The 14th cycle of the Indian Navy-Indonesian Navy coordinated patrol codenamed 'IND-INDO CORPAT' is scheduled from 18 Oct to 05 Nov 09. The operation will be under the overall control of Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Commander-in-Chief of Andaman Nicobar

Westlake Village, California. MBDA Incorporated today announced the successful demonstration of a Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni rocket against a moving target at the Navy's test facilities at China Lake, CA. This firing comes after a successful shot against a static

The Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), 'Tejas' continues on it quest for achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by the end of 2010. To achieve this goal, a pair of Tejas single seat fighters supported by a multi-disciplinary trial team, operated

Aerojet, a GenCorp company, has been selected from a varied field of competitors for its solution to eliminate submunitions for the U.S. Army's Guided Multiple Launched Rocket System Alternate Warhead Program (GMLRS AWP). The award is one of three technologies

Indian Air Force (IAF) and Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) will conduct a week-long bilateral Air Force exercise codenamed - Eastern Bridge - at the RAFO Base, Thumrait, Oman, from Oct 22-29. This will be the first-ever air exercise

Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Pakistan in ceremonies yesterday at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Officials including the Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. and Pakistan Air Forces were on hand to witness

Textron Defense Systems, announced that its Tactical Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Airbag Protection System, known as TRAPS, has successfully completed testing at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) in Socorro, New Mexico. This testing was accomplished under the

Two numbers of operationalised Prithvi (P-II) Missiles were successfully launched within minutes of each other, by the Armed Forces as part of the operational exercises. The two launches took place at 10.30 AM from the launch pad at ITR, Chandipur,

Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful test of a new infrared sensor turret aboard its Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), marking the first time a small UAS has flown with a 360-degree infrared sensor. Battle-proven, the hand-launched Desert

For the Italian navy, the Siemens Industry Solutions Division is equipping two new submarines of the U212A type with fuel cell modules for air-independent propulsion. The systems are ordered by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). Delivery of the two submarines to

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $153 million contract to provide LITENING G4 targeting and sensor systems and related equipment.Under the terms of the agreement, Northrop Grumman will deliver LITENING G4 targeting and sensor pods to

In a significant move by the Indian Air Force, an AN-32 aircraft landed at Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at 0625 hrs today. Group Captain SC Chafekar touched down on the Nyoma airstrip located at an altitude of 13,300 feet

The first Gripen fighter for Thailand completed its maiden flight in Linköping, Sweden, on 16th september. The flight took off at 14:50 local time and lasted for 80 minutes.In 2008, Thailand ordered a complete aircraft and command and control system

The second of the three Project 15-A stealth destroyers will be launched on 18 Sep 09 by Mrs Madhulika Verma, wife of Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief of the Naval Staff. The 6500 ton ship, to be named INS Kochi, is

The Lockheed Martin has plans to open F-35 Lightning II Integrated Training Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in 2010 - a facility that will train F-35 pilots and maintainers worldwide."The Eglin Integrated Training Center will turn out pilots

On 13 Sep 09 the Delhi based Western Air Command was requested for an air evacuation of 19 members of an Army Mountaineering Expedition to Pin Parbati Pass, who were stranded at a height of 14,600 feet in the treacherous