India today test fired its nuclear capable ballistic missile, the Prithvi II, in a user trial conducted by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army, off the coast of Odisha. Monitored by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the firing of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile met all mission objectives and was hailed “successful”
The Brazilian Navy on Thursday incorporated first two Seahawk helicopters (MH-16) into the naval force’s First Anti -Submarine Helicopter Squadron. The Navy will receive another two Sikorsky choppers later this year and will induct a final two of the same model in 2014
Russian fighter maker Sukhoi announced on Tuesday that its T-50 fifth-generation stealth fighter has completed initial approach trials to a flight refueling aircraft. The NII Tikhomirova radar will allow T-50 to attack targets at long-range in simultaneous air to air and air to surface modes and simultaneously attack several targets at once with precision-guided weapons
The UK Ministry of Defense has unveiled the latest design of the Royal Navy’s next generation of warships, the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS). Due to be commissioned into service after 2020, the multi-mission warship will be used by the Royal Navy in combat and counter piracy operations and to support humanitarian and disaster relief work around the world
Ukrainian aircraft maker Antonov and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation will join together to manufacture the Antonov An-70 transport airplanes. The joint venture will have both companies producing 80 aircraft by 2020
Raytheon has introduced a powerful, integrated radar system that can detect, tract and target a large number of threats allowing combatant commanders engage swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. The first class of U
Raytheon has been awarded two U.S
L-3 Unidyne announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at over $69 million to provide life-cycle support services for U.S
India on Sunday test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. "The cruise missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1030 hours and all data is being retrieved for analysis," defence official was quoted as saying
Lockheed Martin today announced that the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed F-15E platform integration with a successful all-up round (AUR) flight test. The successful AUR test marked the first time JASSM, or any missile, has been integrated onto a platform using the Universal Armament Interface (UAI)