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ASEAN Member States Seeking India’s Akash and BrahMos Missiles

January 26, 2018 @ 12:28 PM

ASEAN Nations are looking to purchase certain weapon systems from India, including Indias indigenously built Akash surface to air missile (SAM) and BrahMos cruise missile. When the 10 Asean leaders meet for the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi on Thursday, sources told
First River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered To British Navy

January 26, 2018 @ 09:59 AM

The Britain's Royal Navy formally accepted the first River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) by BAE Systems at the company's Clyde shipyard in Scotland. Guto Bebb MP, the recently appointed UK Minister for Defence Procurement, accepted delivery of the HMS Forth on Thursday, witnessing the progress on the Type 26 programme as production started on the second hull section of GLASGOW, the first of the City Class frigates
Raytheon Wins $92M FMS Contract To Provide Tech Support For Stinger Weapon...

January 26, 2018 @ 09:26 AM

Raytheon has been awarded a $92 million contract to provide engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System to the governments of Poland and Taiwan. “Missiles Systems, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $92,011,033 cost-plus-fixed-fee domestic and Foreign Military Sales (Poland and Taiwan) contract to provide engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System,” the US department of defense announced Thursday
Taiwan's Navy Likely To Get 60 Stealth Mini-Missile Assault Boats By 2022

January 25, 2018 @ 01:01 PM

Taiwans Navy will begin research in stealth technology construction for small-but-powerful frigates with deadly weaponry onboard, in an effort to ramp up asymmetric warfare amid growing threats of Chinese military invasion. Taiwans Chief of the General Staff Lee Hsi-ming confirmed on January 8 that the Navy will begin research into the construction of 60 "Stealth Mini-Missile Assault Boats" weighing 45 tons each; with the goal of having the fleet completed within four years,
Taiwan To Upgrade ‘Cloud Peak’ Medium-range Missiles For Micro-Satellites Launch

January 25, 2018 @ 11:15 AM

Taiwans Defense Ministry is allocating over US$426 million (NT$12.4 billion) to upgrade countrys Yun Feng or "Cloud Peak" medium-range guided missiles in order to convert into a satellite launch vehicle
Rosoboronexport to Promote Small Submarines With Air Independent Propulsion

January 24, 2018 @ 02:52 PM

Rosoboronexport, part of Rostec State Corporation, announced in a press release last week that it will continue to promote small and midget submarines in the external market in 2018. “Rosoboronexport notes the growing interest in small and midget submarines in South-East Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Airbus delivers Latest Standard Eurofighter Typhoons to Spanish Air Force

January 24, 2018 @ 09:07 AM

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first two Eurofighter Typhoons to be produced in the latest configuration with enhanced air-to-surface capabilities to the Spanish Air Force. The aircraft were manufactured at the Getafe Final Assembly Line in the P1Eb FW (Phase 1 Enhanced Further Work) configuration which marks a key step in the overall Eurofighter evolution plan
China Deploys S-400 Missile Defence System: Korean Newspaper Claims

January 23, 2018 @ 03:04 PM

China has reportedly begun deploying Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system, South Koreas local newspaper Dong-A Ilbo, speculating the country might have deployed the system within the Koreas radar surveillance range. However, China has not identified the missile defense systems exact deployment location, but the report states that S-400 might be stationed anywhere in the Shandong Province, Korean Peninsula, with an aim to check moving of South Korean and U
Orbital ATK Receives Order for Hydra-70 Rocket-launched Illuminating Flares

January 23, 2018 @ 12:11 PM

Orbital ATK announced Monday that it has received a contract modification from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the purchase of illuminating flares for the Hydra-70 family of rockets. This follow-on order provides a suite of illuminating flares that deliver tactical illumination in both the visible and infrared spectra
BAE Systems to Modernize US Navy MK 45 Guns, Provide Four Additional

January 23, 2018 @ 09:13 AM

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