Defence Industry

  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...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The Sikorsky S-97 Raider light tactical prototype helicopter is advancing rapidly through its flight test schedule, recently exceeding 200 knots at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center. Raider, developed by Sikorsky,...

Marignane. The H225M, with 88 aircraft currently in service in six countries across the globe, has surpassed the 100,000 flight hour milestone, following its first delivery to the French Air Force in 2006. The...

  Tampere, Finland. Robonic Ltd Oy, subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense has delivered a third-generation KONTIO pneumatic launcher to Leonardo, a company press statement said on October 3. Designed to launch tactical unmanned air systems...

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) performance testing has been successfully completed for the C-2A Greyhound, E-2C+ Hawkeye, and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The testing supports...

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...