Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested a New Generation, nuclear capable ballistic missile, Agni P launched from a canister. The launch took place from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, Balasore at 1055 hrs on June 28, 2021
The multinational procurement organization Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matière dArmement (OCCAR) awarded HENSOLDT a contract to modernize the test equipment of the artillery location radar COBRA. Under the OCCAR contract awarded on behalf of Germany and France, HENSOLDT will replace the COBRA Radar Environment Simulator (CRES), indispensable for determining optimum deployment and testing system performance
Privately held Ukrainian Firm, PrAT Ramzay JSC has developed an armed helicopter drone together with laser homing missiles which will be unveiled at the Arms & Security International Expo later this month in Kyiv. The project to build a rotor drone has been under development during the past few years, and the first prototype is expected to make its maiden flight this year
The Croatian government is likely to buy 12 used French Rafale fighter jets and a decision could be announced on May 28, on the occasion of the countrys Armed Forces Day. The used planes are to be drawn from French Air Force inventory and are 10 year old, Croatian publication
Lockheed Martin said its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) successfully completed the fourth consecutive flight test with the U.S
A Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) unit of Xinjiang Military Command deployed the countrys latest PHL-03 long-range multiple rocket launcher (MRL) artillery system in Tibet. At least 10 units were delivered at a commissioning ceremony Saturday, along with other eight vehicles for command & control and and communications
The Czech Republic has expelled 18 Russian diplomats after an investigation linked their involvement to a 2014 ammunition depot explosion and will discuss the matter at an upcoming NATO summit on Tuesday. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced that there was a reasonable suspicion of the involvement of Russian secret service GRU officers in the explosions of ammunition depots in Vrbětice
Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura (with an integral helicopter embarked) and INS Kiltan alongwith P-8I Poseidon Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft are participating, for the first time; in multi-lateral maritime exercise La Pérouse, being conducted in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region from April 5-7, 2021. The Indian Navy ships and aircraft will exercise at sea with ships and aircraft of French Navy (FN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and United States Navy (USN) during the three-day exercise at sea
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today it completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile. During the test series concluded earlier this week in southern Israel, Rafael performed a ground launch to test the missiles command and control, navigation, and flight trajectory capabilities
Iran has developed a new “space” rocket besides inaugurating a mass production line for advanced shoulder-fired missiles. New composite solid fuel plants capable of supplying fuel to all ground combat missiles has also been set up