Singapore has deployed six F-16 fighters for a joint military exercise with the Indian Air Forces four Su-30MKIs held from Nov 12 to Dec 17 at Kalaikunda Air Force Station, India. The Joint Military Training (JMT) exercise saw air assets from both countries involved in mission-oriented training, as well as and air combat 'dogfight' training
Chinas recent agreement with Russia to acquire 24 Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft is of interest to New Delhi as it would face off against Indias Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter in any contingency planning by the air forces of the two countries. The Su-30 was a top-line fighter aircraft when it was procured by India and will be beginning the season of upgrades soon
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is ptiching Front Engine Panther (FE Panther) version of its 67kg-class (148lb) vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle to south Korea. IAI is teaming with South Korean Hankuk Carbon and will showcase the FE panther at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition from 20-25 October
Science Applications International Corp has won a $757 million task order increase to its Systems and Computer Resources Support (SCRS) contract from the US Army Contracting Command Redstone to provide a variety of systems engineering and software development services for the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), Software Engineering Directorate (SED). The contract was awarded under the US army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Expedited Professional & Engineering Support Services (EXPRESS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Airbus Helicopters has appointed Guillaume Steuer as Head of External Communications. From today onwards, Guillaume Steuer reports to Vice President of Corporate Communications Yves Barillé and manages all external communications activities for Airbus Helicopters, the company announced Tuesday
Brazil is negotiating with Russia for the purchase of anti-aircraft artillery and Pantsir batteries. In order to advance the military-technical cooperation between Brazil and Russia, military and civilian officials gathered at the Ministry of Defence (MD), in Brasília (DF) on Tuesday (Aug 18)
Raytheon has won a $900 million wide mission support contract from US special operations command (SOCOM). Under this Group A contract, Raytheon Blackbird Technologies will provide professional, program management and technical services to special operations forces (SOF) around the world
Google uses a legal loophole to piggyback on NASA to test drones in US airspace as it exempts the company from federal aviation regulations. The partnership with NASA will enable Google to test its commercial drones dodging the federal aviation regulations, the Guardian reported Wednesday
China has donated defense equipment worth US $5.5 million to Uganda for its peacekeeping operations in war-torn Somalia
The Royal British Navy tested a Southampton Universtiy designed 3-D printed drone, Sulsa on its Ship HMS Mersey Tuesday. The drone was launched using a three meter catapult and autonomously flown between pre-programmed way points for five minutes before being piloted to a safe belly landing, MIT Technologyreview website reported Wednesday