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Patria Signs $205M Deal To Upgrade Finland’s Hamina-class Fast Attack Crafts
Patria has signed an agreement valued around 170 million euros (US$205 million) with the Finnish Defence Forces on the mid-life upgrade and overhaul of the Finnish Defence Forces’ Hamina Class fast attack craft. The procurement... More of this article »
Indian MoD Issues $1.5 Billion Tender To Acquire 61 Close-In Weapon Systems
Indian defense ministry has issued more than $1.5 billion tender for acquiring 61 Close in Weapon Systems (CIWS) from domestic manufacturers under the Make in India program. The tender was issued by the acquisition wing of the defence... More of this article »
Philippines to Buy RPG-7B Grenade Launcher from Russia
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 Russia’s Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev and Philippine Defense... More of this article »
Turkey Details Official Specifications of Next-gen Fighter TFX
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has released the specifications for its home-grown next generation fighter jet, TFX officially known as the Milli Muharebe Uçağı (National Combat Aircraft). According to the official specifications... More of this article »
Pratt and Whitney Wins $6.7 Billion F119 Engine Sustainment Contract
Pratt & Whitney has won $6.7 billion contract for F119 engine sustainment from US Air Force. Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday. F119 is an afterburning turbofan engine... More of this article »
Chinese Student in Japan Ships Classified US-made Night Vision Device to Hong Kong
The Japanese Police has accused a Chinese exchange student of illegally exporting an infrared night-vision camera to a firm in Hong Kong which he purchased from an on-line auction site. The Tokyo-based exchange student, 22, purchased... More of this article »
UK to Buy ‘Sky Sabre’ Missile Shield for $92 Million to Protect Falkland Islands
The United Kingdom will purchase Israeli missile defense shield based on Iron Dome to protect Falklands for £78 million ($92.3 million). According to a report in the Daily Mail, the UK will install a Sky Sabre system, which employs... More of this article »
Russia to Fully Replace Tu-60 Current Fleet With Modernized Models
Russian Ministry of Defence plans to fully replace the T-160 current fleet with modernized models. “All the Tu-160 aircraft that comprise the long-range air force are to be replaced with modernized models. Taking into account prompt... More of this article »
UAE Armed Forces To Upgrade French-Built Mirage 2000-9 Fighter Aircraft
The UAE Armed Forces have announced a contract to modernize its Dassault Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets during the on-going Dubai airshow this week. “The UAE Armed Forces have announced their intention to sign a contract with Dassault... More of this article »
India’s BEL Displays L70 Artillery Gun at D & S, Bangkok
India’s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is displaying its L70 artillery gun at the Defence and Security 2017 exhibition in Bangkok. The gun has been designed and developed for the Indian Army. BEL had earlier won a Rs 575-crore... More of this article »
IWI Launches Kalashnikov Competitor, TAVOR 7 Assault Rifle
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has launched the 7.62X51mm caliber TAVOR 7, a competitor to the hugely popular Kalashnikov AK series of assault rifles which fire the heavy 7.62 mm bullet from a relatively small and light weapon. The... More of this article »
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Accidents Up 1.5 Times in Japan
Accidents involving US Marines’ V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in Japan has gone up by approximately 1.5 times from when the aircraft were first deployed at Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture five years ago, the Mainichi Shimbun... More of this article »
HAL Hands Over Fiftieth AL31FP Engine For Su-30MKI To IAF
India’s 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... More of this article »
Bangladesh Navy Orders Two More Dornier 228NG Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Bangladesh Navy has ordered two more Dornier 228 unarmed twin turborprop maritime patrol aircraft under a contract signed with German aerospace company Ruag Aviation. The Dornier 228NG aircraft will serve to support surveillance and... More of this article »
US Government to Upgrade 218 Kuwaiti M1A2 Abrams Tanks for $29 Million
The US State Department has approved an upgrade to Kuwait for M1A1 Abrams Tanks estimated to cost $29 million. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of two hundred eighteen (218) M1A1 Abrams tank hulls with 120mm cannons... More of this article »
Upgraded NK-32 Engine Designed For Russian Tu-160 Bombers Enters Testing Phase
Upgraded NK-32 Engine Designed For Russian Tu-160 Bombers Enters Testing Phase Russia’s state-owned company United Engine Corporation has begun testing an upgraded NK-32 02 aircraft engines designed for the Tu-160 supersonic heavy... More of this article »
China’s Type 055 Destroyer Has More Firepower Than US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class Ships: Global Times
China’s new missile destroyer has had 112 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) installed, which according to experts could upgrade the rapid-reaction capability of weapons, local media reports. The new Type 055 guided-missile destroyer... More of this article »
Russian Armed Forces To Get New Gen Ratnik-2 Infantry Gears by 2020
Russian Armed Forces To Get New Gen Ratnik-2 Infantry Gears by 2020 (Sputnik photo) The Russian army will be fully equipped with Russia’s next-generation Ratnik-2 infantry gear by 2020. “By 2020, the Russian army will... More of this article »
