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India Flight-Tests Rafale’s Naval Version for INS Vikrant

India Flight-Tests Rafale’s Naval Version for INS Vikrant

KOLKATA, India — The marine version of the French-made Rafale fighter jet has been successfully flight-tested at a shore-based facility in Goa where conditions similar to that on the indigenously-developed aircraft carrier INS Vikrant were simulated, a top diplomat said.

The Rafale-M is pitted …

Hanwha Defense Details $1.7Bn Sale of K9 SP Guns to Egypt

Hanwha Defense Details $1.7Bn Sale of K9 SP Guns to Egypt

Hanwha Defense signed a contract on February 1 to provide a package of self-propelled howitzers and its support vehicles to the Egyptian Armed Forces.

The contract is valued around $1.7 billion for hundreds of the K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH), K10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicles, and K11 Fire Di…

Saab’s Shares Rise as Brazil Wants 30 More Gripen Fighters

Saab’s Shares Rise as Brazil Wants 30 More Gripen Fighters

Brazil’s Air Force Chief Carlos de Almeida Baptista Junior has announced that he wants to see another 30 JAS Gripen aircraft purchased in addition to the current order of 36 fighter jets from Saab.

According to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, the Brazilian Air Force has come to the conclusi…

Italy Buys AIM-9X Block II Missiles for Its F-35 Fighters

Italy Buys AIM-9X Block II Missiles for Its F-35 Fighters

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office (PMA-259) acquired Italy as its 28th Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-9X International Partner Dec. 17, 2021.

The Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. notified the Navy International Programs Office that the Italian Air Force accepted and si…

Northrop Delivers First Production IFC-4 Triton to US Navy

Northrop Delivers First Production IFC-4 Triton to US Navy

PALMDALE, Calif. — A Northrop Grumman Corporation MQ-4C Triton takes to the skies over the California desert as the Triton low-rate initial production schedule progresses.

Known as B8, this is the first production Triton to be upgraded to the multi-intelligence configuration to meet the Navy’s…

India Boosts Indigenous Weapons Development in 2022 Budget

India Boosts Indigenous Weapons Development in 2022 Budget

Budget 2022 has introduced multiple provisions to boost Atmanirbharta in defence sector.

The integrated approach of design & development of defence systems with the participation of industry & academia will revitalise the defence ecosystem. Provision for formation of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV…


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