India has tested Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from a Jaguar aircraft at the beginning of this month. "The SAAW was successfully test launched from a Jaguar aircraft towards the fag end of first quarter of May by the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore," TOI quoted unamed sources in the defence ministry as saying Monday
Airbus Helicopters has been selected by Ascent as the Aircraft Service Provider for the UKs Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS). The contract, worth £500 million over 17 years, will see Airbus Helicopters deliver aircraft and an integrated support solution over the course of 18 months, ready to start training in April 2018
The US Navy awarded a contract modification to General Dynamics Mission Systems to build and deliver more than 30 new AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR) for new surface vessels and submarines. The software-defined radios are a mission critical communications hub for Navy vessels and submarines
Russia and China will conduct a first joint computer enabled command and staff exercise on anti-missile defense in May. "In May, according to the decision of the Heads of military departments of the Russian Federation and the Peoples Republic of China, it is planned to conduct the first joint computer command-and-staff exercise on antimissile defence Aerospace security – 2016 on the basis of the Central scientific research institute of the Aerospace defence troops," the Russian defense ministry said in a
Rheinmetall AG has won a contract from the Bundeswehr worth €20 million to supply the German Army Combat Training Centre, or GÜZ, with a new generation laser duel simulators for staging combat training exercises. Known in Bundeswehr parlance as the AGDUS HdWa (Ausbildungsgerät Duellsimulator Handwaffen - “Training Device, Duel Simulator, Small Arms”), this laser- and wireless-supported duel simulation system is based on the Rheinmetall LEGATUS family of products
Raytheon has been awarded a $104 million contract from the US Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to conduct operations and maintenance for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) program. ROTHR is long-range surveillance radar used by the US government in counter narco-terrorism operations
Harris Corporation has been selected to provide an integrated battlespace communication system for the Australian Defence Force. Harris was selected by the Commonwealth of Australia for the Land 2072 Phase 3 program, which is a critical part of the Australian Armys Networked Digitization Plan
Trust Automation, Inc will provide automatic vehicle leveling systems to Lockheed Martin in support of the mobile, long-range radars being built for the Republic of Latvia. Trust Automation has custom designed and is manufacturing specific motion control and vehicle automation systems that will integrate with Lockheed Martin's TPS-77 Long-Range Radar System for use in air surveillance and to complement radar assets already in place
The airborne version of BrahMos supersonic missile will be flight-tested from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI frontline fighter next month. BrahMos chief Sudhir K Mishra who was in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, told The Indian Express that the missile would be flight-tested aboard a Su-30 fighter in April
Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with Japan Coast Guard (JCG) for the purchase of an additional H225. JCG, which already operates five H225s, has ordered this additional aircraft as part of its fleet renewal plans