Defence Industry

Frankfurt: EuroTrophy GmbH announced on September 6 that it has been awarded a contract from KNDS (KMW+NEXTER Defense Systems) for the Leopard 2 A8 programs for Germany and Norway. KNDS is the result of...

In the run-up to the mega G-20 Summit (September 9-10) in the Capital, a Delhi Police advertisement in leading newspapers notifies all the conference venues as ‘no drone zones.’ The capital police have prohibited...

London: Ahead of next week’s DSEI 2023 defence exhibition, Lockheed Martin UK chief executive Paul Livingston speaking at a reception said that Black Hawk is the “perfect utility helicopter” for the NMH requirement. The...

New Delhi: Taking in the three services’ requirements, India is in the final stages of drafting the Letter of Request (LoR) for the acquisition of 31 MQ-9B drones from General Atomics (GA). The defence...

Stockholm: Saab has signed an extension agreement with Boeing for the manufacturing of large cargo doors, bulk cargo doors and access doors for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The framework agreement is an extension of...

Kolkata: India is now developing its own defence production technologies independent of foreign OEMs. Earlier domestic companies mostly relied on licensed technology transfer from foreign OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for producing certain goods, said...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Rafael, was awarded  a £20 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the cutting-edge TROPHY Active Protection System (APS). According to the company, this milestone marks a...

  Seoul - Airbus Helicopters and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed an agreement to initiate the serial production phase of the Light Armed Helicopters (LAH). This follows the contract awarded by the country’s Defence Acquisition Programme...

New Delhi: Garuda Aerospace, India’s leading drone manufacturer, along with Bharat Drone Association and National Drone Pilot Association continue to spearhead category growth by creating a safe, transparent and trustworthy drone ecosystem in India. In a...

  Haifa, Israel: Elbit Systems Ltd announced September 5 that it has been awarded two contracts by a European country, worth an aggregate amount of approximately $200 million, to supply a C4I (Command, Control, Communication,...

  Tel Aviv: A special commando unit of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on September 4 used the Rafael Firefly loitering weapon system against a group of armed terrorists in the Genin refugee camp in...

New Delhi: The government after three years of forming seven new Defence Public Undertakings (DPSUs) from the former Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is exploring the possibility of merging five of them, according to a...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli developed Dominator XP UAV was commissioned by the Thai Royal Air Force at Takhli Air Base, on September 1, 2023. One airplane with the tail number 506 was displayed as...