China has delivered two more naval frigates – Type 054A/P frigates – to the Pakistan Navy in addition to the two delivered earlier, completing the order for four ships. Earlier in June 2018, Pakistan had signed a contract with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd. (CSTC) for the delivery of two Type-054 A/P frigates in…
Airbus Helicopters have delivered the first H135 to the Spanish Air and Space Force in Albacete. This is the eighth helicopter delivered under the 36-unit contract signed at the end of 2021 to supply the Armed Forces and State Security Forces. Worth mentioning, this delivery is six months ahead of schedule, which will facilitate crew…
Israel recently carried out the first operational interception of David’s Sling Defense System. It was the system’s first operational intercept since its induction in 2017. Basically, the missile intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Jointly developed by the DDR&D’s IMDO & the MDA, the system provides protection against medium range ballistic threats: airborne,…
Shantanu Roy has been recommended as the next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BEML Limited, a Miniratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU), under the Ministry of Defence. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel selected him for the position from a list of three candidates, all of whom were from BEML Limited. Roy is…
