China has developed a new service rifle that is accompanied by an individual soldier combat system that reportedly integrates dozens of advanced devices, including an information exchange interface packed up on the chest of a soldier. The gun made its first public debut at the National Day parade on October 1
The Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC) has marked the first big sales order for its AV500 helicopter UAV dubbed as copycat of the US-made Fire-scout UAV. A preliminary sales contract for 10 AV500 helicopter UAVs has been signed with the Wuhan Aviation Industry UAV Service (WAIUS) during the China Heli-Expo at Tianjin on October 10, AVIC announced on Monday
General Dynamics unveiled the prototype of the US Armys Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD, and announced that its Stryker A1 MCWS is ready for production, at the ongoing Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington. “Today marks the public debut of the Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD prototype,” General Dynamics (GD)
Saab has together with Boeing conducted a test firing of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). The test firing took place at the Andoya Test Center in Andenes, Norway, September 26, 2019
Russias state-owned Rostec State Corporation will put forward a proposal to modernize South Koreas fleet of Kamov Ka-32 helicopters at Seoul ADEX 2019 exhibition scheduled to begin on October 15. The Ka-32 choppers will get a new glass cockpit, advanced avionics, powerful VK-2500PS-02 engine and a new firefighting system under the modernisation program, all of which will be on display at the exhibition, Rostec announced Monday
DARPA has completed preliminary design review of a new ground-launched hypersonic weapons system being developed under Operational Fires (OpFires) program. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments
South Korea is planning to sign an agreement to establish a direct military hotline with Russia to share military flight information and prevent any accidental airspace violation, by the end of this month. “A military hotline between the Air Forces of South Korea and Russia will help prevent any accidental entry into each other's air defense identification zones," Yonhap reported quoting Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying on Tuesday
Japan has stated that the North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile fired on Wednesday off its eastern coast fell into its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Shimane Prefecture. The escalation that came just hours after North Koreas state media reported it would restart working-level denuclearization talks on October 5, Saturday
Chinas H-6N strategic bomber boasting of aerial refuelling capabilities participated in the National Day parade for the first time in Beijing on Tuesday. Aside of the H-6N, H-6K variant also took part at the Tuesday event
India on Monday test-fired the land-attack version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha state. The missile was equipped with locally-made propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major components