Indias Mahindra Defence and Aeronautics of Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding early this week to partner for Naval Shipborne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). As per the contract, both the firm offer a UAV system which can be launched and recovered from Indian warships
Indias Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has signed a ‘Letter of Intent on 12th April with Frances Naval Group to expand their collaboration in the field of design and production of all shore based simulators for Scorpene Submarine project and also for other future advanced simulator requirements of the Indian Navy. The two companies had also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) (latest one in Oct 17 for simulators for submarines Combat Management System (CMS))
Saudi Arabia has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Spanish firm Navantia S.A
MKU has signed a MOU with UAE-based EDIC Caracal at DefExpo 2018, for strategic co-operation to manufacture the advanced CAR817AR rifles in India. The Assault Rifle will be manufactured in India at MKUs proposed facility in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh under the ‘Make in India initiative of the government and will be offered to the Indian Army for their requirements
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Mahindra Defence Systems Limited signed an MoU to jointly address emerging opportunities in the domestic market under the policy initiatives of the Government of India, like Make in India and the Export Promotion Policy of the Ministry of Defence to target the export market. Anandi Ramalingam, Director (Marketing), BEL, and N Raveeswaran, Head, Strategic Business Partnerships, Aerospace and Defence, Mahindra Defence, signed the MoU documents in the presence of M V Gowtama, CMD, BEL, and S P Shukla, Group President, Mahindra Group, during the on-going DefExpo 2018
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Larsen & Toubro signed an MoU to jointly develop and produce products and systems to meet the requirement of the defence services as well as for export markets, during on-going DefExpo 2018 on Wednesday. BEL and L&T have agreed to explore and address defence products / systems for the Indian Defence Services as well as export opportunities
Lockheed Martin and Cobham are collaborating for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) competition to replace the US Navy's ALQ-99 tactical jamming system currently on the E/A-18 Growler aircraft. "The Lockheed Martin and Cobham team will leverage expertise in both companies to offer the U
NASAs Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic passenger air travel a reality will conduct its first flight in 2021. NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works a contract to design, build and flight test the demonstrator
Boeing signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) yesterday to develop a joint venture (JV) aiming to localize more than 55% of the maintenance, repair & overhaul (MRO) services for fixed and rotary-wing military aircraft in Saudi Arabia. The agreement will also transfer technology to install weaponry on these aircraft as well as localize the supply chain for spare parts in the Kingdom
The French air forces MQ-9 Reaper drones passed the symbolic 20,000 flight hour milestone. On the proposed Niamey airbase, 25 airmen deploy five Reaper drones