Defence Industry

  EVERETT, Washington. The US Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s second Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. Boeing was awarded the initial FMS contract for...

  BENGALURU. The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd-built Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved an important milestone of flying at six km altitude in Bengaluru recently, a company press statement said on December 10. The chopper was flown...

  RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN and NEWCASTLE, Australia. Australia's first two locally-based F-35 fighter aircraft arrived on home soil at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Williamtown on December 9 signalling the dawn of a new era...

  NAVAL GROUP signed an agreement with the Egyptian Navy for the in-service support of the vessels provided by the group over the next five years at the Egypt Defense and Security Exhibition (EDEX) in...

  NAVAL GROUP participates to Exponaval 2018 in Concón Valparaiso, Chili, December 4-7, 2018. Naval Group is one of the rare players in the naval industry to have the capacity to design, build, service and...

  MADRID.Lockheed Martin and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refuelling for US defence customers. The companies will seek to provide aerial-refuelling services to address any...

BORDES. Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a contract with Denmark’s Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), to support 11 Arriel 1D1-powered AS550C2 Fennec operated by the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF). The engines will...

  CAIRO. Rostec State Corporation and its holding companies have been taking part in EDEX 2018, the first defense exhibition in Egypt, in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo from December 3-5. The exhibition features modern...

  EVERETT, Washington. Boeing’s KC-46 tanker program has completed its planned Phase II receiver certification flight testing following three weeks of flights with F-15E aircraft out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, a company press...

  Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on December 4 every year. It commemorates that night in 1971 when three Osa class missile boats nick named Killers struck Karachi in Op Trident in the opening bell...

  AS THE Indian Navy continues its evolution as a maritime force capable of operating globally, it will need a carrier borne fighter fleet that is not only combat proven, effective and mobile but one...

BANGALORE. In a Make in India boost, Rossell Techsys has announced the delivery of the 15,000th shipment of wire harnesses and 500thshipment of electrical panel assemblies for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, the world’s most advanced...

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin received a $6.9 million award from the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) to enhance the ONYX™ exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations. ONYX is a powered, lower-body exoskeleton with artificial...