The public promise from Pakistan's powerful army chief, General Raheel Sharif, of "a strong response from Pakistan" in the case of "any threat to Saudi Arabia's territorial integrity" has unleashed speculation over the extent to which Islamabad is preparing to step up military
Speculation grows over Pakistani support for Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia denies cluster bomb attack on Sanaa
Saudi Arabia has denied the coalition it is leading to restore Yemen's ousted president dropped CBU-58 cluster bombs on the capital, Sanaa, on 6 January.
In an interview broadcast by CNN on 11 January, Saudi military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri admitted the coalition had used Textron
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Russia to fill gap left by An-70 with more Il-76MD-90A airlifters
Russia is to fill the gap left in its strategic airlift capabilities by the abandonment of the Antonov An-70 project with Ukraine with additional numbers of the Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A, a senior service official said on 13 January.
The Russian Air Force (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily - VVS) is to receive an
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Russia to activate three new ballistic missile warning radars by end of 2016
Russia is to activate three more of its 'Voronezh'-series long-range early warning radar systems in 2016, as it looks to fully recapitalise its ground-based ballistic missile defence network by the end of the decade, state media announced on 12 January.
Along with a further two radar stations that
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Russia reports 47% of its military equipment as 'modern'
Russia's military procurement increased by 7% in 2015, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
As a result, 47% of the country's arms and equipment inventory is now considered 'modern'. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said the comparable figure was only 26% in 2014.
The most
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Russia 'freezes' India out of MTA project, to proceed alone as Il-214
Russia looks set to continue development of the Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA) on its own after Ilyushin froze co-operation with India on the joint project, state media announced on 13 January.
With the preliminary design of the twin turbofan tactical airlifter now all but finalised, United
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L&T shortlisted for 'Kilo' upgrade work
Indian private defence contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been shortlisted to upgrade at least three of the Indian Navy's (IN's) Russian-built 'Kilo'-class diesel-electric submarines for an estimated INR50 billion (USD747 million).
Industry sources said the Project 877EKM 'Kilo' variants
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Iranian F-4 crashes on training exercise
A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) crashed on 12 January, killing both crew members.
The aircraft came down in the country's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan after suffering unspecified 'technical problems', state
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Iran briefly detains 10 US Navy sailors on Farsi Island
Iran on 12 January took custody of 10 US Navy (USN) sailors, whom it released the next morning, after their two patrol boats reportedly drifted into Iranian waters.
"Ten US Navy sailors safely returned to US custody today, after departing Iran," the Pentagon said in a 13 January
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HEICO completes fuel system firm acquisition
US aviation and defence firm HEICO announced on 12 January that it had completed the acquisition of Robertson Fuel Systems.
The deal, first announced on 21 December, saw HEICO pay Robertson's private equity owners American Securities USD255 million in cash for the business.
Robertson designs and
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Bangladesh Navy receives two new corvettes
The Bangladesh Navy (BN) has received two new Chinese-built corvettes, according to a BN press release. The statement said that the C13B corvettes BNS Shadhinota (F 111) and BNS Prottoy (F 112) had arrived at their home port of Chittagong on 10 January.
The corvettes, a variant of the Type-056
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Uruguay prepares shoot-down legislation for its air force
Uruguayan Minister of Defence, Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro announced on 13 January that his ministry (MoD) has prepared a law allowing the air force to shoot down aircraft perceived as threat to the country.
He said a protocol will be set that is to be followed in each case of a possible
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Russia orders 50 Su-35S multirole fighters
The Russian Aerospace Force (VKS) ordered 50 Sukhoi Su-35S 'Flanker E' multirole fighters from Sukhoi in late December 2015, a United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) source told TASS-DEFENSE.
According to the source, the new order is valued at more than RUB60 billion (USD788 million) and the
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USAF awards two rocket propulsion system prototype awards
The US Air Force (USAF) awarded the first two Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) for shared public-private investments in rocket propulsion system prototypes to SpaceX and to Orbital ATK, the Pentagon announced on 13 January.
The SpaceX OTA is for development testing of the company's Raptor upper
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US-Russia arms control efforts now a mixed bag
Washington is "reviewing the options" for persuading Russia to stop violating the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987 between the United States and the former USSR.
While transparency measures between the two sides on their 2011 New START treaty to
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Pipavav considers raising additional funds
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering is to consider a raft of proposals in line with the company's transition into a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure.
Pipavav said on 13 January in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange that among items set for consideration by its board of directors later
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NH90s production winds down globally
NHIndustries has revealed a wider slowdown in production levels in line with the company completing deliveries on a number of international procurements.
At the end of 2015, 269 NHIndustries NH90 helicopters had been delivered out of 509 ordered. Six final assembly lines (FALs) were busy last year,
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Lithuania orders more Unimog trucks
Lithuania has ordered an additional 340 Unimog military trucks, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 12 January.
The purchase with Daimler is worth about EUR60 million (USD65 million) and is being overseen by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). Although not stated,
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Japan reveals details of joint missile project with UK
The recently announced joint Japan-UK programme to develop a new air-to-air missile will be supported by a successfully conducted project to integrate Japanese seeker technologies into MBDA's Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM), the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo has revealed
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Indian MoD looks to close deal for 100 modified K-9 self-propelled howitzers
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) began price negotiations with Indian private-sector company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in late December 2015 for 100 modified South Korean self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) for around USD800 million.
Military sources said the K-9 Vajra (Thunderbolt), which is an
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