The Indian Army is likely to deploy Russian Aerostats radar with Israeli SPYDER air defense missile in a major overhaul of obsolete air defense system along the nation's border with Pakistan. Delivery of Russian Aerostats radar is expected to start in a few months and will be fitted with Israeli EL/M-2083 early-warning radars
Lockheed Martin will carry out F-16 test flights with its ‘Paragon Direct Attack Munition integrated on it in the second quarter of this year. “Paragon has been successfully integrated on the F/A-18
South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shareholders have approved a plan to split the company into six separate entities from April this year despite objections from the company's union employees. The shareholder motion splits the world's largest shipbuilder into six separate companies – a shipbuilding entity, plus five independent firms derived from the conglomerate's electronics, robotics, services, alternative energy and construction equipment divisions
Raytheon has signed a MoU with Indias Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) to co-produce Stinger air defence missile components. “Our agreement with Tata Advanced Systems deepens our industrial partnership in India with a global technology leader and will expand the range of options and capabilities for US and coalition forces to achieve their missions,” said Duane Gooden, Raytheon Land Warfare Systems vice president in a statement today
Indias Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will bid to supply electronic warfare systems for the Mi-17V5 helicopter which India has purchased from Russia. “We are bidding for the project by the Indian MoD for requirements in regard to the Mi-17V5 fleet,” MV Gautama, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics during the AeroIndia 2017 airshow Wednesday
The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has certified the initial standard of the new French special forces heavy vehicles (PLFS). The first PLFS were delivered on February 1, 2017
Recent US sanctions on Iran has exposed link between Chinese entities, individuals involvement in supporting with technology and materials for Tehrans ballistic missile program. The US Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (
South Korea is considering employing big data solutions to forecast enemy threats and strengthen its defense readiness. Defense officials, venture firms and experts gathered at a seminar in Seoul to discuss ways to further utilize big data in beefing up the military's defense capabilities against North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats
Chinas Rocket Force, a special contingent to handle the range of missiles, has conducted an exercise with the advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile that has a range of over 1,000 km. Significantly the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which is secretive about its weapons systems, has released a video of the recent exercise of its troops employing the advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile
Novikombank, the base bank for the Russian industry, has granted a 20 million euro worth loan to the Irkut Corp to finance the execution of an export contract for the delivery of new aviation equipment. This agreement has become the first step towards promising cooperation between the parties, Rostec announced during January last week