As the race in the Indian Air Force's $10-billion tender for 126 combat jets reached the crucial stage of flight trials, Russia, on top of a full technology transfer, is offering India help in bu..Read More
Indian Navy has okay-ed the placement of an order for six Naval Tejas Light Combat Aircrafts (N-LCA). At an approximate cost of Rs 150 crore per aircraft, this will provide a Rs 900 crore infusion int..Read More
Russia will complete the upgradation of Indian Air Force's 60 MiG-29 fighters by 2013 which will extend their service life by another 15 years. "The implementation of the contract signed between ..Read More
LineMint reports that the Aeronautical Development Agency has sent proposal requests to GE Aviation for its state-of-the-art F414 military aviation engines to propel the HAL Tejas light combat fighter..Read More
The Army has for the first time inducted a DRDO-built, low-cost vehicle to detect attacks on the country using nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons.The indigenous vehicle, developed by DRDO’..Read More
With the third generation anti-tank Nag missile proving its lethality in the final user trials being conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan, a top missile scientist of the Defence Research and Developm..Read More
In the midst of the Indian Defence Ministry scurrying for aerial surveillance aircraft, speedboats and vessels for coastal security, the U.S. has offered 12 helicopters on lease to India for more effe..Read More
Russia will fulfill its obligations on schedule to supply three Project 11356 frigates to India by 2012, a shipbuilding industry official said on Friday to RIA Novosti.Russia is building three Project..Read More
After evaluation of the bidder offers of the international tender for Blast and Bullet Proof Passenger Vehicle Rough Terrain (PVRT) issued in 2008, the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) has c..Read More
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $16.5 million order to deliver paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (E-LGTR) to the U.S. Navy. This award represents the fourth option to a 2..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a $36.1 million Foreign Military Sales award from the U.S. Army to provide the State of Kuwait with Patriot Configuration-3 radar upgrade depot test equipment..Read More
Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly from North Vandenberg ..Read More
Russia will participate in an open tender for the supply of next-generation diesel-electric submarines to the Indian Navy, according to a senior official of the Russian state arms export agency. "We w..Read More
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's Naval Inventory Control Point for the refurbishmen..Read More
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics issued an acquisition decision memorandum (ADM) today that implements decisions regarding the Future Combat Systems Brigade Co..Read More
The U.S. Navy awarded a $213.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) that will provide long lead materials for LPD 26, the tenth amphibiou..Read More
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received a U.S. Navy contract to ensure Navy, joint and coalition command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems share critical ..Read More
Russia could sell up to 40 fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines to foreign customers by 2015, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday according to RIA Novosti."Russia's ..Read More
Lockheed Martin (LMT 80.73, -0.40, -0.50%) installed the latest evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System -- which includes a new ballistic missile defense signal processor, Aegis ..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has started integrating its Munitions Control Unit on the Jaguar fighter aircraft.The MCU is a plug-and-play system that enables integration of modern weapons on legacy ai..Read More
Russia has bought 12 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel in a recent deal worth $53 million, a Russian government official said on Monday to the national news agency."The contract envisions th..Read More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading national security, information technology and public safety solutions provider, today announced that its Public Safety and Security s..Read More
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed its acquisition of eXMeritus Inc., a Fairfax, Va.-based company that provides hardware and software to federal government and law enforcement organizations ..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Ultra Electronics Precision Air Systems have teamed to pursue the BRU-69/A Multi-Purpose Bomb Rack (MPBR) program for the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command.MP..Read More
India is planning to carry out field trials for procuring 197 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) for the Army and the Air Force in August this year. "We are planning to carry out the flight evaluation tr..Read More
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will dedicate funding to further development of the F-15 Silent Eagle program, with the goal of a flight demonstration in the third quarter of 2010. The announcement cam..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered its first Miniature Air Launched Decoy initial operational test and evaluation unit to the U.S. Air Force.During IOT&E, the U.S. Air Force will conduct numerous ..Read More
With its unveiling of the fastest selling large jet engine in GE history - the GEnx - and its strategic agreement with Mubadala Development Company, GE (NYSE: GE) and its joint ventures, CFM and Engin..Read More
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured $4.1 billion in new orders during the Paris Air Show, demonstrating the resilience created by its global reach, strong portfolio and continue..Read More
