The Government of UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have finally agreed on the price escalation terms relating to the Eurofighter Typhoon airplane under the Salaam programme. Cash settlement is expected to follow this pricing agreement, commencing in the early part of 2014
Défense Conseil International (DCI) has won the “Helicopter Basic Flying Training Syllabus Harmonisation Study (2 HS)” contract from the European Defence Agency (EDA). The study, which will be presented next June, is aiming at implementing a European reference syllabus concerning the ab initio training of helicopter pilots
Egypt and Russia have reached an initial agreement on how to implement a new arms delivery deal worth over $3 billion. According to Vedomosti newspaper, at the meeting the two sides initialed or signed contracts for the delivery of MiG-29M/M2 Fulcrum fighter jets, air defense missile complexes, Mi-35 helicopters, coastal anti-ship complexes, light weapons and ammunition
India has reportedly suggested servicing aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, jointly together with Russias Sevmash shipyard over the next 40 years. According to the shipyard, the current servicing contract is for 20 years, but that Indian naval officials have proposed to extend that timeframe
The Republic Of Korea is expected to sign a letter of acceptance for the procurement of four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks worth $1.2 billion
SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Division of the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), will be presenting various domestic companies at the Israel National Pavilion at the Singapore Air Show 2014. "Israel considers Asia as a significant market and views expanded cooperation in the region as very important
Thales has announced a contract to modernize Thailands air traffic management at Singapore Airshow 2014, starting from today. Recently, Thaless LORADS III system has entered into service with Singapore
A European-firm, Atlas Elektronik has won the competition to equip Indian Navys indigenous Delhi class and Russian-origin Talwar class warships with its sonar system. The Navy officials were quoted as saying by Press Trust of India (PTI) that the firm is the lowest bidder and the Defence Ministry is yet to declare its final decision on the deal
Indias Pipavav Defence & Offshoring Engineering Company (PDOC) and Germany-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK are teaming up to build new Heavyweight Torpedo for the Indian Navy. ATLAS also offers the SeaHake mod4 torpedo, amongst the most advanced Heavyweight Torpedoes and has a range in excess of 140 km
Saab and Ashok Leyland have joined forces to compete for the Indian Army Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) air defence programme, with a new solution that combines the Saab BAMSE missile system with Ashok high-mobility vehicles. The Saab BAMSE SRSAM is an all-weather, all-target, air defence missile system that can be deployed to protect fixed and mobile assets