Saab will deliver three UAV systems comprising of air vehicles equipped with day/night sensors and a ground station to the Swedish Police. The system also includes spare parts, consumables, documentation, training and technical support
Japan is ready to send warships if Chinese navy approaches disputed Senkaku islands in East China Sea. “If the situation becomes difficult to resolve with the help of the Coast Guard, the self-defense forces will be ordered to launch defensive operations at sea,” Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani was quoted as saying in a NHK television broadcast by Sputnik Tuesday
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $28 million contract for air vehicle retrofit modifications associated with the F-35A fuel tank overpressure engineering. The contract awarded is in support of the US Air Force, and the governments of Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway, the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
Indias Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved major policy changes that include increased offset baseline, reduced delays in procedures and emphasis on local production. The DAC has cleared the new clauses to the proposed Defense Procurement Policy (DPP) on Monday
Israels F-35A designated as ‘Adir officially began its mate process where four major components of the fifth generation fighter aircraft will be assembled in the Electronic Mate and Assembly Station to form the aircraft's structure. Lockheed Martin and Israeli Ministry of Defense officials commemorated the beginning of the first F-35A "Adir" (meaning "mighty one" in Hebrew) manufactured for Israel at Fort Worth Jan
Indias Reliance Defense has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andra Pradesh Government to set up a facility to build nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. The facility is said to be co-located with the Indian Navys base and BARCs nuclear facility at Rambilli, approximately 70 Km south of Visakhapatnam
Indian Army is planning to undertake procurement of new generation ammunition to replace the existing ammunition being fired by 30 mm Cannon gun fitted on BMP-2/2K armored vehicles. The ammunition is required for all the Indian Armys 2900 BMP-2/2K armored vehicles
The US State Department has approved a $800 million Foreign Military Sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of this sale on January 6, 2016, the Pentagon said Thursday
The US government is supplying 24 mine-resistant, armor-protected vehicles to Nigeria to fight against Boko Haram militants. The US consulate in Lagos said that the vehicles worth $11 million were handed over to Nigerian military officials Thursday
Russian shipbuilder may choose Larson and Tuobro over Reliance Pipavav shipyard as a partner in the upgrade and refit of Indias Kilo-class submarines contract valued at $749 million (INR 5000 crore). “The Russian side has written to the Indian government, informing that an earlier partnership plan with the Anil Ambani promoted Pipavav now stands cancelled as the shipyard would not have been able to meet timelines set by the Navy for the upgrade plan,” Economic Times news daily cited unnamed sources as saying Friday