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US DoD Asks for $2.865B for Hypersonic Weapons

A budget document for the US Department of Defence (DoD) that has been published reveals that DoD has asked the Congress $for 2.865 billion, 14 percent more than 2020, for hypersonic weapons. According to Breaking Defense, that published the document contents, "Army and Navy hypersonics spending would nearly double in 2021. Each increases by 95 percent. But that’s offset by…

15.04.2020

Moscow is open for a dialogue with Washington on new advanced developments, including hypersonic weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an online interview with Russian and foreign media on Tuesday. "We are also open for a talk on new advanced developments, including hypersonic weapons, in the context, and I want to emphasize it,…

14.04.2020

Azerbaijan to Buy Russian Combat Aircrafts

As part of military-technical cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, a group of specialists of the Air Force of Azerbaijan visited some enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Russia. The Azerbaijani delegation visited Russian military plants manufacturing Su-35 and MiG-35 combat aircrafts. During meetings with representatives of "Rosoboronexport" and the leadership…

07.04.2020

Covid-19 Hits India’s Defence Production

The lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has brought defence production to a standstill in India. There are fears that the Ordanance Factory Board (OFB) may not be able to meet targets for this financial year on account of the 21-day closure, say sources. OFB supplies a a wide range of items, from rifles,…

06.04.2020

A treaty that has been standing for 28 years as the most wide-ranging international efforts promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities is threatened by US withdrawal. The Guardian has published a report claiming to have obtained information from sources "familiar with administration planning" that the Trump administration is determined to withdraw from…

06.04.2020

The US Department of State has released a fact sheet on the New START Treaty aggregate Numbers of strategic offensive arms. The data in this Fact Sheet comes from the exchange of data required by the treaty, and is current as of March 1, 2020.New START is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United…

02.04.2020

India Involves DRDO And OFB In Fight Against Covid-19

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has pressed the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) into making assorted medical supplies and equipment to battle the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in the country. Officials told Jane’s that the DRDO has already begun producing hand-sanitising liquid and other disinfectants at its laboratories, while the…

01.04.2020

Russia, US Halt Inspections Under New START Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

Russia and the United States have suspended bilateral inspection missions within the framework of the New START treaty on reduction of strategic nuclear arms, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association Daryl Kimball has told TASS. "The United States and Russia agreed <...> to suspend on-site inspections under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty until…

30.03.2020

Jane’s Intel Briefing: Covid-19 Impact on the Defence & Military Sector

The Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic presents a swiftly evolving challenge to the defence sector, with repercussions on budgets and spending plans, industry deliveries, and financial stability being forecast or already felt. Similarly, military forces are having to adapt their operations, deployments, exercises, and training plans. During this extract briefing, the Jane's team provides a snapshot of…

25.03.2020

India Fast-Tracking Purchase Of 10 Additional Ka-31 AEW&C Helicopters

India is fast-tracking negotiations to acquire 10 Russian-made Kamov Ka-31 'Helix' airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) helicopters in time for the expected commissioning in 2021 of Vikrant , the Indian Navy's (IN's) indigenously designed aircraft carrier. Official sources told Jane's on 20 March that the IN wants to "imminently" finalise the Ka-31 import, which was approved by the…

25.03.2020

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US DoD Asks for $2.865B for Hypersonic Weapons

Russia & US Talks on Hypersonic Weapons

Azerbaijan to Buy Russian Combat Aircrafts

Covid-19 Hits India’s Defence Production

Will the US Withdraw from OST?

New START Treaty Numbers Update

India Involves DRDO And OFB In Fight Against Covid-19

Jane’s Intel Briefing: Covid-19 Impact on the Defence & Military Sector

India Fast-Tracking Purchase Of 10 Additional Ka-31 AEW&C Helicopters

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