China’s CH-5 Attack Drone Completes Live-Fire Exercise
China’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack and reconnaissance drone designated CH-5, completed a live-fire exercise earlier this month. The CH-5 also called “Caihong (Rainbow) 5,” is the latest drone developed by the Chinese... More of this article »
Faulty Indian Ammunition Caused Army M777 Gun Explosion
An explosion of Indian Army’s new long-range ultra-light (ULH) howitzer M-777 earlier this month was due to faulty ammunition, according to a preliminary investigation. The barrel of the US-manufactured gun had exploded when it was... More of this article »
India Eyes $8 Billion Worth 100 Avenger Predator Drones from US
India has plans to buy 100 jet propelled Avenger predator drones from the US costing an estimated $8 billion for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Besides joint projects under the bilateral Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI),... More of this article »
Ukrainian Armed Forces get Modernized BRDM-2 Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles
Ukroboronprom has modernized tens of BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance patrol vehicles for Ukrainian Armed Forces. The armored vehicles received modern digital radio systems manufactured by one of the NATO countries and other new equipment.... More of this article »
T-72 Tank Modernized To NATO Standard Offered To Poland
A T-72 tank, modernized to NATO standards was displayed at the recent MSPO-2017 exhibition to demonstrate capabilities of the tank, christened PT-17, to the Ministry of Defense of Poland. In April 2017, Ukroboronprom and the Zaklady... More of this article »
Bahrain to Buy US-made 35 Meter Fast Patrol Boats Costing $60.25 Million
The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain for 35 Meter Fast Patrol Boats costing $60.25 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of... More of this article »
Chinese Fighter Jet Engines Equipped With Home Made Single Crystal Turbine Blades
“China’s J-20, J-31 and H-20 fighter jets are now powered by homemade engines that feature single-crystal turbine blades that are manufactured using Rhenium metal. Southwest China’s Sichuan Province-based private... More of this article »
Ukraine Modernizes Russian Origin Mi-24 Helicopters
Ukraine’s state-owned Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon has completed modernization of Russian-origin Mi-24 attack helicopters with domestic equipment for the country’s Armed Forces, the press service of the state-owned Ukroboronprom... More of this article »
IAF Su-30MKI Aircraft To Get New Reconnaissance Pods
Indian Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets will be equipped with new reconnaissance pods under INR 3,000 crore proposal recently cleared, amid rising tensions with China and Pakistan. The aircraft with new reconnaissance pods will help detect... More of this article »
Bangladesh Army To Procure 680 Modified Ukrainian Multipurpose Armored Vehicles
Bangladesh Army is looking to buy as many as 680 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) in view of standardizing the Ukraine-made armoured vehicles. Bangladesh Military Forces website bdmilitary.com reported that the government-owned Directorate... More of this article »
Eskadron Lightweight Assault Vehicle Offered To Russian Airborne Troops
Defence consortium Intrall and UAMZ Group has offered its new Eskadron lightweight assault vehicle to the Russian Airborne Troops , which is seeking new vehicles to rapidly deploy tactical groups. The vehicle can easily maneuver even... More of this article »
Philippines Plans To Buy 12 More FA-50 Fighters From South Korea
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has planned to double the size of Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) fleet of fighter jets by buying 12 more FA-50PH aircraft from South Korea. “I want to build a strong nation,” the President... More of this article »
Russia Developing Parachute System To Airdrop Armored Vehicle With Personnel Inside
The Russian Airborne Force will get a new parachute system in 2018, the Bakhcha-UPDS multi-cupola, which can air-drop a BMD-4M infantry fighting vehicle with a seven-member crew inside it. “This year, the state trials of the... More of this article »
Sixty Kalibr Cruise Missiles Supplied To Russian Army in May-June
Russian Armed Forces have received sixty Kalibr cruise missiles along with an Iskander-M missile system brigade set in May-June this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. The army has also taken delivery of 11... More of this article »
Malaysian Boeing F/A-18D Fleet Upgraded With Sidewinder Missiles, Smart Bombs
Malaysian Air Force’s 20-year-old F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet fleet has recently undergone a comprehensive upgrade that includes AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles, Joint Direct Attack Munitions besides targetng and cueing systems . The... More of this article »
Rheinmetall To Deliver ‘Skyguard’ Air Defense Hardware To Two Foreign Customers
Rheinmetall has recently won contracts worth total €220 million (US$256 million) from two foreign governments to provide air defence hardware and related services for their air forces. Rheinmetall had to overcome stiff international... More of this article »
GLOCK Emerges Lowest Bidder In Philippines Army’s Handgun Acquisition Project
Handgun manufacturer GLOCK has emerged the lowest bidder for the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) 9mm Pistol acquisition project worth PHP1.497 billion (US$29.4 million) for 74,861 units of handguns. Trust Trade, authorized... More of this article »
Are Armed Turbo-props Here to Stay?
