Defence Industry

  Washington: Lockheed Martin has sent US$1.1 billion in accelerated payment to support its network of suppliers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on June 26. The defence contracting giant also hired 8,300 employees since...

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, received a $2.3 billion US Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars as part of the Terminal High Altitude...

  New Delhi: A High Level Official Committee (HLOC) of Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence (MoD) continued dialogue with employees’ federations/ associations to address their concerns regarding corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board...

  New Delhi: Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik has emphasised on the need for a strong indigenous defence-manufacturing capabilities as this would help India safeguard its prosperity generated over the last couple of...

  New Delhi: With countries rapidly developing integrated air defence systems, hypersonic weapon technologies and low observability technologies there is an imperative need for western air forces need to regain their ability to counter threats...

  EVENDALE, OHIO. GE Marine announced it has received a contract from Sefine Shipyard to provide two LM2500 marine gas turbines to power the Turkish Naval Forces’ new Fleet Replenishment Ship. Known as the DIMDEG...

  TEL AVIV. RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is participating in Poland's "Ottokar-Brzoza" tender (formerly known as "Tank Destroyer") in co-production with local Polish Conglomerate PGZ, which is competing, in part, with BWP-1 and KTO...

Evendale, OH. GE Aviation was selected by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, to provide the Aircraft Health Awareness System as part of Team Invictus for the Bell 360 Invictus competitive prototype, a...

New Delhi. In a boost to Make in India in the defence industry, five weeks since April 21 when the Industry Day organised by Spanish state-owned company known for its design and construction of...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the US Navy for flight testing. One jet is a single-seat E model and the other is a two-seat F...

  Moscow. Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is all set to present to its foreign partners weapons for all segments of the global arms market at the Army 2020 International Military-Technical Forum,...

Hyderabad: In keeping with the Government’s policy of encouraging the indigenous industry in the defence sector, Hyderabad-based infra major Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) is setting up a facility with an investment outlay...

New Delhi. The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters with a total lifetime maximum value of US$955 million. The initial contract was...