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IDEX 2011 promises to be the biggest ever arms exhibition in the...

January 21, 2011 @ 12:00 AM

The 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 AM

Defence 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 AM

Airbus 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 AM

Barely 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 AM

A 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 AM

The 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
Russia offers Yak-130 trainers to Indonesia

November 10, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

The 4th Indonesia’s Official Tri-Service Defense Exhibition INDO DEFENCE 2010 EXPO & FORUM, which is being held in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, (Java Island, HALIM PERDANAKUSUMA Air Force Base, 10-13 Nov.), is viewed by the Rosoboronexport State Corporation, the sole enterprise in Russia authorized to export the whole range of defense and dual-use products, technologies and services, as the most important forum to discuss all aspects of military technical cooperation with its regional partners
Saab CEO signs MoU with Mahindra Satyam

November 2, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe is currently on a four day visit to India with deputy CEO, Lena Olving and Senior Vice President Industrial Co-operation, Andreas Von der Heide. During their visit they will meet with a number of Indian Industries to discuss potential future co-operations
BAE Systems set to win $650 million M777 howitzer deal with India

November 1, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

BAE Land Systems 155mm/39cal M777 ultra-light howitzers is undergoing what is dubbed in the Indian media as “confirmatory trials”, which means that if the howitzer passes the test, the Indian MOD will place the order for 145 howitzers on the U.S
US Army plan to upgrade Counter-IED Robots

October 29, 2010 @ 12:00 AM

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