The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract on 21 October 2021 with the US Government under Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for procurement of MK 54 torpedoes and expendables (chaff and flares) for the Indian Navy at a cost of 423 Crores.

These weapons are the outfit of P-8I aircraft which is used …

MOSCOW — Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the Western part of the Pacific Ocean on October 17-23, Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Moscow and Beijing, which staged naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan earlier in October, have culti…

AMARILLO, Texas — Bell Textron Inc. celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sept. 30. Bell delivered the first of 12 production aircraft to Naval Air Systems Command as part of the 2019 foreign military sales (FMS) contract.

Foreign mi…

ANKARA — The Turkish foreign minister on Friday met with his South Korean counterpart in the capital Seoul and discussed bilateral ties, cooperation in defense industry and investments.

In a series of Twitter posts, Mevlut Cavusoglu said he discussed with Chung Eui-yong steps to be taken in “ar…

TYNDALL AFB, Fla. — The 356th Fighter Squadron made history as the first F-35A unit in the Pacific Air Forces to participate in the Air-to-Air Weapons Evaluation, Oct. 8-23, 2021. This is the second 5th-Generation platform to be evaluated on live-fire air-to-air weapons employment in support of Na…

After six years, the cruiser USS Gettysburg is out of the BAE shipyard after an overhaul that should keep the 30-year-old ship in action into the late 2030s.

The Navy has been trying for years to figure out how it wants to carry out its aging cruisers’ key missions: defending carrier strike group…