MD Helicopters LLC (MDH) has signed a five-year, $19 million contract with the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) to provide comprehensive support for the maintenance and operation of its MD530F helicopter fleet. The agreement covers spare parts supply, repair and overhaul services, and in-country technical and logistical support for SANGs 12 MD530F helicopters used in flight training
The UK announced the supply of 650 Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) in a £162 million package to Ukraine. The air defence package announced by Defence Secretary John Healey MP today at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) meeting at US Air Force Base in Ramstein
The Russian military is worried that the arrest of Telegram founder, Pavel Durov in Paris could cripple the real-time intelligence sharing mechanism that Russian forces currently rely on using the Telegram platform. “The arrest of (Telegram chat system founder) Durov is equivalent to the arrest of the chief of communications of the Russian army,” - the head of the Center for the Development of Transport Technologies of the Russian Federation Alexey Rogozin was quoted as saying on Telegram
The Department of Defense (DoD) of the United States and the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India (IN MoD) have entered into a bilateral Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA), marking a significant step in the defense cooperation between the two nations. The agreement, which is non-binding, was signed by Dr
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is demonstrating for the first time a full-scale model of a fundamentally new unmanned transport system for off-airfield deployment with a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft S-76. The unmanned S-76 has already passed the first stage of flight experiments to test vertical takeoff, hovering and landing modes
Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced plans to produce 100 satellites annually starting in 2027. “The Russian space industry will switch to industrial assembly of satellites in 2027, with plans to produce about 100 spacecraft per year,” Andrei Yelchaninov, Roscosmos First Deputy Director General, said in an interview with Interfax on Monday
Indias MEHAIR signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to purchase fifty ME-1A amphibious aircraft from American firm Mallard Enterprises at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)-2024 in the United Kingdom. As pioneers of seaplane services in India since 2011, MEHAIR remains the only operator in the subcontinent and is transitioning to green aviation technologies
United Launch Services LLC, based in Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $1.1 billion modification to an existing contract for National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Two services
Thales has secured a contract from Naval Group to test a passive hull-mounted sonar, part of a French defence procurement agency (DGA)-led project to develop an Unmanned Combat Underwater Vehicle (UCUV) demonstrator. The passive omnidirectional hull-mounted sonar, to be integrated into the demonstrator, comprises a cylindrical panoramic array and an internal unit housing the operating software
Japan and the Philippines signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) on Monday, enabling enhanced defense cooperation and Japanese troop deployments to the Philippines. The agreement was signed after high-level meetings in Manila between Japans Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr