In a major boost to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-Reliance—Ed.) the Ministry of Defence on May 31, 2022 signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for supply of ASTRA MK1 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missiles (AAM) and associated e…

China is training its air force pilots in South Africa by using former French pilots, according to a new report. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) uses a subsidiary and partner of its largest aerospace-defense contractor, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), to do the job.

AVIC purchas…

BERLIN — Greece will supply Soviet-era armored vehicles to Ukraine and, in return, Athens will receive German Marder infantry combat vehicles. The number of vehicles involved is still open, but it is rumored that the deal covers the 100 Marders that Rheinmetall actually wanted to sell directly to …

In a significant achievement of work resumption after the latest COVID-19 resurgence in Shanghai, the Jiangnan Shipyard on Monday launched three new ships and readied two ships for the next stage of construction, with the shipbuilder vowing to make up for lost time and complete all production missio…

BEIJING — A full-state new-configuration model of China’s AG600 large amphibious aircraft conducted a successful maiden flight on Tuesday, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

This new-configuration AG600 amphibious aircraft took off from the Zhuhai Jinwan Airport in …

EUROMIDS, Paris, France, is awarded an estimated 322,200,000€ (U.S. $338,794,284) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs), spares, engineering support and logistics to four European nations’ (France,…