Search Results
-
AgustaWestland wins £76 Million Contract for Training Facility from UK Defense
March 9, 2011 @ 12:00 AMAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design and develop an integrated training solution which includes the building and equipping of a new modern training centre for the AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopter. The state-of-the-art training centre will be located at RNAS Yeovilton in South West England, alongside Royal Navy and British Army AW159 Lynx Wildcat squadrons
-
Boeing Co. wins $3.5 billion contract for Aerial Tanker from US Air
February 25, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Boeing Co. has won the contract to produce the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft, replacing the Eisenhower-era KC-135s and the Reagan-era KC-10s
-
Force Protection Europe's revolutionary light protected patrol vehicle launches in the...
February 20, 2011 @ 12:00 AMForce Protection Europe's next-generation light protected patrol vehicle - the Ocelot Today (20 February 2011), Force Protection Europe's next-generation light protected patrol vehicle, Ocelot, is being launched in the Middle East at the region's largest defence and security exhibition IDEX, which takes place from 20-24 February at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Ocelot is the most highly protected and agile vehicle of its size and weight available on today's market
-
Offsets multipliers desired in India’s defence policy: American Chamber of Commerce
February 1, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe American Chamber of Commerce in India (AmCham) is pursuing further evolution of the Indian defence offsets policy. While largely welcoming the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) 2011, it would like to see offset multipliers and transfer of technology included in the next review of the policy
-
IDEX 2011 promises to be the biggest ever arms exhibition in the...
January 21, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe 10 edition of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX), IDEX 2011 promises to be the biggest ever land and naval systems exhibition in the Middle East. The show which began as a regional event has grown into a “must visit” and “must exhibit” event for international defence companies
-
Raytheon Wins $69 million contract for Better communication from Australian Defense
January 21, 2011 @ 12:00 AMDefence today signed a A$69 million contract to deliver faster and more reliable communications on the battlefield. Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare said the contract with Raytheon would provide: -- more than 1000 radios, which will be mounted on Army vehicles, primarily Bushmasters and M113 armoured vehicles, and handheld portable radios to be carried by soldiers in the field; -- equipment needed to mount and operate the radios; and -- maintenance and support services for three years
-
Airbus A330MRTT, Russian IL78 in race for Indian aerial tanker aircraft tender,...
January 20, 2011 @ 12:00 AMAirbus Military has submitted its bid in response to India’s RFP for a fleet of mid-air refueling tanker aircraft worth an estimated $1 billion. Airbus has pitched its latest generation Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) while the Russian arms exporting company Rosoboronexport which has offered an improved version of the IL78MKI tanker
-
Days after initial operational clearance, radar shock for India’s LCA fighter
January 13, 2011 @ 12:00 AMBarely three days after India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) “Tejus” received its “release to service certificate”, which means a go-ahead for air force induction, an international report claimed that Israel has barred the export of the Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) version of the EL/M-2052 radar presumably under U.S
-
Indian MMRCA offsets differences near solution
December 27, 2010 @ 12:00 AMA solution to the vexed issue of third party suppliers within the offset obligations of bidders of India’s estimated $10 billion MMRCA fighter contract appears to be near with the bidders and the MoD reportedly agreeing to the draft of a contract between the prime integrators (the six bidders-Lockheed Martin, Boeing, MiG, Saab, Eurofighter and Dassault), their major sub-contractors and the MoD. Earlier, the MoD and the prime integrators had serious differences over what industry sources called as “ third party contracts”
-
Singapore Tests New Urban Operation Concept
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe prospect of facing increasingly urbanised operational environments has prompted the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to examine new war-fighting concepts in a series of experiments dubbed the SAF Innohub Experiment (InnoX). Held over five days starting from 8 Nov, InnoX brought stakeholders - soldiers, concept developers and technologists - together to conduct trials of a new operational concept
U.S. to Give Up on Ukraine, Russia Peace If Deal Not Doable...
Russian UAVs Drop Spikes to Ambush Ukrainian Vehicles, FPV Drones Take Them...
Chinese Satellite Imagery Firm Helping Yemeni Houtis Target U.S. Ships
U.K. Tests Radio-Wave Weapon to Defeat Drone Swarms
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
