Negotiations between India and France on the purchase of 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft could drag on till this year end due to differences over price among other issues. France wants the Rafale fighters for India to be priced at the same level as what has been contracted with Egypt and Qatar, French media reported earlier this week
The Indonesian Commission I of the House of Representatives has approved the proposal to raise the military budget by US$2.5 billion to fund new arms purchases
Boeing has won a $22 million contract to supply harpoon air launch missiles to Saudi Arabia. As per the contract, Boeing will be supplying 13 Harpoon full-up round tactical missiles and seven Harpoon air launch missile containers, US DoD said in a statement Thursday
The US and China have reached an agreement on code of conduct on naval and air force encounters. China and the US have reached an agreement on a code of safe conduct on naval and air force encounters, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Thursday, calling the deal a move to mark new progress in building ‘mutual trust mechanisms
Russian scientists at Immanuel Kant Baltic University has unveiled a cockroach sized robot which can spy and find people trapped under debris. The scientists developed the unique robot on behalf of a company, whose name has not yet been disclosed
Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk has been upgraded to deliver round-the-clock intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communication support to ground forces and aerial platforms conducting missions in Operation Inherent Resolve. The maintainers, assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, are responsible for maintaining and ensuring the RQ-4 Global Hawk, USAF announced today
Russia's stationing of Iskander missiles at Kaliningrad in retaliation to US upgrade of German nuclear arms might trigger nuclear race in Europe. Russia on Wednesday said that it will station Iskander ballistic missile as counter-measures if US upgrades nuclear arms in Germany
South Korea us seeking to develop its own long range missile intercept system instead of paying about 3 trillion won ($2.6 billion) for the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
US has denied permission to transfer the F-35 fighter jet technology to Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). "The US government rejected transferring the technologies for security reasons," an official from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday
China's new-generation helmet debuted in the China-Malaysia joint military exercise currently underway. According to photos of the Peace and Friendship 2015 joint military exercise, although China's new-type helmet is only equipped with a pair of goggles, a cuttlebone is installed in front of the helmet and the night-vision goggle installation is similar to the American style, marking considerable progress compared with previous installations by China, Chinamil, the official website of the Peoples Liberation Army said on its website