Defence Industry

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in a competitive downselect phase, selected Lockheed Martin and partner Aerojet Rocketdyne to deliver the United State's most advanced missile defense system, the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). The...

  London. PPM Systems has designed and produced 90 custom filters for the British Army spectrum team based at Blandford Camp to support the Army’s Battlefield Tactical Communication and Information Systems (BATCIS) programme to upgrade...

  London. Ultra on March 23 announced that its Sonobuoy Systems business has been awarded a further three-year contract, worth £31 million, with the UK MOD. Ultra will continue to supply sonobuoys for the Royal...

  Tel Aviv. Israel aerospace industries (IAI) is continuing to upgrade its Barak air defence family of interceptors, also used by India. On March 22, the company completed a series of successful live firing trials with...

  New Delhi: Indian Army facing Chinese aggression at the borders will soon be fortified with all new mine-proof Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICV) and special high altitude vehicles. The military hardware is being manufactured...

  New Delhi: Government’s move to corporatise Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has found strong support from a Parliamentary panel which in its report tabled in Parliament favoured it saying it would improve the quality of...

  WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. Boeing has started a five-year modification program for the US Navy’s EA-18G Growler fleet with the induction of the first jet at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The modifications are focused on...

  New Delhi: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL’s) Nashik Division has completed production of raw material for 140 Su-30MKI aircraft, the company announced in a tweet on March 19. The project completion bring to an end the...

  Cologne: Airbus executives see no viable “Plan B” for the embattled Future Combat Air System, as Eric Trappier, the CEO of fellow prime contractor Dassault, suggested earlier this month. Antoine Bouvier, the head of Airbus...

  New Delhi: It has been both bouquets and brickbats for the work done by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the various noteworthy projects undertaken by it include Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas,...

  New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) accepted two ALH MK-III helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with state-of-the-art technology and advanced sensors under 16 ALH MK-III contract to enhance Coast Guard's Op preparedness for...

  Donauwörth. Airbus Helicopters has handed over the seventh and last H145 for the search and rescue (SAR) service of the Bundeswehr to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)...

  GREENVILLE, S.C. Lockheed Martin has received its first F-16 from the US Air Force as part of the $900 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract the company received in December 2020 to provide sustainment...