During a recent event in Nueva Ecija, Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. has revealed plans to purchase the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) and Indian BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles later this year. These planned acquisitions is part of the country’s ongoing military modernization. Rather, this year, the military’s modernization program enters…
BAE Systems was awarded a $37 million U.S. Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) contract to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System (NGELS). The company will support the NATO SeaSparrow Program Office (NSPO) to design and deliver prototype deck launching systems to support the U.S. Navy and allied countries with the…
The Dutch Ministry of Defence, Damen and Thales have signed the contract for the design, construction, and delivery of four (Anti-Submarine Warfare) ASW Frigates; two for the Netherlands and two for Belgium. The agreement was signed on HNLMS Karel Doorman by Defence State Secretary Christophe van der Maat, Damen Shipyards Group CEO Arnout Damen, Damen…
As part of a U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sale (FMS), Boeing has received a contract to produce 18 CH-47F Block I Chinook Helicopters for South Korea and one additional aircraft for Spain. The deal valued at up to $793 million represents the final aircraft to be ordered on the current CH-47F Block I…
The European Commission recently announced the results of the 2022 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to 832 million euros of EU funding in support of 41 joint defence research and development projects across the EU. The selected projects will help further develop EU’s high-end defence capabilities in critical areas such as, naval, ground, air combat, space-based…
BY KAVITA NAGPAL Taking forward from our previous blog on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Indian Defence Sector’ https://thedefencespace.com/2023/06/28/part-6-of-the-series-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-the-indian-defence-sector/ in this blog post we will be covering few more AI-Technologies under – Manufacturing and Maintenance, Operational Data Analytics and Perimeter Security Systems. All of these mentioned AI-Technologies are being indigenously developed or developing by the…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of India has signed a contract with DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for procurement of two Dornier Aircraft for Indian Coast Guard (ICG) along with associated Engineering Support package at an overall cost of Rs 458.87 crore. The aircraft will be procured under the ”Buy (Indian)’ Category. Further, the aircraft…
In a major step towards promoting digitisation and in sync with Digital India mission, Indian Defence minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched an NCC Integrated Software in New Delhi on 07 July 2023. The NCC Integrated Software, developed in partnership with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo Informatics (BISAG), is a single window interactive software…
Addressing the inaugural session of the G20 4th edition of Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM) on 6th July 2023, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space and MoS Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with…
The indigenously built ALH Dhruv helicopter, by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received restricted type certification from European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Brussels, Belgium. HAL confirmed this in a post on its official Twitter account on July 4. “The EASA certification establishes that HAL is capable of designing helicopter platforms meeting stringent…
