Defence Industry

  ORLANDO. Fla. Lockheed Martin, the Joint Program Office and the US Air Force successfully connected the F-35, F-22, F-16 and E3 Sentry in a highly contested simulated environment during a Distributed Mission Training final...

  Jerusalem: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Nimrod Sheffer announced on July 1 that he is stepping down after two years in the position. Sheffer replaced Joseph Weiss as CEO in June 2018, and will leave...

  New Delhi: The slew of measures announced by the government in a move to push indigenous and local material and software as part of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative, taking the vision of the draft...

  New Delhi: The outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic has hit the supply of Dhanush 155x45mm artillery guns, the Indian version of Bofors, to the Army. The weapon systems are being made at the Gun...

Tel Aviv. A full scale test of the Israeli system designed to avoid friendly fire is scheduled for November in Singapore. "The Asian defence forces are a big potential market for us" Amir Nadan,...

  MESA, Arizona. Boeing recently delivered its 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter, an E-model Apache for the US Army, from the company’s production line in Mesa, Arizona. The first production AH-64, an A-model Apache, rolled off the...

  DALLAS. Lockheed Martin received a US$226 million contract from the US Army to recapitalise an additional 44 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270 launchers. This award follows an initial contract, issued in 2019, calling...

  SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) completed a month-long demo event that showcased a suite of long-range sensors, Air Launched Effects (ALE) and Scalable Command and Control (SC2) on its Gray Eagle...

  Getafe, Spain. Airbus has formally delivered the first of eight Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered by the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) after a ceremony held at the Airbus Getafe...

  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...