Boeing and Terma today agreed to conduct a feasibility study for implementation and integration of Terma's 3D-Audio and Active Noise Reduction (ANR) technology on Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Ho..Read More
The United States has deployed missile defense equipment to the Pacific amid reports alleging that North Korea has threatened to fire a ballistic missile toward Hawaii, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gat..Read More
The Indian Government is readdressing its internal security strategy in the face of ongoing terrorist threats; significantly boosting its defence budget and fast-tracking new technology procurements. ..Read More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading national security, information technology and public safety solutions provider, today announced that, as a member of the INDUS Techn..Read More
After successfully completing a Milestone C review, Northrop Grumman Corporation's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye programme has received a fixed-price, incentive fee contract award from the U.S. Navy valu..Read More
Boeing Co (BA.N) (BA.N) said additional orders for eight C-17 cargo aircraft would extend the company's production line "well into 2011" if approved by the U.S. Congress. Jean Chamberlin, head of..Read More
Today, BAE Systems awarded Terma a contract for the F-35 Low Rate Initial Production Lot 3 for the delivery of machined parts for the Horizontal Tail for the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) ve..Read More
BAE Systems has been awarded a $33.6 million low-rate initial production contract for the ALE-55. The AN/ALE-55 is part of the U.S. Navy’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) syste..Read More
Keen on replacing its ageing Russian IL-76 transport aircraft fleet, the Indian Air Force has shortlisted US major Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III for its heavylift aircraft."The C-17s have been sh..Read More
Some 50 million jobs and $3.6 trillion of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) will depend on aviation by 2026, an Oxford Economics report said.According to the report 'Aviation: The Rea..Read More
On June 12, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible foreign military sale to the Government of Chile of radars, howitzers, vehicles, weapons, ammunition and related sup..Read More
Saab has received a $12.4 million contract to produce and field simulators and targets for five gunnery ranges for the U.S. Army. The lead integrator for the ranges is General Dynamics Information Tec..Read More
Pratt & Whitney has signed additional purchase orders with TCS Group to manufacture critical engine components for the F135 propulsion system. These new orders, signed today at the Paris Air Show, hav..Read More
Sikorsky Global Helicopters today announced preparations for delivery of the first two military S-434 helicopters to the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI).These two aircraft signify the beginning of th..Read More
Thales and Provincial Aerospace Ltd announced their selection, following a challenging international competition, by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force to upgrade two of its aircraft into Mariti..Read More
Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the first phase of a multi-year $100 million precisi..Read More
Elbit Systems in Haifa, Israel, has agreed to pay USD 18 million for a 19 percent stake in fellow Israeli defense firm Mikal. The Mikal group operates through 3 main divisions: Soltam Systems, which s..Read More
India on Monday inducted four Sukhoi fighter aircraft in Tezpur, which will soon be the base for a full squadron of the IAF's frontline combat jets. An induction ceremony was organised "in the ha..Read More
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing an innovative Arrow 3 Missile, designed to intercept and destroy the future, longer range threats. The interceptor integrates seamlessly into the Arrow ..Read More
DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a ninth delivery order valued at more than $22 million to produce more than 300 M989A1 Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailers (HEMATs) for ..Read More
Russia's Akula class nuclear-powered attack submarine "Nerpa" will be inducted by the Russian Navy after pre-delivery trials are completed this summer, prior to its formal lease to India later th..Read More
BAE Systems was awarded a contract modification worth $19 million from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Virginia to upgrade 1,800 Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicl..Read More
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will present its advanced systems and products at the upcoming International Paris Air Show, June 15-21 at Le Bourget, France. MBT Divisions’ Harop Loitering Munition..Read More
Taking the first step towards acquiring network-centric warfare capabilities, the Army is all set to induct a computerised command and control system to integrate its artillery weapon operations.Known..Read More
The ministry of defence and the department of telecommunications (DoT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to free radio spectrum by the defence forces over the next three years.Radio spec..Read More
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a five-year, $20 million contract to support the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office-Ent..Read More
The team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) submitted its bid today for the US Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, or CANES. CANES will streamline and update ..Read More
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Lockhe..Read More
A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber returned to flight last week after a team led by Boeing replaced its catastrophically damaged upper-center boron longeron - the aircraft's "backbone."
