Source: UK Defence Journal Following the initiation of the National Security Capability Review in 2017, reports began emerging that substantial cuts in the Royal Marines and the disposal of both of the Royal Navy’s specialist amphibious assault ships fifteen years early were being considered by the Government as part of the review. The Defence Committee… Continue reading DEFENCE COMMITTEE: QUEEN ELIZABETH CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CAN NOT TAKE PLACE OF AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS
Category: Defence Industry
RUSSIA DEVELOPING NEW TORPEDO CAPABLE OF DESTROYING ENEMY NAVAL BASES
Source: Defenceworld Russia is developing a powerful underwater drone that can carry a nuclear warhead with a capacity of up to 2 megatonnes to destroy enemy naval bases, TASS reports. “It will be possible to mount various nuclear charges on the ‘torpedo’ of the Poseidon multipurpose seaborne system, with the thermonuclear single warhead similar to… Continue reading RUSSIA DEVELOPING NEW TORPEDO CAPABLE OF DESTROYING ENEMY NAVAL BASES
ISRAEL TO LINK FLEET UPGRADE WOTH FOLLOW-ON F-15I BUY
Source: FlightGlobal.com By Arie Egozi Israel has proposed a deal to purchase additional Boeing F-15s, in a package that would also include upgrading the Israeli air force’s existing I-model examples of the strike aircraft. Worth almost $4 billion, the potential purchase would include 25 twin-engined F-15Is in an advanced configuration. The new version’s airframe would… Continue reading ISRAEL TO LINK FLEET UPGRADE WOTH FOLLOW-ON F-15I BUY
TAIWAN IS SEEKING F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER
Source: The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense, Yen Teh-fa, has once more reiterated his country’s interest in procuring the F-35B, the U.S. Marine Corps’ short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of Lockheed Martin’s supersonic fifth-generation fighter jet. In a recent interview with local media, the defense minister stated that the… Continue reading TAIWAN IS SEEKING F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER
UK HAS SOLD $1 BILLION OF WEAPONS TO TURKEY SINCE COUP ATTEMPT
Source: Middle East Eye By Jamie Merrill Theresa May is set to roll out the red carpet for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this weekend, as new figures reveal that Britain has sold more than $1bn of weapons to Ankara since the failed 2016 coup and subsequent crackdown under emergency powers, Middle East Eye can… Continue reading UK HAS SOLD $1 BILLION OF WEAPONS TO TURKEY SINCE COUP ATTEMPT
RUSSIA DECIDED TO POSTPONE DELIVERY OF S-300PMU-2 TO SYRIA
Source : Defence Blog By Dylan Malyasov The negotiations about S-300 air defence system deliveries to Syria are put on hold, Russian newspaper “Izvestiya” reported on 11 May referring to an Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin. “At the moment there are no has been no… Continue reading RUSSIA DECIDED TO POSTPONE DELIVERY OF S-300PMU-2 TO SYRIA
HOUSE DEFENSE BILL WOULD STOP WEAPONS SALES TO TURKEY, PENDING REPORT
Source: The Hill By Ellen Mitchell The House wants to hold off on U.S. weapons sales to NATO ally Turkey until a report is created to analyze worsening tensions between Washington and Ankara. The provision in the House version of the annual defense policy bill would require the Pentagon to provide Congress a report “on… Continue reading HOUSE DEFENSE BILL WOULD STOP WEAPONS SALES TO TURKEY, PENDING REPORT
TEN MIG-31K FITTED WITH KH-47M2 KINZHAL MISSILES ON TEST COMBAT DUTY
Source TASS Ten MiG-31 fighter jets (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fitted with the air-launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile are on test combat duty, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in an interview published on the Zvezda TV channel website on Saturday. “It is a cutting-edge weapon, namely a hypersonic long-range missile capable of… Continue reading TEN MIG-31K FITTED WITH KH-47M2 KINZHAL MISSILES ON TEST COMBAT DUTY
LM, MBDA CLASH WITH RAYTHEON OVER GERMANY’S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM PROGRAM
Source: Defense News By Sebastian Sprenger Lockheed Martin and its German partner MBDA are going on the offensive in the war of words with Patriot-maker Raytheon, raising the stakes in a prized air-defense acquisition for the German military that could redefine the vendor landscape worldwide. The trans-Atlantic venture is the incumbent for a program to… Continue reading LM, MBDA CLASH WITH RAYTHEON OVER GERMANY’S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM PROGRAM
RUSSIAN FIRM REVEALS INTEREST FOR TURKEY’S TF-X NEW FIGHTER JET PROGRAM
Source:Defence News By Burak Ege Bekdil Turkey’s program for the design, development and production of the country’s first indigenous fighter jet gained pace late in April when two local prime contractors joined forces to outline a production scheme for critical parts. Meanwhile, in a surprise move, a top Russian aerospace concern expressed interest in developing… Continue reading RUSSIAN FIRM REVEALS INTEREST FOR TURKEY’S TF-X NEW FIGHTER JET PROGRAM