Indias Defence Minister AK Antony today announced at Defexpo 2014 that there will be no more procurement until after April 2014. Addressing the media, he said that the Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) is also being reviewed
The Indian Air Force today inducted the first Pilatus PC 7 Mk II at Hyderabad. “The induction of PC-7Mk II as Basic Trainer Aircraft in Indian Air Force is a very important landmark in our nations quest to modernise its Armed Forces,” Raksha Rajya Mantri, Jitendra Singh said
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has delivered a ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan
As India prepares to announce the winner of the $10 billion FICV project sometime this year, Textron is in talks with Ashok Leyland (ALL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Bharat Forge, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) to supply the avionics and other sub systems for the vehicle. “We are in discussion with the Indian industry to come on as partner for the project which is likely to take place in April
Textron Inc., USA has announced the appointment of Inderjit Sial as the new President & Managing Director of Textron India Private Limited
ManTech International Corporation has won a contract worth $871 million from the U.S Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide support services for test and evaluation (T&E) missions at DISA’s Test and Evaluation Executive Office and at the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture owned equally by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, today announced the appointment of Major General (Ret'd) Ajit Hari Gadre as Chief Executive Officer of HATSOFF. Major General (Ret'd) Ajit Hari Gadre, said, “I am pleased to join an organization established by HAL and CAE, two of the world's leading and most reputable aerospace and defence companies
In an effort to protect its coastline and monitor daily maritime traffic coming in and out of the country's ports, The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter- mountable, laser mine detection systems from Northrop Grumman. Making this the first direct commercial sale of Northrop Grumman Corporation's Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to an international navy
The Department of Defense (DoD) is considering sending a $19.5 billion army radio contract to the chopping block, which would open the field up to competitors and put cash back into taxpayers' pockets
The AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) team announces the receipt of a follow-on contract for the Joint Interoperable Target Control System (JITCS). This contract enables the continued development of standard Target Control System interfaces for the Common Interface Target Control System (CITCS)