Moscow and New Delhi have concluded an agreement to build at least 200 Ka-226T helicopters in India. Russia and India signed the helicopter manufacturing co-operation deal during the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modis visit to Moscow earlier this month
Russian Helicopters attended the Trade and Industry: Russia – Iran 2015 exhibition and held in Tehran this week and discussed prospects for the sale of Mi-8/17, Ka-32A11BC, and Ka-226T helicopters. The company met with the Iran Aviation Industries Organisation (IAIO), the state body that is responsible for Iran's aviation industry
The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has ordered seven additional Tiger HAD attack helicopters, bringing to 67 the total number of Tigers that will eventually be operated by the French Army Aviation. The additional Tigers will be delivered in 2017-2018
Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) have set up a space object tracking facility in Australia to detect possible debris in orbit, ranging from spent rocket parts to pieces of defunct satellites. The new space object tracking site will give satellite operators a clearer picture of the debris that could damage their networks and how they can avoid potential collisions, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Japans Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expected to test fly a locally-made stealth jet by March 2016 with technology developed in-house. The plane, called Advanced Technology Demonstrator X (ATD-X) will then be handed over to the Japanese Self Defence Force (SDF), which will start conducting its own tests, Bloomberg quoted Hirofumi Doi, a program manager at the Defense Ministry as saying
India has test fired its home-made nuclear nuclear capable Prithvi-II Missile that has strike range of 350 km. The test conducted today is part of a user trial by the army and was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Economic Times reported Thursday
Turkey has sent an additional 20 tanks to an armored brigade stationed at western Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey earlier today also said, that it will be increasing the number of F-16s from 12 to 18 patrolling the border
Ukraine has delivered five modernized AN−32RE light military transport aircraft to Indian Air Force last week. The USD$400 million upgrade to the 40 IAF aircraft includes an overhaul of the An-32's communications and navigation systems and upgrading 100 ZMKB Progress/Ivchenko AI-20D Series 5M turboprops by Ukraine's Motor Sich, and other airframe repairs and life extensions, UKROBORONPROM announced on 19th November
Russian Helicopters has signed a contract with China's Jiangsu Baoli for delivery of 4 Kamov Ka-32A11BC fire-fighting helicopters in 2016-17. The Ka-32A11BC helicopters will be used in fire-fighting operations, as well as for patrols and supporting special operations
Turkish F-16 might have used a Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile to bring down the Russian Su-24 fighter. Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying that the aircraft was hit by an Air-to-air missile by Tass news agency