The rising demand for low-cost, combat-capable aircraft that is able to perform a range of missions in an unchallenged environment, as an alternative to costlier fighter jets will keep armed turboprops in demand. Turboprops are an... More of this article »
Pakistan Selects Turkish T129 Attack Helicopter Over Chinese Z-10?
Pakistan may have selected the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T129 ATAK helicopter over the Chinese Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) Z-10 and sales negotiations are expected to start soon. Both helicopters’ manufacturers... More of this article »
China Offers FC-31 Stealth Fighter At Half the Price of US F-35- Paris Air Show 2017
China launched the global marketing of its FC-31 stealth fighter jet that costs about US$70 million, about half the price of the Lockheed Martin F-35, at Paris Air Show 2017. “We expect that the plane’s price will be around... More of this article »
US Navy Awards $492M Automated Digital Network System Contract
The US Navy has awarded multiple contracts estimated $492 million to four US firms – DRS Laurel Technologies, Leidos, SAIC and Serco Inc., for Automated Digital Network System (ADNS). “DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania... More of this article »
Malaysia Modifies Su-30MKM Aircraft To Drop US-made GBU-12 Laser-guided Bombs
Malaysian Air Force has modified Russian-made Sukhoi-30 fighter jet in order to equip it with US GBU-12 laser-guided bombs. The Royal Malaysian Air Force put out a video showing their Su-30MKM fighters specifically designed for Malaysia,... More of this article »
First Saudi-Spec Boeing F-15SA Super Eagle tactical fighters Arrives in Riyadh
Saudi Air Force has introduced first Boeing F-15SA fighter jet, of which it ordered 84 new-built aircraft together with the upgrade of 70 older F-15S it already operates. The F-15SA is a derivative of the two-seat F-15E Strike Eagle... More of this article »
Egypt Takes Delivery of Russian S-300 Air Defense System
Egypt has taken delivery of first batch of Russian-made S-300 air defense system, according to a picture posted on Russian social media site vk.com. The picture posted on Tuesday shows the unloading of a container carrying the missile... More of this article »
US Army Seeks To Replace M4 Carbine With Armor Piercing Rifle
The US Army has invited bids for a 7.62mm automatic weapon, seeking to get an estimate on lead time and cost to purchase 10,000 new assault rifles that shoot armor piercing bullets. Weapons procurement staff for the US Army, seeking... More of this article »
S Korea’s Raybolt ATGM Set To Compete Against Israeli Spike, US Javelin
South Korea’s Raybolt medium-range anti-tank guided missile (MR-ATGM) has passed quality tests and is planned for local procurement and export where it will compete against the US Lockheed Martin-made Javelin and the Israeli... More of this article »
Pentagon Awards $98M Main Reduction Gears Contract For Arleigh Burke class Destroyers
The Pentagon has awarded $98 million contract to Philadelphia Gear Corp. for three shipsets of Main Reduction Gears (MRGs) for the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. “Philadelphia Gear Corp. (a brand of Timken... More of this article »
Thailand To Buy 34 Armored Personnel Carriers From China
The Thai Army signed with the NORINCO Group (China) a contract to purchase 34 armored personnel carriers 8×8 ZBL09 (export named VN1) armed with 30mm turret. It is expected that the ZBL09 will be delivered by 2020. In addition,... More of this article »
Vegan is Kosher For Israeli Defense Forces
The Israeli Defense Forces has introduced vegan rations with increase in number of vegan combat soldiers. The vegan combat rations will include hummus and tahini, beans in tomato sauce, cocoa spread, halva, green olives, peas and... More of this article »
Turkey Keen On Buying Ukraine’s 6TD-3 Diesel Engine For Altay Main Battle Tank
Turkey is reportedly keen on buying Ukraine’s 6TD-3 Diesel Engine for its Altay main battle tank (MBT) due to increasing uncertainty of Western suppliers. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman... More of this article »