Bell Boeing Announces Contract for First V-22 Ospreys to Japan
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Patuxent River, Md., (July 14, 2015) – Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron [NYSE: TXT] company, and Boeing [NYSE: BA], was awarded a U.S. Navy contract today for five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to bedelivered to Japan, marking the first sale of the aircraft through the U.S. government’s foreign […]
Myanmar to Buy Chinese-Pakistani FJ-17 Fighter Jets
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Myanmar will become the first country to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, jointly manufactured by Pakistan and China companies, revealed the TV channel Dunya News. According to the news network, the authorities of that Asian nation will acquire 16 of these jets, but the total figure could exceed two dozen.Pakistan, which already has in its […]
India Eyes Air-Borne Early Warning And Control System Export To Indonesia
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Early Warning and Control System (AEWAC). “The AEWAC exports would be the first major export of defense systems from India under Prime Minister led government and the move fits into the government’s push to reduce import of weapon systems and increase exports,” Dr Christopher Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director General told NDTV Monday. […]
In Serbia develop SkyPickup – Light Transport Aircraft
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EDePro adopts the latest technological achievements and technical solutions of luxury car market in order to ensure the best synergy between top comfort, high performance, excellent ergonomic and spacious interior together with the latest state-of-the-art avionic system and aerodynamic design. SKYPICKUP features a twin-boom empennage, with vertical tail, low horizontal stabilizer design combined with a […]
S-125 SAMs used as surface-to-surface missiles and mounted on T-62 tanks
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The ever demanding combat environment of the Libyan battlefield has forced parties on all sides to resort to using their creativity to find new use for once abandoned and neglected systems, and in so doing spawned a host of interesting contraptions already, such as those that resulted from the Libyan National Army and Libya Dawn […]
Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber crashes near Khabarovsk
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A Tu-95 strategic bomber has crashed during training flight 80km from the city of Khabarovsk, eastern Russia, the Defense Ministry said. “The flight was being conducted without ammunition. The plane fell in deserted area, there is no destruction on the ground,” says a statement from the ministry. The crew ejected from the aircraft before the […]
In China spotted new YJ-18 coastal defence missile system
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In China spotted new YJ-18 coastal defence missile system based on the chassis 8×8. The YingJi-18 (YJ-18 or Eagle/Hawk-18) is a vertically-launched, long-range, supersonic, anti-ship missile The system is designed for the destruction of various surface ships from an enemy’s landing squadrons, convoys, carrier strike groups, as well as single vessels and land-based radiocontrast targets […]
Russian missile formation equipped with Iskander-M to conduct exercises with combat launches
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The servicemen of the Southern MD missile formation located in the Krasnodar Krai started preparations for the combat training exercise on Iskander-M complexes at the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan Region). Within the exercise, the units of the brigade have been put on the highest level of combat alert. The crews will perform a 800-kilometre march […]
First foreign teams are coming to Russia for the International military games
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Chinese People’s Liberation Army servicemen have arrived to Novosibirsk with their hardware to participate in the “Masters of reconnaissance” international contest, which will be held in August at the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School training complex. Teams from the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School, Western MD and Baltic Fleet, that have won the All-army military […]
Yemen rebels captured Oshkosh M-ATV of Saudi Arabian Army
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Yemen rebels captured Oshkosh M-ATV of Saudi Arabian Army. The Oshkosh M-ATV is an Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle developed by the Oshkosh Corporation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program. It is designed to provide the same levels of protection as the larger and heavier previous MRAPs but with […]