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UK Floats Idea of New Support Vehicle for Marines
The Royal Marines could get a new fleet of amphibious all-terrain support vehicles if the Ministry of Defence pushes ahead with a program to...
US Navy Demonstrates Endurance on the MQ-8C Fire Scout
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned 10+ hour flight and...
Airbus Helicopters has announced that the Tiger will give its first dynamic presentation in Poland
Warsaw, Poland, 27 August, 2015 - Airbus Helicopters has announced that the Tiger will give its first dynamic presentation in Poland, a week before...
Iran has developed a new military transport aircraft Faraz-140T
The first flight model of the latest Iranian military transport plane Faraz-140T , established on the basis of the Ukrainian An-140 will be assembled...
Pentagon approves sale of AH-1Z to Pakistan
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Bell Helicopter a USD581 million contract that includes the delivery of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to...
China’s Military Monkey Commandos: destroy nests for aircraft safety
The United States, Russia, and Ukraine have all used dolphins, sea lions and beluga whales in their Naval forces before, and K-9 units are...
Is Russia developing an F-35-hunting UAV ?
Russia could be working on a low-observable, F-35-hunting unmanned air vehicle that uses deeply-integrated electronic warfare systems to stay hidden from radars. The tip-off...
Japan defense ministry plans record budget request for 2016
With formulations being conducted for Japan’s fiscal year 2016 government budget, the country’s Defense Ministry is contemplating whether to request a record-high slice of...
Russian Su-24 bomber puts up smoke screen during exercise
Russian Su-24 bomber  puts up smoke screen during exercise in Sengileyevsky District
Photo: Coalition helicopters AH-64 and UH-60 in South Yemen
Helicopters Coalition three  helicopters AH-64 (Apache), and helicopter UH-60 (Blackhawks) in Marib - South Yemen
U.S. Army Awards $6.7 Billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Contract To Oshkosh Corporation
The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, anOshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, a...
Russian arms exporter signs contract supply of 5 Tor-M2K missile systems to Belarus
Russia's arms exporter on Tuesday signed a contract to supply of five Tor-M2K air defense systems to Belarus in 2016.
"At the MAKS-2015 international aviation...
Russia supplied Iraq new Mi-35M and Mi-28NE attack helicopters
The next batch of attack helicopters Mi-35M and Mi-28NE "Night Hunter" delivered to Iraq transport aircraft An-124 "Ruslan".
This was announced at the International Aviation...
Iraq has ordered Antonov An-178 transport aircrafts
Director of the company GP "Antonov" Mikhail nail in the exhibition of aeronautical engineering at the State Enterprise "Zavod 410 GA" announced the signing of...
Secretary of U.S. Air Force visits Bell Helicopter Headquarters
Fort Worth, Texas (August 26, 2015) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, hosted the Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable...
Streit to build manufacturing plant in Barrie
An Innisfil based armoured car company is moving its manufacturing plant to Barrie in 2015.
Streit Group manufactures vehicles for both military and civilian use...
Egypt has ordered 50 attack helicopters Ka-52 «Alligator»
Egypt has ordered Ka-52 attack helicopters to Russia.
The first Ka-52 attack helicopter will be delivered to Egypt in 2016. It is planned to...
Indonesia hopes to sign contract with Russia on S-300 missile systems
Indonesia hopes to sign contract with Russia on S-300 missile systems
Indonesia Russian cooperation in the military field continues to grow. Defence attache to Russia,...