Defence Industry

  Paris. The world’s total military expenditure has been rising steadily with no peace dividend in sight, and rose to $1.739 trillion in 2017, according to figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This...

During 70 years of diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Moscow, their bilateral relations have evolved into a “privileged” strategic partnership covering all spheres of the human activity - from space to seismology, but...

  Rostec has launched a parachute production facility based at the Scientific Research Institute of Parachute Construction, a subsidiary of “Tekhnodinamika” holding, in the city of Kirzhach, Vladimir region. The new 5,000 square meter manufacturing...

  Saab has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence extending by one year the logistical support contract first signed in 2015 for the Arthur weapon locating system. Saab delivered the first Arthur systems...

Saab has received an additional order from the United States (US) Navy to supply the Sea Giraffe AMB Multi Mode Radar (MMR) for the US Coast Guard’s newest class of ship, the Offshore Patrol...

  Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) intends to receive a Vietnamese naval delegation during the first International Far Eastern Maritime Show (IFEMS) taking place on July 26-28 in Vladivostok. “Military-technical cooperation with Vietnam is...

  NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 27, 2018. Boeing and India recently took a significant step towards modernizing the Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet by completing the first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters destined for...

In a major programme milestone, BAE Systems has delivered its 150th OE-120 Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) antenna to the U.S. Navy. The antenna is used by sailors to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, and supports...

DALLAS, July 26, 2018. A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted an Air-Breathing Threat (ABT) in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)...

  New Delhi. Capital procurement of defence equipment is carried out as per the extant Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). DPP-2016 focuses on institutionalizing streamlining and simplifying defence procurement procedure to give boost to ‘Make in...

  New Delhi. MBDA-ISAE Scholarship winners were held on July 20, welcomed at the Residence of France in New Delhi by Ms Claire Thuaudet, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France in India, at an...

  New Delhi. The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Project was reviewed by Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) July 19. He was accompanied by Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar, AVSM, VSM, Vice Chief of...

Pau-Pyrenees Airport, July 19, 2018. Safran has passed a major milestone in its hybrid electric propulsion roadmap with the first ground test of a distributed propulsion system. The test run took place at a...