Defence Industry

TECHMASH Concern (part of Rostec) is developing a concept for a new 152 mm correctable artillery projectile. Its key feature is trajectory correction in the final stage of flight, i.e., immediately after firing, the...

PLANO, Texas. Boeing will continue its support for the US Army's inventory of H-47 Chinook rotor blades with a new $160 million contract award, a company press statement said October 1. The five-year performance-based logistics...

  MANCHING. Airbus Defence and Space is investing around €60 million into a new logistics centre for spare parts of military aircraft (Military Air Spares Centre – MASC) at Manching to the north of Munich....

  BENGALURU. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) held its 55th Annual General Body Meeting of Shareholders, first after its listing at the new HAL Management Academy (HMA) campus at Bengaluru on September 28. Mr R Madhavan, CMD,...

  FORT WORTH, Texas, September 28, 2018. The US Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have finalized an $11.5 billion contract for the production and delivery of 141 F-35 aircraft at the lowest per aircraft...

  ST. LOUIS. US Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets and simulators from Boeing, a company press statement said on September 27. “Today’s announcement is the culmination of years of unwavering...

NEW DELHI (India). CRON Systems, India’s defence IoT start-up and one of the YourNest backed companies, on September 27 announced the launch of 3 marquee technology solutions for India’s growing border security and surveillance...

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin has selected Harris Corporation to develop and deliver the next generation Integrated Core Processor (ICP) for the F-35 fighter jet. The Lockheed Martin-led competition within the F-35 supply chain will significantly...

  ORLANDO, Florida. The US Army selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade nearly 500 simulators for the service's tactical vehicle fleet at dozens of locations worldwide. The Close Combat Tactical Training (CCTT) Manned Module Modernization (M3) contract,...

  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins achieved a significant milestone in its ground radio programme as the National Security Agency (NSA) has issued the company a Type-1 certification for its AN/PRC-162(V)1 RT-2048(C)U military ground radio....

  ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) recently received two Foreign Military Sale (FMS) delivery orders for Bahrain and Taiwan. The Royal Bahraini Air Force continues to order Sniper ATPs with this most...

ARLINGTON, Va. Boeing on September 25 completed the acquisition of Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile, flight-proven small-satellite solutions. Millennium Space Systems will operate under Boeing Phantom Works as a subsidiary called Millennium Space...

  PARIS. The ability to control unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important “force multiplier” in Airbus’ vision for future air power that is smart, modular and connected. This know-how has been confirmed...