Sikorsky Company has won $833 million contract from the US Army for maintenance work of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The contract will see Sikorsky performing fixed engineering, program management and systems engineering sustaining work, the US Department of Defense announced Monday
Russia is trail testing its RKhM-5M Chemical reconnaissance vehicle prototypes that are designed to conduct chemical, radiation and biological reconnaissance within Airborne Force units. The vehicles, which are able to transmit reconnaissance data automatically, are capable to determine the level of contamination at various areas from far away and dup precision weapon guidance systems
Russian Helicopters has signed a contract with China's Jiangsu Baoli for delivery of 4 Kamov Ka-32A11BC fire-fighting helicopters in 2016-17. The Ka-32A11BC helicopters will be used in fire-fighting operations, as well as for patrols and supporting special operations
A student of a Iranian university has developed a mobile application known as “Israels Nightmare,” that familiarizes users with the Islamic Republics missile capabilities. The app, created by Arshia Badi, introduces Irans short-, mid- and long-range missiles, explaining and illustrating each missile and its specifications
Indias new Defense Procurement Procedure (DPP) will allow foreign firms to change their Indian offset partner (IOP) anytime subject to approval. The power will be given to the Secretary, Defense Production to allow foreign firms to change their offset partners
Russian aviation group in Syria has doubled aircraft fleet to 69 aircraft involved in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIL). "In accordance with your instructions, the [Russian] Armed Forces are carrying out a retaliation operation to destroy the leaders of terrorist organizations and their supporters, disorganize their control and logistics systems, as well as destroy ISIL military and oil and gas infrastructure," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying in a report to President Vladimir Putin by Sputnik news daily Thursday
France has deployed the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria against IS militants. The 38,000t, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle will set off on Thursday for the eastern Mediterranean
US warplanes dropped bombs against Islamic State (IS) targets destroying 116 fuel trucks yesterday even as French air strikes hit weapons depots and a training camp in response to the attacks in Paris. However, there were no reports of airstrikes or missile attacks on IS or other terrorist group targets by Russia over the weekend
A Chinese scientists' group have created a stealth material that cannot be detected by 'anti-stealth' radar. The material, which is thin enough to be applied to military aircraft, ship and other equipment, can defeat microwave radar at ultrahigh frequencies ( UHF)
The Eurofighter Consortium has demonstrated the integration of MBDA's storm Shadow Cruise Missile with the Typhoon air craft. The Storm Shadow cruise missile has been released from a Eurofighter Typhoon for the first times, as part of an extensive capability update