India Looking to Expand Defense Collaborations and Export
India has long been perceived as a net buyer and the world’s biggest ‘open’ market for military hardware. But that seems about to change....
The Anti-Missile Market is Heating Up – Also in Europe
Another step accomplished in the European anti-missile programme. The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation OCCAR notified to the EUROSAM consortium the amendment 1 of...
The Arrow-3 Joins Israel’s Aerial Defense Array
The Arrow Weapon System (AWS), the uppermost tier in the Israeli strategic capability, enters into a new era in its defense from ballistic missiles...
New Player Looking to Make his Mark on Aerial Defense
Medium altitude air defense system, Hisar-O, developed by Turkish defense contractors Roketsan and Aselsan completed its first test launch with 100 percent success in...
Poland Plans Huge Defence Budgets – Will Israel Benefit? Not Sure
The Polish Ministry of Defence is planning to spend more than 61 billion zloty (US $14.5 billion) to acquire new weapons and military equipment...
Russia is Trying to Penetrate Egyptian Weapons Market
Egypt is interested in the procurement of Buk-M3 Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) from Russia.
The parties still need to agree on volumes, terms of performance and...
Is Israel Losing its Foothold in the Indian Defence Establishment?
By ARIE EGOZI
Has Israel been losing its foothold in the Indian defence establishment? Experts in Israel are sure that this is the situation and...
Turkey’s New Missile Defense System “Resembles Iron Dome”
Turkey is developing a new missile defense system Korkut that resembles Israel’s Iron Dome, to prevent Islamic State militant’s rocket attacks.
The new system is...
Israel Will Have Additional Budgets for Anti Missiles Systems
By ARIE EGOZI
The agreement reached yesterday between the U.S and Israel will allow Israel to improve its anti ballistic missiles defenses.
According to the agreement...
Fighter and Surveillance UAVs to be Developed by Japan
The Japanese government is aiming to develop a prototype drone fighter jet in two decades. In order to reach their goal they've called some...
Extra Caution Required Regarding Relations with Turkey
By Arie Egozi
The confirmation of the conciliation agreement with Turkey forces Israel to take an “examining” stance towards the defense relationship with this country,...
Russian Air Force Deploys in Syrian Base
Russia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. The air base began operations in...
Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Launch Tested
Lockheed Martin's Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor has successfully completed a launch test during an engineering demonstration at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
According...
Japan Upgrades Defense Toward 2020 Olympics
Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept...
North Korea and Iran Continue to ignore the world
By ARIE EGOZI
North Korea has launched ballistic missiles to show that it was not afraid from the empty warning of the U.S. Iran is...
UAS – Growing Threat that Demands a Response
By Arie Egozi
The UAS that penetrated from Syria into Israel yesterday was not intercepted, although two ground-to-air Patriot missiles and one air-to-air missile from...
Missile and Aircraft Targets Successfully Destroyed by Patriot in Test
The Israeli Airforce (IAF) will be briefed soon on the latest series of tests with an improved version of the Patriot surface-air missile.
The IAF...
Predator B UAV To Get European ELINT System
An electronic intelligence (ELINT) sensor is being added to the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAV. Maker General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced a deal with Raytheon...
Russia Demonstrates its Power – 300 Missiles During Practice Drills
Russian air defense units in the western military district will use over 300 missile launches from Tor-M1 anti-aircraft and Igla man-portable surface-to-air missile systems...
Pacific War Games: Can US And China Get Along?
Warships from 26 nations — including the United States and China — converged near Hawaii last week for a five-week series of exercises to...
MTCR – Out Of Touch With Reality
By ARIE EGOZI
The world is changing fast and some agreements that looked appropriate in the past are no longer valid.
One good example is the...
India Wants Predators, Technological Cooperation
India is looking to acquire a few Predator drones from the US, Defense News reports. Just days after India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited...
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Drone Operators Can Now Carry Their Entire Control Station on Their...
First-person-view (FPV) drones have become increasingly important for reconnaissance and strike missions, but controlling them often requires bulky ground equipment. Traditional ground control stations...
