Local Manufacturing

Local Manufacturing

Indigenous Surface-to-Surface Missile

India has been trialing its indigenous surface-to-surface missile system technology. India test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II surface-to-surface missile with a strike range...
local defense industry

Saudi Arabia is looking to bolster its local defense industry. Referring to the participation and achievements of the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), the...
indigenous uav

The Nigerian Air Force inducted its first indigenous UAV, which will be used for ISR operations in land and sea. The Tsaigumi UAV, produced...
reverse engineering

By Arie Egozi The Iranian UAS shot down in Israeli territory seems to be part of the reverse engineering efforts made by this country regarding...
Kalashnikov RPK-16

Russia was always known as a country that tries to provide itself with all of its security and army needs. This includes everything: ammunition,...
defense industry

Turkey continues to showcase the capabilities of its local defense industry, with the recent test-firing of a locally-made HİSAR-A short-range air-defense missile in the...
defense export market

By Arie Egozi As countries like India demand knowledge transfer and local manufacturing as a precondition to weapon purchasing, as American companies compete over almost...
M27

The US Marine Corps has been using the long time running Colt M4 carbine rifle. The M4 first got entered service at 1994, but...
counterterror operations

Turkey bolstered domestic efforts to advance its national defense industry in recent years, particularly the development of indigenous UAVs, which have been considered a...
missile

The Indian Army is planning to induct a third-generation missiles system for its Russian make T-90 tank. The upgrade of the existing T-90 tank...

Turkey has been enhancing its UAV capabilities as part of its constant improvement of the level of expertise it has in UAV technology. STM...
helicopter

The Russian rotorcraft designer and manufacturer Russian Helicopters holding intends to participate in the tender for the supply of 111 shipborne Ka-226T helicopters for...
weapon

By Arie Egozi In addition to its Make in India policy, which conditions every weapon sale to India by another country to include the transfer...
defense industries

The Israeli defense industries have been actively participating in the Make in India initiative launched in 2014 and in other initiatives many years before....
israeli defense industry

The Republic of Korea has a long-term ambition to develop a domestic fighter aircraft, including relevant avionic equipment such as AESA radar. Now, the...
turkish defense industry

The Turkish defense industry has been progressing. Turkish firm Aselsan has recently entered into an agreement with Ukrainian Antonov company to supply avionics to...
dual-use technologies

China will develop high-tech industries with military technologies to boost military-civil integration, in order to cultivate new growth drivers and boost the economy, said...
cruise missiles

A new engine will be developed for Turkey’s cruise missiles. The Turkish Havacılık (Kale Aero) company has won a contract from the nation’s under-secretariat of...
weapon systems

Turkey is interested in the development and manufacture of weapon systems that can potentially be exported to international markets. Recently, Turkey’s Defense Industry Undersecretary...

Almost all the Israeli UAV manufacturers offer systems in collaboration with Indian companies. The Indian demand to manufacture locally and the knowledge transfer decrease...
tactical uav

The prototype of a new operational tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) completed its first flight. The Horlytsya UAV was developed by the Ukrainian Antonov...
defense market

A joint venture between Swedish defense giant Saab and the Indian Adani group is looking at producing a broad portfolio of products including UAVs...