Defense News | Al Defaiya

Defense News

Raytheon Demos 3rd Generation FLIR System
2013-07-16 Read More...
Raytheon 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3rd Gen FLIR) Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) and fire control successfully achieved proof of concept in a series of laboratory and field tests. Preliminary evaluation of the impact of

ITT Exelis Wins Composite Structures Order for LM’s JASSM
2013-07-16 Read More...
ITT Exelis received a contract in excess of $10 million for Lot 10 production of composite missile bodies and structures for the baseline and extended-range versions of Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

US Navy X-47B Drone Makes First Aircraft Carrier Landing
2013-07-16 Read More...
X-47B, an experimental bat-winged unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the US Navy, performed the first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier last

Russia to Deploy 30 Times More Cruise Missiles by 2020
2013-07-16 Read More...
Russia will increase its number of cruise missiles by 30 times by the end of the current decade, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

Lockheed Martin Delivers 100th Targeting System for F-35
2013-07-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 100th Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. EOTS provides affordable, high performance multifunction targeting to the F-35’s full spectrum of military

Russia to Build 100 New Military Bases & Airfields
2013-07-12 Read More...
About 100 new defense infrastructure facilities, including airfields and Army and Navy maintenance and supply bases, will be built in Russia to accommodate new weapon systems, a top military official

DSEI to Host Record Number of International Pavilions
2013-07-11 Read More...
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2013 is on course to host a record 40 international pavilions when the exhibition takes place at ExCeL London from 10-13

Raytheon Wins US Navy Next Generation Jammer Competition
2013-07-11 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $279.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract by the U.S. Navy to conduct the Technology Development phase of the Navy's Next Generation Jammer

BAE Systems Tests PHOENIX™ Networking Radios
2013-07-11 Read More...
BAE Systems is advancing the ability of today’s warfighters to securely and reliably communicate battlefield information via jam-resistant waveforms. As the developer of the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) Anti-Jam (AJ) mode for the U.S.

NGC Moves New B-2 SatComs Concept to the High Ground
2013-07-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has taken another significant step to reduce the risks and costs associated with producing an extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth

Russian, Iranian Navies to Hold Joint Exercises
2013-07-10 Read More...
The Russian and Iranian Navies are planning to hold joint exercises in the Caspian Sea in the second half of this year, a Russian Military Commander

DCI: Helicopter Maintenance in France & Abroad
2013-07-09 Read More...
Greatly involved in helicopter activities for more than thirty years, DCI contributes to the influence of French military air mobility, with technical support services deployed in several Gulf countries and in

France Requests 16 MQ-9 Reapers
2013-07-09 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) recently notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to France of 16 MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated

FN Herstal’s Use of Advanced Composite Material
2013-07-09 Read More...
For the first time in its history, Belgium based FN Herstal has utilized advanced composite material for yoke

DSEI 2013: Venue for Cross Sector Capabilities
2013-07-08 Read More...
Facing an increasingly diverse and complex portfolio of threats from unpredictable, often anonymous enemies, those responsible for defending national security are progressively calling upon the expertise of those from 'crossover'

India Launches Satellite for New Navigation Network
2013-07-08 Read More...
India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network last week, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scaled down version of the US Global Positioning

Latest events

Iraq Security & Defense Exhibition - IQDEX 2026
11 - 14 Jul 2026Baghdad International Fairground - Iraq
Farnborough International Airshow
20 - 24 Jul 2026Farnborough - United Kingdom
El Alamein International Airshow (EAIS)
08 - 10 Sep 2026El Alamein International Airport - Egypt
Euro Defence Expo
22 - 25 Sep 2026Messe Essen - Germany

Latest Issues

THE WORLD DEFENSE ALMANAC 2025