Category: Defence Industry

Source: Brisbanetimes By David Wroe Britain is strongly tipped to win the hard-fought contest to design and build Australia’s new $35 billion fleet of naval frigates in a move that would firm up the partnership with a key ally at a time of international political uncertainty. Sources in Canberra and defence industry circles said it… Continue reading AUSTRALIA TIPPED TO BUY BRITISH FRIGATES IN $35 BILLION DEAL

Source: Defenseworld Russia will begin work on building the first nuclear powered combined guided missile destroyer for the Navy in 2020, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament said. “A preliminary design [of the destroyer] has been made. Following its results, we are now making the necessary decision and work on its technical design will begin shortly… Continue reading RUSSIA TO START BUILDING FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED DESTROYER IN 2020

Source: Fox News By Kris Osborn The Navy has now issued at least one-fourth of the design work and begun further advancing work on systems such as a stealthy “electric drive” propulsion system for the emerging nuclear-armed Columbia-Class ballistic missile submarines by 2021. “Of the required design disclosures (drawings), 26-percent have been issued, and the… Continue reading NAVY COLUMBIA-CLASS SSBN QUIETING “ELECTRIC DRIVE” – STEALTHIEST SUB EVER ?

Source: Defense News By: Sebastian Sprenger The defense ministers of Germany and France have inked new agreements for the joint development of a new combat aircraft and a next-generation tank, key programs that could shape the European defense landscape for decades to come. Ursula von der Leyen and Florence Parly signed the letters of intent… Continue reading FRANCE & GERMANY KICK OFF RACE FOR “QUANTUM LEAPS” IN AIRCRAFT AND TANK TECH

Source: The National Interest By Kyle Mizokami At 4,200 tons submerged, the nine Soryu-class submarines are the largest submarines built by postwar Japan. Each is 275 feet long and nearly twenty-eight feet wide. They have a range of 6,100 nautical miles and can reportedly dive to a depth of 2,132 feet, or two-fifths of a… Continue reading WHY CHINA AND NORTH KOREA FEAR JAPAN’S DEADLY SORYU-CLASS SUBMARINE

Source: Ahval news Turkey should expect that if it moves forward with the purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems, it will face consequences in its participation of U.S. industrial projects, including its deal on U.S. F-35 fighter jets, said Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell on Tuesday. The… Continue reading US OFFICIAL TURKEY’S S-400 PURCHASE WILL RESULT IN CONSEQUENCES FOR F-35 DEAL

Source: Defence World Turkey has vowed to retaliate if the United States sanctions Russian S-400 missile purchase, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a diplomatic meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington early this week. “If the United States imposes sanctions on us or takes such a step, Turkey will absolutely retaliate,” Cavusoglu… Continue reading TURKEY THREATENS RETALIATION IF US SANCTIONS S-400 MISSILE PURCHASE

Source: Ahval news By Ilhan Tanir Turkey will be hit by U.S. sanctions and blocked from purchasing the new generation F-35 fighter aircraft if a bill passed by the Committee on Armed Services  last May, passes also a Senate vote, expected before the Jul. 4 holiday. The bill calls for sanctions on Turkey for the… Continue reading SENATE BILL TO BLOCK F-35 TO TURKEY REVEALED

Source: Defence World A senior State Department official has warned that Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles could reflect negatively on several U.S. military-industrial projects in cooperation with Ankara – including the production of the F-35 fighters. The potential consequences of the Turkish decision will have a “ripple effect” on other joint production projects, A.… Continue reading US OFFICIAL: TURKEY’S S-400 PURCHASE COULD HURT F-35 AND OTHER JOINT PRODUCTION PROJECTS

Source: Quwa By Bilal Khan On 1 June, Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd. (CSTC) for two Type 054A frigates for the Pakistan Navy (PN). However, according to the MoDP and the PN (as reported by the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan: APP), this order is… Continue reading PAKISTAN SIGNS CONTRACT FOR TWO TYPE 054A FRIGATES FROM CHINA