Defence Industry

  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...

  Tel Aviv. In spite of a drop in the sales of its civil group, Israel aerospace industries' (IAI) revenues in 2020 reached a record of US$4,184 million, representing the highest sales revenues ever recorded...

  New Delhi: In keeping with Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative in defence sector, Government is likely to approve India’s homegrown fifth-generation fighter programme - the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) - by mid-year, with design, development...

London. Following a US$42m award to Ultra in July 2020 to develop and manufacture a new surface fleet radar to replace legacy systems and deliver next generation technologies, the US Navy’s AN/SPS-73(V)18 Next Generation...

  Tel Aviv. In another recent test the Israeli Iron Dome system proved its improved capability to intercept many aerial targets including salvos of rockets and UAVs. The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) in the Israel...

  Bangalore. BEML Limited, a ‘Schedule A’ company under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) received export orders from Cameroon and Bangladesh under Government of India-Lines of credit. The order for Cameroon has been received from Ministry...

  London. Airbus is teaming with Draken Europe to address the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) requirement for the Second Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) service. Airbus and Draken present a UK-based partnership demonstrating an extensive...

  Hyderabad. “Today’s event is a very important event. Around one and half to two years back we secured order from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which started bearing the fruits now,” said Kalyani Rafael Advanced...

London. Following the recent announcements by Ultra of contract awards for the Hull Mounted Sonar (HMS) and Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) subsystems on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program, the Ultra Group has confirmed...