Chinese communications gaint, Huawei launched a Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Transparency Center in Dongguan, South China on Wednesday which Chinese media said will make it difficult to steal information off its mobile handsets and other devices. "Huawei's decision to open such a cybersecurity transparency center aims to dispel the security concerns of some Western countries
Despite unprecedented pressure (in the form of sanctions), Russia exported weapons to 51 countries and fulfilled multibillion-dollar contracts, according to the head of the Russian agency for military technical cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev. Shugaev said Russias partners are primarily from Asian and African regions
Welding work began today for the fabrication of prototypes and subsequent series production of the Boxer Mechanized Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme under which British Army is procuring over 500 Boxer vehicles. Under the aegis of Artec GmbH, a joint venture of Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Rheinmetall will fabricate first prototypes at its plant in Kassel, Germany which will also make the the first series vehicles
American firm, Dynetics has unveiled Enduring Shield, a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars. Enduring Shield is capable of firing a range of missiles while, providing current and future growth capabilities
Oshkosh Defense, was awarded a $942,900,000 contract for procurement of the production, integration, engineering and logistical support, and fielding of Stryker Medium Caliber Weapon System (MCWS) vehicles, a Pentagon announcement said Thursday. Oshkosh Defense will build its new Medium Caliber Weapon System, a 30mm, unmanned turreted auto-cannon, for the Stryker combat vehicle
The Iranian Navys ‘Khark training and logistical ship has sunk in the Gulf of Oman off the coasts of the southern port of Jask after a fire Tuesday monring, the Navy announced. The Iranian Navys public relations department said in a statement that all crew on board the vessel have been disembarked and transferred to the coast after the fire broke out on the ‘Khark vessel, Fars News reported quoting a Navy statement
The Indo-Russian Ka-226T Helicopter project could become a future model for protection of Russian intellectual property (IP) while transferring technology to international partners for local manufacture and assembly. In order to increase revenues from the commercialization of Russian intellectual property, state-owned arms export agency, Rosoboronexport (RoE) has developed methodologies for assessing the cost of technology transfer
The Kuwait Air Forces F/A-18E/F Super Hornet made its first flight integrated with Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP). Sniper ATP will be located on the Weapon Station 5, an area on the aircraft where pods or weapons attach and is expected to be fielded with the aircraft in late 2023
Boeing on Thursday said it will continue training Royal Air Force (RAF) C-17 aircrew and engineers at the C-17 International Training Centre (ITC) in Farnborough, delivering a technology-enabled program under a new Synthetic Training Service (STS) contract through 2040. “This £247 million ($348 million) investment will allow our air crews to operate this aircraft to its highest capability and maintain critical defence outputs and will extend our use of modern synthetic training techniques,” said Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin MP
Navistar Defense LLC (Navistar), an Illinois-based subsidiary of Navistar International LLC, has been asked to pay $50 million for fraudulently inducing the U.S