The Singapore Army has selected US based manufacturer Colt’s Infantry Automatic Rifles 6940 (IAR 6940) as the new section automatic weapon (SAW) to replace in-service ST Engineering’s 5.56 mm Ultimax 100 Mk2 light machine gun (LMG). The contract was awarded after extensive trials and evaluations of various weapon models to determine which best suits the…
The US Department of Defense has awarded a $7.8 billion contract modification for 126 F-35 aircraft to weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. The modification exercises options for the production and delivery of 126 Lot 17 F-35 multi-role aircraft, to include 81 F-35A aircraft for US Air Force and its allies. The order is expected to…
The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense (MND) have announced that 19 Sky Sword II mobile missile launchers have been produced by the National Chung Shang Institute for Science and Technology (NCSIST) so far and will be handed over to the military on May 9. It is to be noted that the mobile launchers are part…
The US State Department has cleared the potential sale of Surveillance Towed Array SURTASS-E mission systems (Sensor System Expeditionary mission systems) worth $207 Million to the Government of Australia. The proposed sale will reportedly enhance Canberra’s maritime surveillance capabilities to detect enemy submarines. Apart from the SURTASS-E mission systems, the Australian government is requesting a…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have started training on the C-295 aircraft simulator in Airbus’s Spanish facility in Seville. Earlier, on September 24, 2021 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a Rs 21,935 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the acquisition of 56 C-295 MW transport aircraft along with associated equipment. Of…
On the backdrop of shortage of combat jets in its inventory, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has reportedly requested Defence Public Sector Unit (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to speed up the production of Light Combat Aircraft LCA Tejas MK-1A fighter jets to meet the contractual obligation of producing 16 aircraft each year. The Indian…
The United States (US) Army has awarded a $7.2 Billion indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) production contract to the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) for fiscal years 2023 to 2026 for the Javelin missile / weapon system and associated equipment and services. The weapons will be distributed to the US Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and international allies through…
The Government of Denmark has decided to invest an additional $5.6 Billion into the country’s defence sector over 10 years to address accumulated challenges on the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine. As per the statement released by the Defence Ministry, approximately 27 billion kroner will go to defense materiel, buildings, IT and personnel…
BY RITIKA BEHAL In the Part-1 of the Blog Post – we had covered the airborne disruptive technologies – Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Autonomous Unmanned System, Cyber Capabilities, and the capability and development of these technologies globally and also with regards to the Indian Air Force. Taking further, in this Part – II of the BLOG…
As per an unconfirmed report, Nigeria will be the first country to buy unspecified numbers of indigenously built Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) ‘Prachand’ from the Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) through soft credit. As of now, six officers from the Nigerian Army have already completed training on Dhruv helicopters at HAL’s Rotary…
