Lockheed Martin has won a contract to integrate Sniper-Advanced Targeting Pod(ATP) onto the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) F-2 aircraft. This initial contract, awarded through Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2014, includes a Sniper pod, spares and support equipment for integration
Saudi Arabia, UAE have landed two armored brigades and several commando battalions consisting of tanks, armored vehicles fitted with missiles via sea and land at the recently acquired Yemeni port of Aden to fight Houthi insurgents. Saudi, UAE armored brigades consisting of armored personnel carriers Abram M1 tanks and Leclerc tanks, BMD3s, Humvees and mine-resistant, ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles all fitted with short-range ground-to-ground missiles landed at Aden Tuesday
North Korea has built a cover around its rocket-launching platform possibly to evade from surveillance by spy satellites. On Sunday, the US satellite images indicated the steel platform at Sohae Satellite Launching Station was completely covered
China has restricted the export of drones that can fly at an altitude of over 15,420 meters and hover for over one hour in gusty winds. While the move is seen as fallout of Pakistan's claims of shooting down a China made "Indian spy drone" along its border with India, it does not seem to be so
One of the world's most impenetrable satellite communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin to serve the U.S
The Russian S300M Burevestnik (Stormbringer) UAV is scheduled for mass production next month. According to Russian Media, Moscow plans to showcase the drone during the upcoming MAKS-2015 aerospace show
Harris Corporation (HRS) has won a two-year, $29 million contract to produce key avionics components that will enhance flight crews targeting capabilities on the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic attack platform. US and Australian Navy are the primary users of both the aircraft and the avionics are a critical part of the Distributed Targeting System which will improve the aircrafts networking capabilities and enhance targeting precision apart from shortening the time from target sensing to shooting
Fresh satellite images have suggested that the North Korea has completed upgrade to its main rocket launch site possibly for a launch that is supposed to take place in October. The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said that the analysis of the new pictures captured on 21st July indicate that the construction of a support building on the launchpad where rockets would be prepared is completed
A Russian mini-submarine has been discovered at Swedish territorial waters not far from the Swedish coast. The submarine is about 20 meters long and three and a half meters wide
The Pakistani army released footage from a drone it downed near Line of Control (LoC) earlier this month, claiming that it presented evidence that it was flown for reconnaissance inside Pakistan. According to a statement and video released by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pak armed forces yesterday, the Quadcopter (drone) contained an image taken ‘from the office of an Indian firm and an Indian ‘command post