Sixteen people died and 130 tons of ammunition worth over INR 100 crore (US $14 million) was destroyed besides collateral damage after a fire broke out at the Maharastras Phulgaon Central Ammunition Depot Tuesday. The ammunition depot is one of Asias biggest and houses the largest stockpile of weapons in India
NovAtels compact GAJT anti-jam antenna is now on-board Schiebels CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Schiebel focused on the development, testing and production of the CAMCOPTER S-100UAS, as well as mine detection equipment, is a long-time customer of NovAtels high precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technology
The US Navy accepted delivery of the Stealth capable USS Zumwalt, which is equipped with two Advanced Gun Systems, capable of firing Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) that reach up to 63 nautical miles, providing three-fold range improvement in naval surface fires coverage. DDG 1000 is tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces, the US Navy said in a statement Saturday
Thales is doing a transfer of production for 260 Catherine cameras to be installed on Indias T90 battle tanks. Thales announces the award of a contract by Beltech to provide Catherine thermal imaging cameras for Indias T90 battle tanks last week
Russia may deploy new Toros tracked armored vehicles for its units in the Arctic region. "Russian servicemen in Arctic need armoured fighting vehicles modified for the harshest climatic conditions of the region
A new mobile application reportedly launched by Islamic State (IS) directed for educating children with Arabic alphabet and vocabulary has jihadist themes along with words like ‘tank, ‘gun and ‘rocket. The IS's 'Library of Zeal' has released an application for teaching the Arabic alphabet to children on Android devices, the
European and Middle East countries have expressed interest in Indonesian warships after the first successful export of Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) to the Philippines, an official of PT PAL Indonesia said. PT PAL President Director Firmansyah Arifin said that the first warship export attracted the attention of representatives of a number of countries, including the Middle East countries
After the recent reports of satellite imagery confirming Pakistan setting up tactical nuclear missiles base close to the Indian border, there is more evidence of a second base at Masroor AB, Karachi which houses Raad nuclear missile that provides strategic standoff capability. The satellite imagery dated 21 March 2016 posted by an expert on
The Indo-French government-to-government deal for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters is not done yet, the government is negotiating to reduce the price and ‘save a lot of money, Indian defense minister said Friday. Indian Defense Minister, Manohar Parrikar said in the Lower House during the calling attention motion over the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal said, “"We will reduce the deal value and we will save a lot
Elbit Systems has performed a series of demonstration flights using BrightNite system, a solution that enables utility helicopters to perform Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) missions. The goal of the flights was to demonstrate the systems performance in DVE conditions, in moonless, pitch dark nights, in which flights are rarely executed