Defence Industry

New Delhi: The UK has officially cleared the development of the Tempest, a sixth-generation fighter jet that promises to be the world's most advanced military aircraft. This ambitious project, in collaboration with Italy and...

Rome: Italian vehicle builder Iveco has signed up for a slice of the massive contract run by Italy’s Leonardo and Germany’s Rheinmetall to build fighting vehicles and tanks for the Italian army. After signing a...

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has significantly advanced India's capabilities in chemical and biological defence with the inauguration of a new BSL-4 (Bio-Safety Level-4) laboratory and a Bio-detector, Test &...

Washington: US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall raised a warning flag on the service’s ability to afford a next-generation refuelling tanker at a mobility conference on November 1. The Air Force says that tanker —...

Washington: As part of the US Army’s quest to boost weapons production, it is reestablishing TNT production on US soil, inking a deal to build out a new facility in Graham, Ky. “For the first...

Washington:  France’s national shipbuilder Naval Group unveiled its first ever unmanned surface vessel designed to operate in conjunction with manned warships following limited testing alongside the French Navy. The drone, dubbed Seaquest and measuring approximately...

New Delhi: Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia's Rosoboronexport (ROE) to collaborate on the Pantsir air defence missile-gun systems. The agreement was signed on November 8 during the...

Mumbai. JSW Defence Pvt. Ltd., part of the $24 billion JSW Group and Shield AI, Inc, a leading US defence technology company, November 12 announced a strategic partnership to indigenise and manufacture Shield AI’s “V-BAT,” a...

Washington: US Navy pilots sitting comfortably in Maryland recently took a new carrier-based drone control centre out for a spin for the first time, piloting a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger thousands of miles away...

New Delhi: Airbus and Tata have built a complete industrial ecosystem around the C295 programme in India, the first aircraft manufacturing contract for the private sector in the country. "Aircraft are critical to nation-building," says...

Haifa, Israel: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced that it has secured a contract to supply vessels of a NATO country with the latest generation of its Digital Shark Naval Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) Systems. This advanced,...

Tel Aviv: The delivery of the Israeli Arrow 3 ballistic missiles interceptor to Germany will begin next year. The Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) and the German Federal Ministry of Defence have begun coordinating joint...

Abu Dhabi, UAE: EDGE Group entity Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) a regional leader in the design, construction, repair, maintenance, refit, and conversion of naval and commercial vessels, signed a strategic partnership with OSI...