South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced Embraer’s C-390 Millennium aircraft as the winner of the Large Transport Aircraft (LTA) II public tender to provide the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) with new military transport aircraft. Notably, South Korea is the C-390 Millennium’s first customer in Asia. Under the signed contract, Embraer…
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, is working with easyJet to activate GlobalConnectSM connected aircraft services on more than 330 Airbus aircraft in its fleet. easyJet will become the largest A320 operator in the world to deploy GlobalConnect. This new capability enhances safety oversight, pilot training and operational efficiencies. Noteworthy, the Collins GlobalConnect solution by Collins Aerospace…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of AN/TPQ-50 Radar and related equipment. The estimated total cost of this procurement is $85 million. The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested to buy eighteen…
Niger’s military leaders have announced that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia. The Nigerien foreign ministry said that it was ending the agreements between Niger and the EU concerning the EUCAP Sahel Niger and an EU…
China this week will be holding the second conference of its Indian Ocean Region Forum, an initiative to bring together several countries in the region in an attempt to solidify its influence in the strategic waters adjacent to India’s backyard. Noteworthy, last year the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), an organisation part of the…
Sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest Arms Producing Companies in the world totalled $597 billion in 2022, as per a report by Swedish think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Further, Indian Defence Public Sector Units (DPSUs) Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Bharat Electronics (BEL) and Mazagon Docks (MDL) figure in the list…
DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) recently signed a procurement contract with the iDEX Winner M/s Blurgs Innovations Private Limited for their solution TRIDENT, which is an intelligent maritime domain awareness tool with a robust solution designed to enhance maritime security. This solution assists in building superior maritime domain awareness by relying on anomalous detection and would aid in quicker decision making. To be…
The Navy Day was celebrated on Monday at INS Shivaji, the premier marine engineering training institute of the Indian Navy. Basically, the Indian Navy celebrates 4th December as Navy Day every year to acknowledge the role of the Indian Navy and commemorate its achievements in ‘Operation Trident during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Notably, this time the…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the program marking Navy Day 2023 celebrations at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra on December 04, 2023. Further, he also witnessed the ‘Operational Demonstrations’ by Indian Navy’s ships, submarines, aircraft and special forces from Tarkarli beach, Sindhudurg. Shri Modi inspected the guard of honor. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that…
The State Department of United States (US) has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of RE-3A Tactical Airborne Surveillance System Aircraft Modernization and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $582 million. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has requested to buy aircraft hardware and software modifications…
