Brazilian Air Force announced last week that it has been developing homemade air-to-air missile, A-Darter by partnering with South Africa's Denel Corp. The missile is said to be 90% ready and is expected to be ready for manufacturing in 2016
Iran on Monday unveiled two indigenized hovercrafts in its Northern territorial waters in the Caspian Sea. The Two hovercrafts were unveiled in a ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979) at the Naval base of Bandar Anzali port city in the Northern province of Gilan, FARS news reported
Indian Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO)'s in-service surveillance drone, Panchi will be showcased in the upcoming Aero India Airshow commencing from 18-22 Feb 2015. The UAV currently available with the the Army is an un-wheeled version launched from a pneumatic rail launcher and uses a parachute drop system for recovery
Chinas Hudong Shipyard launched three warships simultaneously on January 22, including one 054A frigate, one 815G electronic reconnaissance ship, and one 071A amphibious dock landing ship. This is just a “miniature” of the new warships commissioned into the Navy of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLAN), said Chinamil, a website of the state-owned PLA Daily adding that the ships have completed the equipment update for the home-made third-generation destroyers and frigates
Improvised explosive devices (IED) were planted in toys by IS militants, while retreating from Iraqi forces. “We have a list of 24 different types of devices they used in this area,” Darwish Mussa Ali, Bomb disposal expert was quoted as saying by Ary News, Iraq based news agency
A Hong Kong businessman wined, dined, gave away stacks of US dollar bills plus $20 million price to Ukrainian shipyard officials to bring home a disused aircraft carrier which later surfaced as the Liaoning, Chinas first carrier. How the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) realized its blue ocean ambitions by getting an aircraft carrier at a throwaway price were revealed in an article today in the South China Morning Post
India plans to start its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) development project this year to build on the expertise gained in the long developmental saga of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft. Top defence sources on Wednesday said the preliminary design stage of the futuristic fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), with collaboration among IAF, DRDO and Aeronautical Development Agency, is now "virtually" over
The Indian government approves a first set of mobile biometric security devices for navy and coast guard as a measure to strengthen coastal security. The Resident Identity Card (RIC) readers developed by domestic firms Ms ITI and Ms Electronics Corporation of India, is designed to check the identity cards of the residents in coastal areas
Ricoh Americas Corporation has launched RICOH NV-10A digital binoculars on Thursday to provide a crisp, clear image even at night, for marine, military, law enforcement, homeland security and other professionals in their work. RICOH NV-10A combine advanced PENTAX optics and Ricoh image processing, enabling enhanced binoculars to be water resistant, dustproof and include GPS location and digital compass
A-T Solutions has won a contract to provide the US Army Criminal Investigation Command with ScenePD Pro, crash and crime scene diagramming tool developed for professional investigators in the field. “A-T Solutions is extremely pleased to have this opportunity to provide the U