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Bangalore based ComAvia provides military avionics and military-standard communications for aviation solutions for defense and industrial requirements. The company operates over 8000 Sq Ft of work area and lab facilities in its Bangalore plant, where ComAvia also provides Design, Development, Consultation, Implementation and Productization of MIL STD applications for Indian Defence establishments. Among the company's recent programs Integration Test...

Today's soldiers are required to operate a number of electronic devices – each with its own functionality and controls, all that, without taking hands off the weapon and eyes off the performing task. Thales Australia and Kord Defence are developing a rifle input control (RIC) interface, adaptable to various rifles which enables warfighters to do this virtually impossible task....

The fourth flight of the Indian long range missile AGNI-3 with a range capability of 3,500 km was tested successfully by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) last month. The missile was launched from the Wheeler Island, in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha. Overall, with a range of 3,500 km, Agni III is considered a potent...

Seismic activity measuring 4.9 magnitude located in North korea was registered by the U.S. Geological Survey on Tuesday (12 February 2013); South Korea's defence ministry confirmed the quake was indicating a nuclear test conducted by North Korea.

Following are excerpts from recent news articles published ib Defense-Update, covering the Asian defense market. The countries included in this report are: Afghanistan | Australia | Brunei | Bangladesh | China | India | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Myanmar | North Korea | Pakistan | Philippines | Singapore | South Korea | Sri-Lanka | Taiwan | Thailand | Vietnam....

Thales Australia is strengthening its position in the Australian ordnance market through a newly announced strategic teaming with U.S.-based General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS). Thales and GD-OTS have been cooperating in the Australian market for years, and the new 10 year agreement is expected to formalize and strengthen this cooperation, including offering the Australian company potential export...

Following an ‘exhaustive manhunt’ after the Taliban operatives that fired the RPGs that downed the Chinook helicopter earlier this week, killing 38 soldiers on board, Coalition forces managed to kill the Taliban insurgents involved in the event, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan said today. According to Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, near midnight on Aug....

India's Arms Procurement Programs Discussed at the Defexpo 2008 India's Bi-Annual Arms Bazzar (updated March 2008) The Indian Ministry of Defense is planning to double its arms procurement and spend over US$ 20 billion (over Rs 120,000 crore) - more than twice the amount spent in the past 10 years on an annual basis. In the next four years, on...

The introduction of the "Buy and Make (Indian)" category in the defense acquisition process aims to increase participation by the Indian Industry for meeting India’s requirements for state-of-the-art defense systems and platforms. The procedure will enable Indian defense sector firms to get into tie-ups with technology providers through the mode of technology transfer and joint ventures.

A MiG-29KUB two-seat naval fighter jet made the first touch-and-go landings last week on the Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramadatiya, Sevmash shipyard said on Monday. The ship is currently undergoing sea trials in the Barents Sea off the north coast of Russia. The jet, piloted by navy test-pilots Col. Nikolai Diorditsa and Mikhail Belyaev, completed several approaches to the...

Tehran continues its thrust to obtain nuclear military capability, showing no signs of suspending its uranium-enrichment efforts despite enconomic, political sanctions and security council's pressure. Sustaining its effort in 'fail safe' approach, Iran is moving redundant paths toward its goal, deploying both uranium enrichment process and plutonium-producing heavy water reactor in two separate sites. Both efforts have a common...

India and Israel agreed to jointly develop a new long range, land-based air defense system to replace the aging Pechora (SA-3 GOA) missiles currently in service with the Indian Air Force. Covering a range of 70 km, the new missile will extend the 60km range of the vertically launched Barak 8 shipborne missile (also known as Barak NG) currently being developed for the...

EDS Technologies provides a unique software portfolio for Aerospace that integrate business process management with cutting-edge tools for design, engineering, production planning and after sales services. The company is well poised to undertake challenging requirements of Indian defense research institutions. The company offers industry leading commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and embedded display graphics solutions. Among the services provided...

The Japanese defense budget is the fifth-largest in the world. Tokyo is rated among the top military spenders in Asia, along with China and India. Japan's defense spending recorded a CAGR of 10.04% in the years 2007-2011. Japan has capped its defense budget at 1% of GDP, and is expected to continue to do so over the forecast period.