Defence Industry

  Paris. Defence Minister Sitharaman addressed ‘India-France Defence Engagement in a Multipolar World’ at the Institute of Strategic Research (IRSEM) in Paris on October 12. In her speech, she said that her visit is a...

  PARIS. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited France from October 11-12 for the first India-France Ministerial level annual defence dialogue with her French counterpart, the Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly. During her visit Sitharaman...

NAVAL GROUP and ECA Group recently established a technological and commercial partnership in the field of unmanned mine warfare. The first practical application was completed as part of the response to the consultation launched...

  WASHINGTON.Lockheed Martin delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and outside the atmosphere. The production maturity...

  NEW DELHI. A newly designed website has been launched on October 10 for Aero India 2019 (https://aeroindia.gov.in) for registration of exhibitors and visitors. The portal facilitated payment of registration fee online and thereafter book space/stall...

  ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS, Inc. and partner Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel announced on October 9 that they have successfully completed a lengthy live-fire qualification process for key elements of the lighter...

  S AN DIEGO. Partnered with the US Army, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently completed Follow-On Operational Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range. Testing of the Unmanned...

  BAE Systems has received an order to provide 18 additional M777 155mm Ultra Lightweight Howitzers to the U.S. Army under a new contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This order builds on the...

  TECHMASH (part of Rostec) is ready to adapt ammunition to meet the needs of drone manufacturers. Companies of the concern produce a wide range of air ammunition, such as aerial bombs whose weight ranges...

  SYRACUSE, New York. The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification to insert Gallium Nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar as part of the full rate production configuration. The Q-53 is the most...

  CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Florida. The fourth Lockheed Martin built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite is one step closer to space. The AEHF-4 satellite was encapsulated into its payload fairing...

  Saab has, in collaboration with Raytheon, received a contract from the US Army to demonstrate a guided munition for the Carl-Gustaf system, with three all-up-round test firings against threat-representative targets. In 2017, Saab announced its...

  NEW DELHI. India and Russia signed for approximately above $5 billion contract to supply India with the S-400 Triumf long-range air defence missile systems (ADMS). The deal, which is the biggest ever in company history...