The Indonesian parliament approved a 1.07 trillion Rupiah (US$78
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved $70 million sale of precision bomb kits to Turkey. The Turkish and US governments can negotiate the actual sale, DSCA said in a statement Thursday
Price of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft seems to be the main sticking point in Indo-French negotiations to purchase 36 units of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA). The negotiations which commenced in May this year to meet the “urgent requirements” of the Indian Air Force have not reached fruition despite several rounds of meetings
Sysorex has secured a $1 million agreement with a US Government agency for the AirPatrol ZoneDefense mobile device detection and locationing system. ZoneDefense will be used to help secure sensitive buildings from cybersecurity and data leakage threats posed by rogue mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and other items capable of communicating and transferring data outside of secured networks, the company announced Tuesday
Russia is yet to find an Indian partner for the production of Ka-226T helicopters months after Russian Helicopters was chosen to supply choppers to the Indian defence forces by manufacturing in Indian together with a local partner. Rosoboronexport head, Anatoly Isaikin was quoted as saying Tuesday by Ria Novosti Tuesday that India is inclined to buying Ka-226 and Russia is ready to help them
The US has denied permission to South Korea to export $400 million worth 12 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan. The US refusal is another blow to Korea's program to develop its own military aircraft following the US refusal to hand over key avionics technologies regarding F-35 fighters to Korea
Serbia is eyeing to purchase combat helicopters, ballistic missiles from Russia. "Now we will have to and we have already begun to look at buying combat helicopters, because some of our neighbours have already received 16 Kiowa helicopters," Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was quoted as saying by Tass Sunday
A Cyber-spy group is reported to have attempted to hack the Dutch Safety Board officials computers tasked with the MH17 air crash investigation. Pawn Storm, a Russian spy group believed to have close connections with the Russian government reportedly targeted the Dutch agency before and after the safety board published their detailed report on the MH17 incident on October 13, 2015, Trend Micro reported on its website October 22
Malaysia has signed a US$126.8 million worth agreement to buy two Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters
Bell Helicopter has appointed Lisa Atherton as executive vice-president of military business. In this role, Atherton will be responsible for providing strategic direction, overall management and performance for all government programs and business development efforts