India's Defense Ministry has asked South Korea and Russia to partner with its domestic firms in order to take part in its helicopter competition, despite offers of complete technology transfer. South Korea is offering its Surion light utility helicopter (LUH) and Russia its Ka-226 machine, which was offered by the Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Dec
Contrary to expectations of international arms suppliers of a rise in defence imports following a change in government in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modis ‘Make in India call may slow down direct foreign purchases. The focus of the new government has shifted to defence equipment being manufactured at home for exports and domestic use rather than imports
RUAG has acquired Patrias Space unit to become part of RUAGs Space division, which includes the business operations and assets. Patrias Space activities are currently part of the Finnish companys Systems Business Unit
A Jordanian F-16 fighter aircraft was shot down by ISIS today using a heat-seeking missile over Raqqa, Syria, according to various media reports. It would mark the first time ISIS would have shot down a fighter
BAE Systems has won a contract worth $1.2 billion from the US Army for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)
Russian Helicopters has been asked by the Indian MoD to respond to a request for information (RFI) to procure light utility helicopters for the Indian Army and Navy along with Airbus and Bell. This is contrary to what is being reported primarily in the Russian media that the Russian side is close to a go ahead to set up a manufacturing base in India along with state owned HAL to sell in the Indian and export markets
The first Australian F-35A Lightning jet arrived on Dec 18 at Luke Air Force Base for pilot training, which begins in 2015. It was then assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing that already operated a fleet of 17 F-35s
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has acquired Diehl Defence Land System from Diehl Defense under a contract announced on December 17. However, the contract is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities
Rheinmetall's subsidiary, American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM) will supply M1110 40 x 46mm day/night training cartridges and 66mm vehicle-launched screening smoke grenades to the US Armed Forces. Under a contract worth a total of $127
Russian companies saw 20 percent increase in arms sales in FY 2013 compared with their US and Western counterparts, according to the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher with SIPRI's Arms and Military Expenditure Programme, said "the remarkable increases" in Russian companies arms sales in both 2012 and 2013 are in large part due to uninterrupted investments in military procurement by the Russian government during the 2000s