Indias indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the Tejas will be integrated with the US- and Russian-origin missiles and is expected to fly this month during the Indian Air Force show. The jet is currently undergoing final operational clearance and will soon be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF)
Japan's parliament has voted into law on Saturday a defense policy shift that relaxes the constitutional limits on its military power for fighting overseas. A main feature of the new laws is removal of long-standing ban on exercising the right of collective self-defence, or defending the US or another friendly nation that comes under attack, in cases where Japan faces a "threat to its survival"
Japan has handed over its warship 'Izumo' to its Maritime Self Defense Force on Wednesday. The helicopter carrier is as big as the Imperial Navy aircraft carriers, Reuters reported on Wednesday
The Indian Navy has issued a Request for Information for six new Indian-built missile corvettes primarily as surface warfare vessels. Under the Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme, the navy requires "Surface warfare capabilities, low RADAR, acoustic, magnetic and IR signature, high endurance and credible AMD/AA capability"
DCNS, the French ship and submarine builder may be heading for a loss during 2014, the fist time since 2003. Non delivery of the Mistral amphibious assault ship to Russia and delays in the Scorpene and Barracuda submarine projects to different customers has weighed down on the financials of the company, various French media outlets reported today
Russian soldiers will begin field tests of cutting-edge combat gear in December, Russian Land Force commander-in-chief Col. Gen
A team of Japanese aircraft-makers plan to flight test the countrys first indigenously made stealth fighter aircraft, according to reports. The consortium -- led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- is developing a jet that has similar technology to US-made F-35 stealth fighters, with a prototype set for a test run in January, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said
Bofors Dynamics Switzerland Ltd (SBDS), Saabs fully owned company has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the US-based NonLethal Technologies Inc. (NLT) for marketing and selling the IronFistTMand Cobra40TMless-lethal weapon systems, including the 38-mm and 40-mm munitions
India's indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas today received the initial operational clearance (IOC II) at a ceremony in Bengaluru. The LCA is designed to ultimately replace the MiG 21 fleet of IAF
Indias indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), will achieve its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC II) tomorrow. “The production facilities have been set up at HAL and the aircraft delivery is expected to commence from 2014