Yearly Archives: 2021
Americas
Amid Greece-Turkey Maritime Dispute, US OKs Almost 9.5 Billion Warships Sale, Modernization For Athens
Amid Greece-Turkey tensions, the US Department of State has approved two arms sales for Greece including new warships worth $6.9 billion and a $2.5...
Americas
Hypersonic Missiles: US Draws Big Plan To Track, Intercept & Shoot-Down Chinese Super-Maneuverable Threats
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a contract to Stratolaunch aerospace company to develop a target that simulates specific hypersonic threats.
Current...
EurAsian Region
Su-30 Fighter Escorts P-8A Poseidon Aircraft Over The Black Sea Amid Mounting US-Russia Tensions
Russian fighter Su-30 escorted US reconnaissance aircraft P-8A over the Black Sea on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Control Center (NDCC) told...
Americas
Finland’s ‘Biggest-Ever Defense Deal Concludes’; F-35 Fighter Jets To Replace F/A-18 Hornets For Its Air Force
Finland has concluded the largest defense contract in its history with Lockheed Martin for the delivery of 64 F-35 fighters, the Finnish Cabinet announced...
World
Australia Dumps ‘Unreliable’ European Military Helicopters For US Black Hawks – Defense Minister
Australia will replace European MRH-90 Taipan military helicopters with multi-role American Black Hawks, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said on Friday.
"For the interoperability with...
Americas
F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-15EX Fighters Get Increased Funding From US Congress; Deterrence Against China Gets A Boost
US lawmakers sought an increase in the acquisition of aircraft and warships as the House approved the annual defense bill on December 7. The...
EurAsian Region
Igla-S Missile: After S-400 Deal, India Likely To Acquire Another Powerful Air Defense System From Russia
After S-400 and AK-203 deals, the next big agreement between India and Russia could be on Igla-S man-portable missile defense system, a top Russian...
Middle East
After Bayraktar Drones, Turkey Plans To Sell Hurkus Fighter Jets To ‘Key Ally’ Azerbaijan
By Kashish Tandon
The Turkish Bayraktar drone had hogged the limelight after it offered Azerbaijan a crucial advantage over Armenia during the six-week war over...
Expert Reviews
Deadly Combo: Why Su-30MKI Jets Armed With Supersonic BrahMos Missiles Is Bad News For China & Pakistan?
India has successfully tested BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet. Experts have hailed this as a major milestone as the...
Americas
An Unorthodox Aircraft Design Rejected By NASA 20 Years Ago Propels China’s Hypersonic Flight Program
A concept by Chinese-born NASA engineer Ming Han Tang, which was rejected by the US government two decades back, has found takers in his...
Americas
US Marine Expeditionary Forces Test Latest Shallow Water Mine Clearing Technology In Three Week Drills
A shallow water exercise by two US Marine Expeditionary Forces successfully tested an array of new technology to facilitate shore landings, including unmanned systems...
Americas
US Plans To Build ‘Constellation Of Satellites’ To Identify, Detect & Track Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Missiles
The Pentagon's Space Development Agency may acquire new satellites as part of a global missile-tracking space sensor array aimed at providing a defense shield...
EurAsian Region
Russia Ready To Supply Turkey With 2nd Batch of S-400 Missiles; Greece ‘Bets Big’ On French Rafale Fighters
Russia is ready to supply Turkey, an "old friend of Greece", with the second batch of S-400 air defense systems, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Expert Reviews
Not Learning From Past Errors! Pilot Mistake Behind Mi-17 V5 Helicopter Crash That Killed India’s Top Military Official?
India's Chief of Defence Staff, his wife, and 11 others died in a helicopter (Mi-17 V5) crash in southern India's Tamil Nadu state on...
South Asia
Big Breakthrough For IAF; LCA Tejas To Get Indigenous Tech That Can Scan, Target & Even Deflect Threats
India is making efforts to produce an array of indigenous technology and weapon systems so as to boost self-reliance in the defense sector. A...
Americas
Saudi Arabia Has Exhausted Its Air Defense Patriot Missile In Its Fight Against Iran-Backed Houthis — WSJ
Saudi Arabia is seeking "hundreds more" missile rounds for its Patriot air-defense systems. Supplied by the US, the weapon systems are used to shield...
Americas
To Bolster F-22 Raptors, F-35 Fighters, Is US Developing ‘Highly Classified’ Drones To Checkmate China?
The US Air Force is counting on two highly secretive unmanned aerial systems or drones to take on its arch-rival China in any future...
EurAsian Region
French Rafale, Mirage Military Aircraft ‘Escorted’ By Russian Su-27 Fighter Jets Over The Black Sea- Defense Ministry
Russian Su-27 fighter jets escorted French Rafale and Mirage jets over the Black Sea on Wednesday, the National Center for Defense Management, a part...
EurAsian Region
Bayraktar TB2 Drones: Turkey Says EU, NATO Countries Eying Turkish ‘Battle-Proven’ Combat Drones
Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, as well as the country's defense sector in general, have piqued the interest of many European Union (EU) and NATO...
Europe
Wreckage Of £100M British F-35 Jet Pulled Out Of The Mediterranean After Weeks-Long Search Ops
The wreckage of a £100 million F-35 fighter jet that crashed off the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth has been recovered from the...
