Indias defence ministry said it will hand over an indigenously-built in-service Missile Corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam Peoples Navy. On June 19, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Gang in New Delhi to discuss progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives
Rolls-Royce said it will start testing the new small gas turbine that has been specifically developed to power hybrid-electric flight. The engine is part of a turbogenerator system that is being developed for the Advanced Air Mobility market
Elbit Systems will showcase the new Nano SPEAR at the Paris Airshow, an advanced, digital and miniature system designed as a countermeasure against radar-guided air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles that threaten aircrews and their platforms. The Nano SPEAR is part of the Self Protection Electronic Attack and Reconnaissance (SPEAR) product family, which includes the Micro SPEAR for very small installations; Light SPEAR for installation on medium-large sized helicopters and UAVs; and the Advanced SPEAR ECM Pod currently on contract for providing active self-protection for the C-390 transport aircraft
Elbit Systems is planning to unveil a new Electronic Warfare (EW) capability to counter drone threats at the upcoming Paris Airshow. The new capability is provided via the digital Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), one part of Elbits proven Airborne self-protection EW suite, and enables drone detection and identification as well as locating Personal Location Beacon (PLB) of ground forces and pilots
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said it is working on a brand new interceptor missile called SkySonic geared specifically at the hypersonic threat
Airbus Helicopters has asked Elbit Systems to provide Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection systems for German CH‑53 GS/GE transport helicopters. Under the contract, Elbit Systems, supported by Elbit Systems Deutschland, will provide digital Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), EW Controllers (EWC) and Counter Measure Dispensing Systems (CMDS)
Russian minesweeper Yakov Baliyaev deployed unmanned boat Scanda to locate and defuse opposing force naval mines during drills held in the Sea of Okhotsk. “The minesweeper performed control and reconnaissance search of opposing force naval mines,” the countrys defense ministry said
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An American-operated RQ-4B Global Hawk drone was overhead when Ukrainian unmanned explosive-laden boats attempted to attack a Russian reconnaissance vessel Priazovye that was monitoring activity around a Russia-Turkey gas pipeline. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully attempted to attack the Black Sea Fleet's ship Priazovye, which is carrying out control and security tasks along the routes of the Turkish Stream and the Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea, with six unmanned speedboats,” Russian defense ministry said
The ‘Russified variant of the SSJ airliner, the SSJ-NEW, is being prepared for its first flight, albeit Russian-made PD-8 engine. Irkut Corporation, part of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Rostec, has completed a field session of the Scientific and Technical Council (STC), dedicated to the preparation of the first prototype SSJ-NEW aircraft for flight tests