The United States (US) State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment. The estimated total cost of the contract is $2.90 billion. Earlier, the Government of Germany has requested to buy up to nine hundred sixty-nine…
Bombardier Defense recently delivered the sixth Global 6000 aircraft to Swedish defense supplier Saab, ready to be transformed by Saab into their Airborne Early Warning and Control solution known as GlobalEye. This aircraft will join the Swedish Air Force once Saab completes the transformation, further highlighting the illustrious capabilities of both companies in providing forward-looking…
DroneShield Ltd has received a record $33 million order from a U.S. Government agency. The contract consists of DroneShield C-UAS / counterdrone equipment and multi-year services. The company expects to receive full payment of the order prior to the end of 2023 and anticipates this year to be another record year, by a wide margin,…
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $150 million contract to supply PULS rocket launchers (Precise and Universal Launching Systems) and a package of precision-guided long-range rockets to an international customer. The contract will be performed over a period of three years. About PULS Rocket Launchers Elbit Systems’ PULS provides a comprehensive and cost effective solution,…
For the first time since the 1980s a United States (US) nuclear armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) visited South Korea as the allies launched talks to coordinate their responses in the event of a nuclear war with North Korea. Both the US and South Korea’s defence ministry has confirmed the submarine’s arrival. The submarine has…
L3Harris Technologies and Israel Aerospace Industries’ ELTA Systems Group (ELTA) are expanding their teaming agreement to provide leading-edge, U.S. and NATO interoperable Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) solutions based on ELTA’s proven Conformal AEW, installed on a high-performance business jet. Basically, the companies are offering a missionized Bombardier Global 6500, integrated by L3Harris, with…
Raytheon, an RTX business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, was awarded a follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to reduce risk for future air breathing hypersonic weapon systems. Under the agreement, the Raytheon-led team will build and fly additional Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight vehicles. The team will continue…
The first Barge of the series LSAM 7 (Yard 75) has been delivered to Indian Navy on 18 Jul 23 in presence of Cmde Iftekhar Alam, Commanding Officer, INS Tunir. Earlier, a contract for construction of 08 x Missile Cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge was concluded with M/s SECON Engineering Projects Pvt Ltd, Visakhapatnam, a MSME, in consonance with “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”…
Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group and the largest supplier of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army, has won defence orders worth Rs 800 Crores in the Defence Sector. The contracts awarded include the procurement of the Field Artillery Tractor (FAT 4×4) and the Gun Towing Vehicle (GTV 6×6). To be noted…
ISRO has reported a new update with regards to Chandrayaan-3 Mission which is that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has now moved into a new, higher orbit around the Earth after the successful completion of the second orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound apogee firing). The spacecraft is now in 41603 km x 226 km orbit, ISRO said in an official statement. …
