The Indian Air Force will get a new airfield this Friday capable of fielding all types of aircraft in the eastern region barely 100 km bordering China. “The refurbished advanced landing ground at Pasighat in south east Arunachal Pradesh is as good as new, with a complete airstrip,”
Lockheed Martin has delivered the seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the US Navy on Friday. The fourth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship is scheduled to be commissioned in Detroit on Oct
Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) has raised concerns over the delay by the defense ministry in signing contracts even after the products have cleared the trials. IWI executives were quoted as saying by
The US Army will discuss construction of a new light tank with mobile protected firepower capabilities next week. The Army will hold an industry day on Tuesday at Fort Benning, Georgia, to discuss requirements for a light-armored vehicle, and how it could perform in the areas of mobility, protection, sustainability, energy use, cyber capabilities and transportability,
Raytheon has been awarded the US Navy contract worth $287 million for MK 15 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) upgrades for the governments of Turkey and Australia. “Raytheon Co
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by the Prime Minister has cleared INR 4300 crore (US $644 million) contract for the Army to induct and deploy fourth BrahMos regiment in the northeast as a deterrent against China. A regiment consists of around 100 missiles, five mobile autonomous launchers on 12x12 heavy-duty trucks and a mobile command post, among other hardware and software,
A prototype of the new upgrade of Indias Sukhoi Su-30MKI to Super Sukhoi will be developed in Russia while the actual upgrades will be carried out indigenously in India. “A prototype of the plane will be developed in Russia while the actual upgrades will be done at Indias state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited,”
KRET plans to begin the international delivery of the Rychag-AB active jammers that can be installed on airplanes and helicopters. The Russian Ministry of Defense is currently purchasing Mi-8МТПР-1specialized radioelectronic warfare helicopters equipped with the Rychag-AB
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) recently awarded Dassault a contract for mid-life upgrade (MLU) of its Mirage 2000D fighters which looks similar to the upgrade program carried on the Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 Fighters. Under the DGA contract, the aircraft will be upgraded with new automatic cannon, MBDA MICA IR short and medium range air to air missile replacing the existing MBDA Magic 550 besides improved avionics
China had conducted a reconnaissance mission with Tupolev Tu153M aircraft prior to its transgression in the Barahoti area in Uttarkhand district. The aircraft used by Chinese Peoples Liberation Army was armed with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which provides broad-area imaging at high resolutions