Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) have created a 50:50 joint venture company to manufacture compressor shroud rings at Bangalore that will be used in defense aerospace applications for other HAL-Rolls Royce ventures
A series of new contracts and agreements marking key steps towards the MOD's next generation of aircraft and air-launched weapons has been announced by Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth today, Monday 29 March 2010. In a move that will see industry work together on the development of the UK's air-launched weapons, known as Complex Weapons, the Defence Secretary announced that the MOD has entered into an interim Partnering Agreement with MBDA in the UK
Royal Malaysian Navy Scorpene-type submarine Tunku Abdul Rahman has completed its first sea trials off the Malaysian coast following scheduled maintenance at its home port. The trials confirm the boat’s readiness for underwater service
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a delivery order award from the U.S
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its subsidiary, Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd
CAE today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded CAE a contract valued at approximately C$250 million ($246 million apporx.) for a comprehensive CH147F Chinook helicopter aircrew training solution
Rheinmetall AG increased the performance of the Defence sector further and reported positive EBIT of €15 million for fiscal 2009, despite high expenses in the Automotive business as a result of the crisis. Both company sectors achieved better operating results than originally forecast
India on Sunday successfully test fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted in a moving warship INS Ranvir from off Orissa coast. The missile performed supersonic maneuvering following the exact flight path and homed on to the decommissioned target ship INS Meen
The successful vertical launch test of the Indo-Russian Brahmos cruise missile where it was fired from a moving ship and hit another ship with pin-point precision has opened up a new international market for the missile. So far, anti-ship missiles have been dominated by sea-skimming missiles such as the French Exocet or advanced torpedoes launched either from a ship or submarine
A defense unit of Cubic Corporation has been awarded a contract worth more than $30 million to supply small arms training systems to Saudi Arabia. Cubic will provide its EST 2000 Engagement Skills Trainer to the Saudi Arabian National Guard under a contract from the U