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship

April 8, 2016 @ 09:36 AM

The US Office of Naval Research and the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon commence open-water testing of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV), able to traverse thousands of kilometres for months at a time without a single crew member aboard. ACTUV is a 130-foot twin-screw trimaran, designed for enhanced stability in all kinds of weather
Saab, Ashok Leyland Team Up For Producing Truck Simulators in India

March 30, 2016 @ 11:26 AM

Saab and Ashok Leyland have joined hands to manufacture Truck Simulators in India under the Make in India concept. The two companies signed a teaming agreement in the end of 2015
India To Get Six C-130J Transport Aircraft In 2017

March 30, 2016 @ 08:32 AM

Lockheed Martin will be delivering the new batch of C-130J transport military aircraft in 2017, Abhay Paranjape, Business Development Director of C-130 said today. “We will deliver all 6 C-130J Super Hercules in 2017 to the Indian Air Force,” Paranjape told at the press conference today on sidelines of the DefExpo 2016
Boeing Offers ScanEagle UAV for Indian Armed Forces Requirement

March 29, 2016 @ 04:59 PM

Boeing is pitching its ScanEagle UAV for an Indian Army, Navy and Air Force requirement of over 1000 mini Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV). The latest version of the ScanEagle mini-UAV has an in-flight launch and retrieval system where the UAV is mounted on another vertical take-off UAV and ejected when it reaches a certain height
BEL, Thales To Co-Develop Fire Control Radar For Gun and Missile Systems

March 29, 2016 @ 07:03 AM

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Thales today signed a partnership agreement for the joint development of the PHAROS fire control radar on the sidelines of DefExpo 2016. This strategic co-operation contract will allow Thales and BEL-Thales Systems Limited (BTSL), the joint venture between Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Thales, to jointly develop PHAROS, a fire control radar for both gun and missile systems
BEL Delivers Helicopter Payloads To IAF

March 28, 2016 @ 03:38 PM

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) last week handed over the first batch of Electro Optic Infra Red (EOIR) payloads for Helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF). AVM A S Butola, VM, VSM, Asst Chief of Air Staff, Operations (Transport & Helicopters), received two EOIR payloads on behalf of the IAF from Mr Amol Newaskar, Director (Other Units), BEL, in the presence of Mr Charan Singh, GM (BEL-Chennai), at a function held at BELs Chennai Unit on March 21, e company said in a statement Tuesday
India-Russia Discussing Joint Venture Company For Ka-226T Manufacture

March 27, 2016 @ 12:21 PM

Indian HAL and Russian Rosoboronexport are discussing to set up a joint venture company to manufacture Ka-226T helicopters in India. “Several rounds of discussion have taken place on forming the joint venture company for the production of Ka-226T in India,” sources told Defenseworld
Norwegian Air Force’s First AW101 Helicopter Performs Maiden Flight

March 24, 2016 @ 07:46 AM

Finmeccanica announced today that the Royal Norwegian Air Forces first of 16 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters successfully performed its maiden flight on 21 March at its Helicopter Division Yeovil factory in the UK. The successful on-schedule maiden flight marks a major milestone and the start of the flight test programme that will lead to initial aircraft deliveries to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MoJ) in 2017

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