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Two Bulava Missiles To Be Test-Fired From Borei-class Nuclear Submarine In June

March 12, 2016 @ 09:18 AM

Russia will perform a multiple launch of two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Borei-class nuclear submarine Vladimir Monomakh in June, TASS reported. "It is planned that the Vladimir Monomakh will fire two Bulava ICBMs at the beginning of summer, approximately in June, from a submerged position in the White Sea towards the Kura practice range in Kamchatka," a source in the defense and industrial sector told TASS on Friday
World's Biggest Amphibious Aircraft Nearing First Flight

March 11, 2016 @ 12:50 PM

China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company is planning to carry out the first flight of AG600 amphibious aircraft after final assembly later this year. “As the largest amphibious airplane under development in the world and a piece of aviation equipment urgently needed in the Chinese emergency and rescue system, the AG600 has a maximum takeoff weight of 53
Technodinamika To Supply 9 Auxiliary Power Units For Indian Ilyushin-76 Fleet

March 11, 2016 @ 12:28 PM

Russian Technodinamika has bagged a contract to supply nine auxiliary power units (APUs) for the Indian Air Force (IAFs) Ilyushin-76 (IL-76) fleet. According to the terms of the tender, Technodinamika will supply 9 auxiliary power units for the IL-76 aircraft and its modifications owned by the Indian Air Force
Rostec Plans Russian Helicopters’ Stake Sale To Abu Dhabi-Based Mubadala

March 11, 2016 @ 09:06 AM

Rostec Corporation is planning to sell a stake in its rotorcraft designer and manufacturer Russian Helicopters to the Mubadala foundation of Abu Dhabi. Officials from Rostec and Mubadala foundation are currently in talks to sell the stake, head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov told TASS today
UK Royal Navy Tests Wildcat Helicopters In Norway

March 10, 2016 @ 02:32 PM

The UK Royal Marines have flight tested the new Wildcats of the Commando Helicopter Force for the first time in Norway. Four Wildcats from 847 Naval Air Squadron have spent six weeks contending with temperatures down to 30 below zero, snow storms and high winds, The UK Royal Navy said in a statement Thursday
Iranian Missiles Capable Of Reaching Israeli Occupied Palestine Territories

March 9, 2016 @ 09:15 AM

Iran has claimed that its missiles are capable of reaching Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. “Any one bearing greater enmity towards Islamic Iran will naturally be more fearful of such capabilities and preparedness,” Major General Mohammad Ali Jafarri, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was quoted as saying by
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Announces Voluntary Layoff Program

March 9, 2016 @ 07:40 AM

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has announced a voluntary layoff program that is targeted to reduce employment by approximately 1,000 positions at locations in the United States The voluntary program is available to mid-level employee groups in Fort Worth, Texas; Marietta, Georgia; Palmdale, California; Meridian, Mississippi; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Patuxent River, Maryland; and Edwards Air Force Base, California. The action is necessary to position Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to be competitive in the future marketplace, secure future business opportunities, and keep an infrastructure appropriately aligned with customer demands
Pak Not To Share Nuclear Weapons Tech With Saudi Arabia

March 9, 2016 @ 07:13 AM

Pakistans Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has denied reports on a statement made by US Secretary of State John Kerry that Saudi Arabia may purchase nuclear bomb from the country. While giving a policy statement in the Senate on Tuesday, Aziz said that Pakistans nuclear technology is for its own deterrence and it will not share it with any other country under any circumstances, The Express Tribune reported
Human Error Tops Dhruv Helicopter Accidents

March 8, 2016 @ 02:53 PM

Since 2002, 14 military and 2 civil Indian home-grown Dhruv helicopters have been involved in accidents, out of which 11 occurred in India and 5 abroad. Out of 16 accidents, 12 occurred due to human error & environmental factors and the remaining 4 occurred due to technical reasons, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said in the parliament Tuesday
F-35 Operational Clearance Threatened As Radar Turns Off In-Flight

March 8, 2016 @ 02:38 PM

The US Air Force' F-35 fighter jet is facing a software glitch involving the radar as it requires the pilot to turn it off and on again in-flight and poses threat to delaying the USAF plans to declare the jet operationally deployable. "What would happen is they'd get a signal that says either a radar degrade or a radar (AN/APG-81 AESA) fail -something that would force us to restart the radar," Jeffrey Harrigian, director of the air force's F-35 integration office at the Pentagon was quoted as saying by

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