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Chinese J-20 Steath Fighter Jets Set to Dazzle at Airshow China

October 31, 2018 @ 10:53 AM

Four J-20 stealth fighter jets of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) flew over the Zhuhai Jinwan Airport yesterday in preparation for Airshow China 2018 next week signaling increased deployment of the fifth generation jets believed to be a competition for the US-made F-22. Two J-20 formations, each consisting of two fighter jets, made a low pass near the airport, after which one of them put on a solo aerobatics performance
Agreement Likely on Kalashnikov 103 Rifle Manufacture in India

October 5, 2018 @ 07:45 AM

An inter-governmental agreement (IGA) to explore the possibility of setting up a joint venture (JV) for manufacturing the latest Russian Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles in India could be a part of the slew of agreement expected to be signed during President Putins visit to India today. The AK103 is the third generation of the Kalashnikov assault rifles, an upgrade of the popular AK47 and AKM rifles of Russian origin
Russia’s National Guard Orders Kalashnikov’s SV-98 Sniper Rifles

July 11, 2018 @ 08:15 AM

Russias Kalashnikov Group will deliver 26 SV-98 7.62 mm bolt-action sniper rifles to the countrys National Guard (Rosgvardiya), TASS reports quoting the source from Russian industry as saying
Lockheed Martin Wins $150 Million US Navy Contract For High Power Laser...

March 2, 2018 @ 08:14 AM

The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $150 million contract, with options worth up to $942.8 million, for the development, manufacture and delivery of two high power laser weapon systems, by fiscal year 2020
Lockheed Martin to Deliver Laser Weapon Test Unit for US Navy Ship...

January 28, 2018 @ 05:00 PM

Lockheed Martin Aculight is being awarded a $150,022,901 contract for Surface Navy Laser Weapon System Increment 1, High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with surveillance system. Under this contract Lockheed Martin Aculight will develop, manufacture, and deliver two test units in fiscal 2020, one unit for US Navy destoryer DDG 51 FLT IIA, and one for land-based testing, a US DoD announcement said Friday
Lack of US-made Components May Delay South Korea's Newest Missile System

October 26, 2017 @ 11:28 AM

Completion of South Korea's home-made short-range missile system, KTSSM could be delayed by four years because the United States is yet to approve the export of components essential to make the missile operational, local newspaper Hankyoreh and news agencies reported Wednesday. The KTSSM surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-launched on Tuesday, the media reports said quoting the South Korean Military
Philippines to Buy RPG-7B Grenade Launcher from Russia

October 24, 2017 @ 02:22 PM

Moscow and Manila have signed a contract for the delivery of the Russian-made RPG-7B grenade launchers and ammunition to the Philippines. The contract was signed by Russias Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev and Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana in the presence of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, TASS reported
HAL Hands Over Fiftieth AL31FP Engine For Su-30MKI to IAF

October 24, 2017 @ 11:26 AM

Indias state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the fiftieth AL31FP engine meant for the Su-30MKI fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday. The engine, manufactured from raw materials by Sukhoi Engine Division of HAL in Koraput, Orissa state has been handed over to IAF in Delhi yesterday as part of celebrations of 70th year of India Russia diplomatic relationship
DARPA Aims To Build Microelectronic Systems With Modular ‘Chiplets’

August 28, 2017 @ 10:53 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off a new program dubbed Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property (IP) Reuse Strategies or CHIPS, to create a modular computing framework by mixing and matching of ‘chiplets. The crux of the program is to develop a new technological framework in which different functionalities and blocks of intellectual property—among them data storage, computation, signal processing, and managing the form and flow of data—can be segregated into small chiplets, which then can be mixed, matched, and combined onto an interposer, somewhat like joining the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle...
Indian Artillery Gun Dhanush Fails Trials Thirce In Three Months

August 16, 2017 @ 08:32 AM

Indian home-grown 155mm/45-caliber towed howitzer, Dhanush has failed weapons test for the third time. “The Dhanush 155mm/45-caliber artillery gun has failed on three occasions in a row in the last three months when the shell of the gun hit the muzzle brake in one of the six prototype guns currently undergoing user trials,”

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