The Korean Defense Ministry will be hosting White Hat Contest 2015 in October to select anti-hacking experts to fight against rising hacking threats. In the contest, three final teams each will be chosen from the adult and underage segments in a simulated cyber-attack situation in which the contestants are tasked with blocking hacking efforts
DynCorp International (DI) has won a $45 million contract from the US Army to provide multi-platform vehicle support services to the Iraqi Army. This contract with one-year options has a total potential value of $139
Russia is working on several futuristic fighter and bomber models in addition to the PAK-FA stealth fighters, scale models of some of which will be displayed at the upcoming MAKS 2015 air and defense exhibition in Moscow this month-end. Work is being carried out in major aviation complexes to build next generation stealth aircraft
India is likely to allow defense offsets obligations to be fulfilled in non-defence areas under the new defense procurement procedure (DPP) expected to be released in mid-October. There is speculation amongst non-governmental sectors that a draft Defense Procurement Procedure (DPP) circulating in the ministry of defense (MoD) for examinations
The US department of Defense has approved $9 million each to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon to define a proof-of-concept prototype of a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle. Under this new contract, the contractor will define a concept that can destroy several objects within a threat complex by considering advanced sensor, divert and attitude control and communication concepts, the US DOD announced Tuesday
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has down-played claims of 'victory' over the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the recent Indo-UK air exercise held in Lincolnshire, UK even as RAF. “There are no classic wins and losses as no weapons are fired as per their actual capability,” an IAF release said Monday ending speculation that IAF Su-30MKI fighter jets outsmarted RAFs Eurofighter typhoon at the recently held Indo-UK bilateral exercise, ‘Indradhanush
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman have won pre-engineering and manufacturing development (pre-EMD) contracts from the US Air Force (USAF) to replace its Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. The companies received the one-year deals to mature and test competing designs before a production contract is awarded in late 2017
The Russian T-50 PAK-FA could become the new king of aerobatics with the stealth aircraft being capable of flying at Mach 2 speed and bringing its speed down to Zero in mid-flight. It is capable of performing all known aerobatic manoeuvres while introducing some new ones which promise to take onlookers breath away
Switzerlands Pilatus Aircraft has won a contract from Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) for the purchase of nine Pilatus PC-9 M training aircraft. The Swiss company announced today that the order also includes a simulator, training equipment and a comprehensive logistics support package
Raytheons Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) will be a possible competitor in the Navys search for a next generation anti-ship missile to replace the 1980s era weapons in the service. Set to start in Fiscal Year 2017, the contest for the Navys Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment II seeks to replace the Navys decades-old inventory of Boeing RGM-84 Harpoons with more technologically sophisticated weapons