Finmeccanica has denied Alenia Aermacchis C-27J participation in the Saudi Arabian tactical transport aircraft bid. Finmeccanica in response to a news report by French Sole 24 Ore today said, “Alenia Aermacchi has never participated in the international bid called by the Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia with its C-27J tactical transport aircraft
Selex ES announced Thursday that it has won a contract from Embraer Defense & Security to provide an undisclosed number of Gabbiano T20 radar systems for the Brazilian KC-390 transport aircraft. Deliveries will begin this year
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) of Russia will accelerate the development of the T-50 fighter aircraft also known as by its Russian abbreviation PAK-FA by building three more prototypes. The prototypes will be delivered to the testing team consisting of Irkut Corp, a company under UAC and the Russian air force which is jointly testing the prototypes
The Polands Sejm lower parliamentary house has voted to increase the defense spending from 1.95 percent to 2 percent of GDP on Wednesday
German Defense Minister Ursula Von Der who is on a two day visit to India has offered German submarine technology and other military hardware to Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar during a meeting on Tuesday. “Partnering of Germany in the Make in India program was discussed
India has sanctioned the construction of its largest Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC II) dubbed as INS Vishal which would weigh around 65,000 tons and would possess warfare capabilities. The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has initially allocated Rs 30 Crore (US $4
UTC Aerospace Systems has announced that it has signed an agreement with Newport News Shipbuilding to provide composite components for the next 10 Virginia Class nuclear attack submarines, collectively referred to as Block IV. The agreements cover deliveries through 2020 to the shipbuilder
The Indian Army and HCL has co-developed a software application, dubbed human resource management system (HRMS 2.0) designed to make various administrative functions integrated and web-enabled by being lodged in the servers of the unit level formations
Pakistan is considering to buy South Korea's T-50 Lead In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) for improving its Air Force training program. Pakistan took interest in Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 trainer as a step to improve the collaboration between Pakistan-South Korean defense industries, DefenseNews reported on Sunday
The US Navy is integrating “smart” rocket launchers on MH-60R helicopters; US Naval Air Systems Command issued a statement Tuesday. The Navy delivered the Digital Rocket Launchers (DRLs) on March 25 as part of an Early Operational Capability (EOC)