The B-1, Sw..Read More
Government of India has blacklisted upto seven defense firms for alleged corruption in the aftermath of the arrest of former Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) chairman Sudipto Ghosh. The firms blocklisted ..Read More
India has paid an additional $102 million to Russia to speed up Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier refit project, even as officials from both sides are working overtime to break the deadlock over Mosco..Read More
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract for the Lot III procurement of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). As part of this option seventeen aircraft were ordered for delivery by the ..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded $14.7 million for depot-level maintenance for U.S. Army Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems.The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsen..Read More
The United States has agreed to sell "bunker-buster" bombs to South Korea that are capable of destroying underground facilities in North Korea, a military official said Tuesday.Washington recently app..Read More
In a first for an Indian military aircraft programme, private sector firms Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T), Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd have bid to develop and bui..Read More
The defence and security company Saab has signed a contract worth approximately SEK 180 Million with Lockheed Martin Canada, to upgrade the 2D radar, Sea Giraffe 150 HC for the modernization of the Ca..Read More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a fixed-price contract for nearly $25 million to develop a prototype for the next-generation 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3D..Read More
BAE Systems submitted its proposal to the U.S. Government to produce the next generation of medium tactical vehicles for the U.S. Army. The contract is expected to be awarded in July for an estimated ..Read More
The German Armed Forces will be equipped with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR - Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatch..Read More
The Indian Air Force has decided to buy the Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) instead of the Russian built Ilyushin-78 air-to-air tanker, the Hindustan Times reported yesterday. The IAF A..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars.The award by the Naval..Read More
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract valued at more than $150 million to qualify and produce reactive armor tile sets for the St..Read More
With the Arjun Main Battle Tank bound to be compared with Russian T-90 tanks in trials after August, the DRDO is working on development of host of armoured defence systems to provide additional capabi..Read More
Dutch Deputy Defence Minister Jack de Vries has recently informed the lower house of parliament about the agreement between the Netherlands and Chile over the purchase of 18 surplus F-16 Midlife Updat..Read More
French Dassault Aviation SA (AM.FR) is likely to rejoin the race with five other global firms competing for the deal, AFP quoted MoD officials. According to several News Agencies, Dassault which is of..Read More
DRDO is all set to deliver sixteen Arjun MBTs will be handed over to the Army on May 25, reports Press Trust of India quoting DRDO sources in Chennai.K Sridhar, DRDO scientist and spokesperson for the..Read More
The Boeing Company has received a $48.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for development and testing of a Distributed Targeting (DT) system for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter.This new ta..Read More
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has been awarded a $40 million delivery order with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TAC..Read More
The government has approved a Rs 360 crore plan for Border Security Force to raise 29 new battalions comprising nearly 30,000 personnel within the next five years raising its strength to nearly two la..Read More
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran has test-fired a new advanced missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe.(Image courtesy Stratfor)
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The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract for $601 million to refurbish some of its heavy infantry vehicles. Through a public-private partnership with the Army’s Red River Army Depot, BAE Syste..Read More
India Tuesday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable 'Agni-II' missile with a strike range of upto 3,000 kms from a launch pad off Orissa's coast.The test of the indigenously built..Read More
Boeing was awarded a $38 million contract April 27 to develop and test a nonlethal, high power microwave (HPM) airborne demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Counter-el..Read More
The induction of first squadron of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) to Indian Air Force (IAF) can take place by the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011 with regular persuasion and monitoring of the LC..Read More
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., has been awarded end of last week a $259,904,116 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5444) for MK15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon System (CIWS) Block 1B upg..Read More
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was awarded a $4 million contract by the Boeing Company for the technology development phase of the F/A-18E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program.The technology develo..Read More
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products and Elbit Systems of America, LLC, have formed a new company named UAS Dynamics, LLC, to provide unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to the Department of Def..Read More
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has been awarded the Large Class (LC) Stage II Technology Demonstration contract from the U.S. Air Force's 526th ICBM Systems Group. The program is worth ju..Read More
Russia has secured an order from Vietnam for 12 Su-30MK2 fighter jets worth more than 500 million dollars (368 million euros), the Vedomosti newspaper said Thursday, citing top aviation industry offic..Read More
According to RIA Novosti, the Israeli Air Force is currently using Soviet-designed MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters for pilot training."We have studied them and are using them to practice dog fights. It is a g..Read More
The Obama administration officials are vigorously resisting sharing the Drone technology with Pakistani security forces, a media report on Thursday said but admitted that officials from both the count..Read More
The United States has bought two Su-27 Flanker fighter jets to help train U.S. pilots to cope with the growing number of Russian 4th-generation aircraft sold around the globe, a U.S. online magazine s..Read More
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $39.9 million contract for development and production as part of the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Progr..Read More
China is aiming at a substantial share of the international market for third-generation fighter aircraft, with a particular eye on oil-rich Third World countries as part of its arms-for-oil strategy. ..Read More
Rolls-Royce has signed a £75 million MissionCare™ contract with the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to support the Adour engines which power its fleet of Hawk aircraft.The five-year contract covers t..Read More
India is all set to get its first new generation Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine by the year end, which would bolster the Navy's undersea capability manifold. Russian Prime Minister Vladi..Read More
According to the Azeri-Press Agency (APA), South Africa’s Paramount Group plans to export armored carrier vehicles, manufactured in conjunction with Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense Industry, to ..Read More
U.S. defence industry giant Lockheed Martin said it is open to using some Indian components if chosen to supply the country's navy with its Aegis ballistic missile defense system."Because of the ..Read More
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), today. It is the 10th and final Nimitz-cl..Read More
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) recently helped bring full-scale combat training technologies to soldiers who would normally be required to travel to one of the U.S. Army's three combat training ce..Read More
BAE Systems has been awarded an $81.4 million contract to produce 39 M88A2 HERCULES recovery vehicles and spare parts for the U.S. Army."HERCULES continues to provide unmatched capabilities to our tro..Read More
