Defence Industry

New Delhi: The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), operated by Canada and the United States, has gaping holes in its airspace radar coverage. Ottawa went some way to filling those gaps when it...

Paris: The Hydis project to develop a European interceptor against hypersonic threats settled on a concept based on a solid-propellant rocket motor, according to MBDA, Europe’s biggest missile maker, with the programme’s steering committee...

Tel Aviv: Israeli defence company Bagira has signed a long-term agreement with a material client - a NATO member state - valued at approximately €9 million. Under the 15-year agreement, Bagira will provide maintenance...

NEW DELHI. In a major move to fortify national security along its expansive and contested borders, India has officially invited private sector enterprises to co-develop cutting-edge, high-altitude stratospheric surveillance airships. Driven by the Indian Air...

PARIS. In a milestone development for modern collaborative combat, aerospace giant Dassault Aviation and defence technology specialist Harmattan AI have announced the successful flight test of a standard Rafale F4 fighter jet actively coordinating with...

Washington: US Marines on Guam recently fired the service’s new Medium-Range Intercept Capability system, representing the validation of the Corps’ first medium-range air defence system since the divestment of the service’s legacy HAWK platform...

Paris: Germany’s Helsing raised US$1.8 billion in Europe’s biggest-ever funding round for a defence-technology startup, valuing the company at $18 billion and continuing a flurry of mega rounds for the continent’s defence industry. Munich-based Helsing...

Paris: Rheinmetall and MBDA will develop a high-energy laser weapon for the Germany Navy that builds on previous work by the two companies on a laser demonstrator, with the weapon system expected to be...

New Delhi: The Tejas MK-1A programme has registered a positive development with the seventh GE F404-IN20 engine successfully clearing user acceptance quality checks. This marks a crucial step forward for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL),...

Tel Aviv: Israeli company SCD, developing advanced infrared detector technologies, on July 13 announced that it has secured three multi-million-dollar orders from leading global customers for its advanced HOT HD MWIR detectors. The detectors will...

São José dos Campos, Brazil. Embraer will once again have a strong presence at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom, highlighting its continued growth momentum driven by increasing aircraft deliveries, a record backlog,...

Bengaluru: Hical Technologies, a Bengaluru-based precision electromechanical manufacturer for global aerospace and defence platforms, welcomed Tobias Gotthardt, Vice Minister at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, at its Electronic City facility....

Tel Aviv: Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is in advanced talks with Indian private defence firms to set up local production of the Iron Dome system and, specifically, its Tamir interceptors in India. However,...