Turkey plans to adopt a Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defense system, Turkish procurement officials said, even though it may be impossible to integrate the system with its existing NATO architecture. One senior procurement official familiar with the program said the Turkish government has concluded that the Chinese proposal was technologically satisfactory, allowed technology transfer and was much cheaper than rival proposals
The U.S defense automatic budget cuts called Sequestration has affected the way U
The U.S Navy is planning to sign a five year contract worth under $6
Indian officials have charged a Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD) official and two others who allegedly paid bribes on behalf of the company to ensure it wouldnt get blacklisted in India. Police have charged Gerhard Hoy, the India representative of Rheinmetall, with bribery, along with Indian businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian-born wife, Anca Neacsu
Israel is accelerating development of its high-altitude Arrow 3 antiballistic missile system amid concerns over Iran's nuclear program. "We're thinking mostly about the nuclear threat," Col
The U.S
Australian federal government is facing a funding shortfall of $33 billion over the next decade, which they planned to use for modernizing the armed forces with new military hardware. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute also says that the government will face a crunch time in three or four years, when it will have to decide whether to pump more money into defence or scale back its ambitions
A day after Chinese hackers took the rap for a cyber attack against Australia and stealing designs for a new spy HQ, Australias Prime Minister Julia Gillard called the reports “inaccurate”. Gillards statement further strengthens Chinas consistent denials of any state-sponsored hacking against the West
Designs to over two dozen U.S weapons systems have been compromised after Chinese hackers gained access to them, according to the Washington Post
South Korea has approved plans to buy 20 maritime patrol aircraft to improve the Navys surveillance capabilities of North Korea. The approval allows the addition of 20 maritime patrol aircraft to supplement the aging squadron of 16 Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions and the budget is estimated at $889 million