Defence Industry

MARINETTE, Wishington, July 13, 2018. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 13, the future USS Wichita, completed Acceptance Trials in the waters of Lake Michigan. LCS 13 is the seventh Freedom-variant LCS designed and built by...

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 13, 2018. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently performed a series of flight tests demonstrating how a system of systems (SoS) approach enables...

EVERETT, Washington, July 13, 2018. Boeing and US Air Force teams recently achieved a major KC-46 tanker programme milestone, completing all flight testing required for first delivery. This past week, the KC-46 team concluded...

  Gripen is a unique fighter system, bringing a perfect balance between performance and cost-efficiency. Throughout design and construction, Saab has ensured that Gripen is easy to service and repair, making it possible to offer...

  Farnborough, July 13, 2018. Airbus will unveil its secure networked airborne military communications solution, Network for the Sky (NFTS), at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018. NFTS combines different communication technologies to form one resilient...

    NEW DELHI. More than two years after the defence procurement procedure was tweaked to galvanise Make in India in defence, there is little evidence of a turnaround in domestic production of the defence equipment....

  JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation), in conjunction with JSC Sea Underwater Weapons - Gidropribor Concern, has launched a program to promote naval materiel and special equipment to the external market. “A wide...

Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines will power the first visit to Farnborough Air Show of Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo. The aircraft, which will enter service later this year, is exclusively powered by the Trent...

  SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced on July 12, that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to upgrade a portable GA-EMS...

  BAE Systems has begun work to transition its advanced Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) system from aging EC-130H aircraft to a modern, more capable platform that will significantly improve mission effectiveness. This Cross Deck...

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, July 11, 2018: Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) made history as it landed at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK...

  Vientiane, July 12, 2018. During their business trip to Laos, the delegation from Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) conducted negotiations with the executives of the Lao Ministry of Defense regarding...

  Haifa, Israel, July 12, 2018. Elbit Systems commences global marketing of the HermesTM 900 StarLiner, a powerful and trend setting Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that features adverse weather capabilities...