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Indian Army To Develop Command Level War Game Software With US

September 9, 2016 @ 02:06 PM

The Indian army, with the assistance of the US, has plans to develop a simulated command post exercises (CPX), a training software tool. The computer-driven CPX involving the participation by command, staff, and communication personnel will be a high point of the upcoming India-US joint Army exercise between 14-27 September at Indian Army's Chaubatia military station in Uttarakhand's Ranikhet in India, officials at the Army headquarters said
India, US To Develop Joint Jet Engine Under 'Make In India' Initiative

September 8, 2016 @ 06:31 PM

The US has connected the joint jet engine development project with India to a proposal to manufacture the US combat aircraft under ‘make In India initiative. Pentagon has discussed all the options, including sharing of high end weapons, radar and power plant technology during recent Indian defense ministers visit,
Boeing To Integrate GBU-56 Laser Guided Bomb Onto Hornet Fighter

September 8, 2016 @ 01:34 PM

Boeing has won a $9.9 million contract to integrate the GBU-56(V) 4/B laser-guided bomb on to the F/A-18 Hornet's weapons platform
USAF’s F-15 Fighter Fleet To Be Modified To Carry 16 Missiles In...

September 7, 2016 @ 03:56 PM

US Air Forces F-15 fighter aircraft fleet will get a $12 billion makeover, which will include modification to carry 16 missiles, rather than the standard eight. According to CNN, the Air Force initially planned to replace the entire F-15 fleet with the fifth-generation F-22 Raptor, but production of the stealthy aircraft was halted in 2009 and only 188 of the 749 F-22s purchased by the Pentagon were ever produced
US Sets-Up Inter-Agency Process For India’s Request For Guardian UAVs

September 7, 2016 @ 10:35 AM

The US government has started an inter-agency process on the Indian request for unarmed Guardian drones for its maritime surveillance in the Indian Ocean. The move comes after India was designated a major defence partner of the US in June
Indonesia Acquires Nine Australian Used C-130H Aircraft And Full Mission Simulator

September 7, 2016 @ 10:22 AM

The Indonesian Air Force has recently taken delivery and accepted for training a CAE-built C-130H full-mission simulator that was previously in-service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Indonesian Air Force has acquired nine ex-RAAF C-130H aircraft along with the CAE-built simulator as part of a government-to-government agreement established several years ago
General Dynamics To Provide Next-Gen Crytographic Module to US Air Force

September 7, 2016 @ 09:31 AM

General Dynamics will supply an updated Air Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Mode 4/5 KIV-78 Combined Interrogator or Transponder Applique to the US Air Force. The deliveries will start from February 2017, the company announced Tuesday
S.Korea Raises 2017 Defense Budget By 4 % To Counter North's Nuclear

September 6, 2016 @ 04:21 PM

South Korea has increased its defense budget for next year by 4 percent to strengthen missile defense capabilities against growing threats from North Korea. The South Korea is planning to build a "Korea Air and Missile Defence (KAMD) system" and a "kill chain" to detect, identify and intercept incoming missiles in the shortest duration, the Yonhap news agency quoted a defence ministry official as saying
Pakistani Maritime Doctrine To Seek Assured Second-strike Capability

September 6, 2016 @ 12:31 PM

A maritime military doctrine being developed by Pakistan could contain an assured second-strike capability and the need for delving into cooperative mechanisms as a tool for crisis management, military experts were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper during a debate on the Military doctrine in the Pakistani capital today. A ‘second-strike capability is expert-speak for deterrence of a formidable nature- such as nuclear tipped missiles launched from the sea or air
Saudi Arabia To Buy Chinese UAVs

September 4, 2016 @ 08:16 AM

The US ally Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with China to buy drones that are capable of carrying missiles and laser guided bombs. The drones Wing Loong (Pterodactyl), which are also capable of using other modern methods of firing, are beneficial to Saudi kingdom in its operation against rebels

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