The US Navy's USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer that was damaged in a deadly collision with a cargo ship nearly three years ago has undergone repairs and will soon begin testing at sea. On June 17, 2017, the warship collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship, about 80 nautical miles southwest of Tokyo, Japan
Russian electronic warfare (EW) system de-activated the control system of hostile drones launched by terrorists at its Hmeymim air base in Syria yesterday. This is the first time that the Russian command has reported the use of EW system to defeat drones
The Israel Ministry of Defense has announced it concluded experimental test of its rocket propulsion system from a military base located in the center of the country. "The Israel Ministry of Defense has completed a test of a rocket propulsion system from a military base in central Israel
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently commissioned its 3-seater gyroplane is expected to be deployed as a patrol vehicle along China's southwestern Tibet region mainly bordering India and Nepal, state media reported. The new Lieying gyroplane, ‘Falcon is equipped with three seats instead of two in earlier models and has a more powerful engine with 135 horsepower and a rotor blade measuring 8
Russias defence systems manufacturer, Almaz-Antey will present the export version of Kalibr cruise missiles besides the Viking surface-to-air missile system at the DefExpo-2020 arms show in India next week. The Viking is the export version of Russias Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system, Almaz-Antey announced
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020 which features a stable platform with crew accommodation, low carbon emissions, alternate fueling and various support options including submarine rescue. “We were approached by several different operators at the same time, all looking for slightly different offshore capabilities, but similar enough that their requirements could be met with a conceptual standard platform,” says design & proposal engineer Mark Couwenberg
Indonesia has named its first domestically assembled submarine as ‘Alugoro meaning ‘club in Bahasa language after the weapon of Balaram from the Mahabharat epic. “The alugoro was the weapon of Baladewa, the older brother of Kresna, the focal figure in the Hindu Mahabharata epic
Northrop Grummans MQ-4C Triton surveillance UAV will allow the United States Navy to detect, track, classify and identify vessels on the ocean or in the littorals in some of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. The MQ-4C Triton is considered the most advanced surveillance platform with the US Navy which can track even small ships and relay their information to the US Navy for further action
Turkey has taken the delivery of 120 surface-to-air guided missiles to be fired from its new Russian S-400 air defense systems. "Turkey has received two S-400 battalions, more than 120 surface-to-air missiles, as well as auxiliary equipment, spare parts and tools," a military diplomatic source was quoted as saying by TASS on Monday
Russia will deliver one Pantsir-S1 battery consisting of six missile systems to Serbia in this year. “Russia and Serbia signed a deal on one battery made up of six Pantsir-S1 missile systems