Category: Defence Industry

Source: South China Morning Post By Minnie Chan A new and improved engine designed to make China’s J-20 stealth fighter a world-class combat jet should be ready for mass production by the end of the year, military sources have said. The WS-15 engine features cutting-edge single-crystal turbine blades and has been in development for several… Continue reading CHINA NEARING MASS PRODUCTION OF J-20 STEALTH FIGHTER JET AFTER ENGINE PROBLEMS IRONED OUT

Source: Defence Blog Turkey and Russia can discuss possibilities for co-operation of jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation fighter jet, said Viktor Kladov, the International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department director at Russia’s state-run defense company, Rostec. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Viktor Kladovsaid about possible joint fighter jet production between the two countries. He… Continue reading TURKEY RUSSIA COULD DISCUSS JOINT 5TH GENERATION FIGHTER JET CO-PRODUCTION

Source: The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) is expected to sign a contract for a pre-production batch of 12 Sukhoi Su-57 fighter aircraft, Russia’s first indigenously designed and built fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, with United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), a major Russian aerospace and defense company, this week, according to the… Continue reading RUSSIA’S DEFENCE MINISTER TO INK CONTRACT FOR 12 SU-57 SOON

Source: Defence World Philippines is holding negotiations with Russia for the possible purchase of Project 636 conventional submarines, helicopter equipment and small arms, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev has said. “We are holding talks not only on this [submarines]. In general, we are now discussing the format of further work with the Philippines,” Alexander Mikheyev was… Continue reading PHILLIPPINES EYEING SUBMARINES HELICOPTERS AND SMALL ARMS BUY FROM RUSSIA

Source: The New Indian Express Making its mark as a military superpower in South East Asia region, India has finally operationalised its first home-grown nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), after nearly two decades of its development. Kept under wraps for several years and inducted in the Navy a couple of months ago, the… Continue reading FIRST INDIAN SUBMARINES LAUNCHED MISSILE IS OPERATIONAL

Source: Naval Today Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to get underway from HMNB Portsmouth on Saturday for her first-of-class F-35B flight trials. The deployment is dubbed Westlant 18 and will see the carrier spend four months off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States with the aim of developing the operating… Continue reading HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH SETTING SAIL FOR FOUR MONTHS OF F-35B TRIALS OFF US COAST

Source: NIKKEI Aiming to boost defense-related exports, Japan has entered into talks with the German and French governments to provide parts and technology for a patrol aircraft the European countries are developing together. Germany and France use surveillance planes, mainly to monitor Russian submarines. Less reliant than the archipelago nation of Japan on the aircraft,… Continue reading JAPAN IN TALKS TO SELL PATROL PLANE TECH TO GERMANY AND FRANCE

Source: Navy Recognition On July 18 Naval Group delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Bretagne to the French Navy (Marine Nationale). This frigate is the fifth of the series ordered by OCCAR on behalf of the DGA (French defe FREMM Bretagne is the fifth multi-mission frigate delivered to the French Navy and the seventh unit built… Continue reading NAVAL GROUP DELIVERED FRIGATE BRETAGNE THE FIFTH FREMM FOR THE FRENCH NAVY

Source: Defense News By: Mike Yeo China’s massive military modernization program over the past two decades has been matched to a large degree by a parallel development in its state-owned military-industrial base, and that trend is set to continue as China continues it efforts to build up its forces to challenge U.S. military primacy in… Continue reading CHINA’S MILITARY CAPABILITIES ARE BOOMING BUT DOES ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRY MIRROR THAT TREND?

Source: The Drive By Tyler Rogoway The escalating F-35 saga between Ankara and Washington D.C., which you can read about here, hit a crescendo today when President Donald Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at Fort Drum in upstate New York. Language in the bill specifically stops the delivery of F-35 Joint… Continue reading TRUMP SIGNS DEFENSE BILL THAT BLOCKS TEMPORARY THE TRANSFER OF F-35’S TO TURKEY