DefenceTalkIndia’s biggest defence project in the making, the critical joint development of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) with Russia, has flown into some rough weather. Defence ministry sources said the inking of the final design and R&D contract for the stealth fighter has been hit by a huge delay, with Russia also jacking up costs […]https://www.defencetalk.com/5th-generation-fighter-plan-hits-hurdle-as-russia-hikes-cost-48458/

DefenceTalkIveco Defence Vehicles announced that, on May 28th 2013, the 14 variants of the “New Generation Vehicles” program were symbolically handed over from armasuisse to the Swiss Armed Forces Logistics Organization (LBA). The hand-over ceremony was held at the Arms square of the Swiss Army in Thun and was attended by military representatives and industrial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iveco-delivers-new-gen-vehicles-to-swiss-army-48464/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s Project Manager Stryker Brigade Combat Team took the first steps in retrograding their equipment from Operation Enduring Freedom when it accepted the final repaired Stryker from its forward deployed Battle Damage Repair facility in Qatar. The facility has been instrumental in keeping Strykers in the fight on the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. “Due […]https://www.defencetalk.com/stryker-forward-deployed-battlefield-damage-repair-facility-closes-doors-48427/

DefenceTalkAnalysis reveals a newly identified surface-to-surface missile base deep in the Saudi desert, capable of targeting Israel and Iran, according to IHS Inc. (IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics. As fears of a nuclear-armed Iran continue to stoke tensions in the Middle East, there are questions over whether Saudi Arabia might also […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ihs-reveals-saudi-arabias-undisclosed-missile-site-48425/

DefenceTalkSoldiers with 2nd Platoon, 49th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company, attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), supported the Afghan National Army’s EOD team from the 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 203rd Corps, with running a counter improvised explosive device lane for the 4th Kandak Route Clearance Company, June 20, at Camp […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eod-supports-afghan-armys-counter-ied-training-48246/

DefenceTalkThe autonomous flying of multiple UAVs in formation is an important research area in the aerospace field. Professor DUAN Haibin and his group members (LUO Qinan and YU Yaxiang) from the Science and Technology in Aircraft Control Laboratory, School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University set out to tackle this problem. Through 5 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a-new-trophallactic-strategy-for-multiple-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-flying-in-formation-48249/

DefenceTalkNew figures published today by UK Trade & Investment’s Defence and Security Organization (UKTI DSO) show that UK defence exports totaled £8.8 billion over the past year, a rise of 62% from 2011 in a global market that grew by 45%. These results mean the UK maintains its position as the second most successful defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-defence-exports-largest-increase-in-5-years-48208/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea formally opened bidding Tuesday on a $7.3 billion deal to provide 60 advanced fighter planes, with three aviation giants vying for what is the Asian nation’s largest defence contract to date. US companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin and the European aerospace consortium EADS are in the running, and all have prefaced their bids […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-opens-bidding-on-7-3-bn-fighter-jet-deal-48154/

DefenceTalkExercise Eager Lion kicked off in Jordan this week as U.S. service members began training with military forces from 19 nations. The multi-national exercise, which runs June 9-20, began with a press conference in which Maj. Gen. Robert Catalanotti, director of exercises and training for U.S. Central Command, explained how impressed he was with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-eager-lion-begins-in-jordan-48095/

DefenceTalkChina’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has left its homeport of Qingdao in east China’s Shandong Province to conduct scientific experiments and sea training, naval authorities said Tuesday. This was the first time for the carrier to leave its homeport to conduct training voyage since it anchored there in February, according to the People’s Liberation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-first-aircraft-carrier-leaves-homeport-for-sea-trials-48077/