India Wants to Link Its Rebooted Fighter Jet Tender to Future Stealth Fighter Development
Indian authorities say they will require whoever wins the new deal to help support separate work on a fifth generation fighter aircraft.
Indian authorities say they will require whoever wins the new deal to help support separate work on a fifth generation fighter aircraft.
A Turkish company will build a version of a Ukrainian hard-kill active protection system to protect the tanks against rockets and missiles.
The trucks will have modular body kits that units can swap out to change their appearance to best blend in while operating in sensitive locations.
A series of incidents in 2017 are another indication that the Kremlin is expanding the ways its willing to challenge the NATO alliance and its allies.
The service will use the retired aircraft as parts sources to keep other jets flyable before turning those planes over to the Marines.
The twin engine plane came down short of the runway as it made to land at the Kremlin's Khmeimim Air Base in the country.
The incident only underscores the need for the service to move quickly to find replacements for the aging and expensive to operate planes.
The "Azarakhsh" missile could offer a cost-effective way to improve certain capabilities as Iran continues to face sanctions and economic upheaval.
Successful or not, if Russia is test flying these weapons, this means it has been repeatedly crashing nuclear reactors into the ground or the ocean.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu offers the first official confirmation, but his comments raise more questions than they answer.
Putin brought up the possibility of a popular naming contest in an annual speech and the Russian Ministry of Defense quickly set up a website.
The Russian president said "you listen to us now" as he boasted about nuclear-powered cruise missile, hypersonic weapons, nuclear torpedoes, and more.
From what we know, highly trained military and law enforcement personnel did have trouble, but only tested a limited number of ways to get across.
As part of a larger "Ocean of Things," an array of sensors would watch marine animal activities for signs of man-made intruders.
These weapons reduce the chances of inadvertently killing innocent bystanders, but cost nearly 40 times more than regular bombs in the same class.
The president has reportedly shaved more than a billion dollars from the project's price tag, but the stated cost remains the same as its always been.
The US military now has more leeway to use cluster munitions, but the Air Force still wants to buy the weapon that was supposed to replace them.
More vessels carrying these weapons could make it especially hard for opponents to quickly tell the difference between conventional and nuclear strikes.
The plane made it back to base, but the potentially deadly mishap is the latest spectacular failure for the Growler's environmental control system.
The service will replace the E-8C JSTARS with a mix of upgraded existing aircraft and drones, but that might not work for high risk missions.