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RAF Typhoons Land in Oman for Exercise ‘Magic Carpet’

RAF Typhoons Land in Oman for Exercise ‘Magic Carpet’

RAF Typhoon jets and a Voyager air-to-air refueller arrived at the Air Exercise area in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, this week to prepare for Exercise MAGIC CARPET, an annual bilateral exercise with the RAF of Oman.

The Typhoons of II (AC) Squadron RAF Lossiemouth and 12 Squadron RAF Coningsby, and …

Contractor Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for US Navy Subs

Contractor Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for US Navy Subs

SEATTLE — A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Washington, was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in Tac…

KBR Wins $63M Option for Diego Garcia Base Operation

KBR Wins $63M Option for Diego Garcia Base Operation

KBR Diego Garcia LLC, Houston, Texas, is awarded a $62,887,787 firm-fixed-price modification to exercise Option Four under previously-awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N62742-17-D-3600 for base operations support services at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia.

Award …

Babcock-Led Team Wins £100M Royal Navy EW Contract

Babcock-Led Team Wins £100M Royal Navy EW Contract

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) have awarded a £100-million contract to a Babcock-led partnership with Elbit Systems UK and QinetiQ to deliver cutting-edge electronic warfare (EW) systems to the Royal Navy.

The EW technology will allow more simultaneous detection and identification of radio …

Rostec Flies Modernized Ka-226T Helicopter for First Time

Rostec Flies Modernized Ka-226T Helicopter for First Time

The most advanced Ka-226T light helicopter developed by Rostec State Corporation’s Russian Helicopters Holding Company commenced flight tests and made its first flight at the flight-testing facility of Mil and Kamov National Helicopter Center. This is the first Russian rotorcraft with fully digital …
India, Israel Sign MoU on Dual-Use Technologies

India, Israel Sign MoU on Dual-Use Technologies

Key highlights:

–Agreement to promote innovation in startups & MSMEs of both countries for development of dual use technologies
–Startups & industry to bring out next generation technologies & products in areas such as Drones, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
–Development efforts to be joi…


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