Search Results
-
Test Launch of Operational BrahMos Missile From Su-30MKI in 2016
August 25, 2015 @ 12:13 PMThe BrahMos supersonic cruise missile will be test launched in early 2016 from a modified Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter. The first flights with a launcher went well and expected the fighters first flight with an operational missile to take place by the end of this year, the head of Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace enterprise Sudhir Mishra said at the MAKS 2015 air show outside Moscow Today
-
India's First Hypersonic Cruise Missile To Be Named After APJ Abdul Kalam
August 10, 2015 @ 12:05 PMIndias first hypersonic cruise missile, BrahMos-II will be named after late president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
-
US Navy Develops Transparent Bulletproof Armor For Vehicles And Face Shield
July 28, 2015 @ 03:31 PMThe US Navy is building a transparent bulletproof armor for vehicles and face shield using a moldable material. The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is also working on lighter weight bulletproof windows, with the development of a new, moldable material
-
Ukraine Records Increase in Defence Exports During 2014
July 9, 2015 @ 02:01 PMUkraine exported over 27000 firearms to 19 countries in 2014, over two thirds of them to the US and Canada. According to a report by the Ukrainian State Export Control Service on international shipments of certain types of weaponry in 2014, Canada exported 10,400 rifles, the US 10, 166 rifles, the Czech republic 5,000 rifles, Uganda 3,000 rifles and Georgia 100 rifles
-
More to Eurofighter's Optimism On India Sale Than Meets the Eye
June 29, 2015 @ 01:49 PMEurofighter seems to have grown in confidence regarding a possible sale of the Typhoon fighter aircraft to India. Eurofighter executives have been proactive in engaging Indian officials in recent weeks even as India-France talks are ongoing to wrap up the government-to-government deal for 36 Rafale aircraft
-
HAL Completes Su-30MKI Modification to Carry Brahmos Cruise Missile
June 22, 2015 @ 11:42 AMThe Indian Air Force will flight test BrahMos supersonic cruise missile this year aboard the modified Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter. “The Nasik division of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has completed the modification of Su-30 MKI for carrying BrahMos missiles
-
Pak-Chinese JF-17 Knocks At World Fighter Aircraft Market
June 17, 2015 @ 09:45 AMPakistani-Chinese JF-17 Thunder fighter might be the beginning of the end of western dominance of the global fighter aircraft market. The JF-17s international flight debut at the Paris Air Show 2015 was further enhanced by the absence of US fighters such as the F-16 and F/A-18
-
US' F-16 Fighters Make Emergency Landing In S.Korea Over Technical Flaws
June 12, 2015 @ 08:57 AMTwo US' F-16 fighter jets made an emergency landing at a South Korean air base after suspected technical flaws with their fuselage, military officers said today. The F-16 jets landed at Wonju Air Base in Gangwon Province, 132 kilometers south of Seoul, on Thursday while taking part in a shooting training session at a range in the nearby mountain of Taebaek, Yonhap News Agency reported
-
Sudan Localizes Chinese Anti-Tank Missile System
June 10, 2015 @ 02:31 PMSudan has localized the Chinese "Red Arrow" HJ-8 anti-tank missile system and the Type 86 infantry vehicle. A companys spokes person was quoted as saying by various media that the nation also aims to localize its night vision system but missiles still has to be imported from China
-
India Test Fires BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile
May 8, 2015 @ 02:12 PMAn advanced version of BRAHMOS land-attack cruise missile was successfully test fired on Friday to revalidate the weapons precision strike capability. The land-to-land configuration of BRAHMOS Block – III version was launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for its full-range of 290-kms, Brahmos Aerospace announced on Friday
Saab's New U.K. Factory to Make Giraffe 1X Radar, Seaeye Underwater Sensor...
In Its Biggest Ever Deal, Embraer Sells 182 Jets to Flexijet for
India Signs Deal with Russia for Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles for Submarines
U.S. Approves Sale of Long-range Radar, Fast Missile Craft Modernization to Egypt...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U