Less than two years after it entered service in the Fleet, the top-secret spy-sub B-90 “Sarov” is at the White Sea Navy Base in Severodvinsk for modernization, Russian media reports.
As the helicopter taxied slowly along the airstrip, a little knot of designers and executives from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) watched silently, the sweat beads on their foreheads from more than just the Bangalore heat. 
Days after successful trials of nuclear-capable Prithvi-II, Agni-I and ship-launched Dhanush missiles, India today conducted the flight trials of laser-guided bombs (LGBs) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast.
After facing delays of more than three years, a $1.6 billion program headed by Boeing to construct four specialized planes for Turkey’s military is now back on track, a Turkish defense industry specialist said Monday.
Elizabeth Antony, wife of defence minister AK Antony, will launch the third destroyer of Project 15 Alpha in Mumbai on April 1.
Russia's arms industry is pushing hard for a major breakthrough into the lucrative Gulf market at the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition in Qatar, the only navy-oriented defense showcase in the Middle East.
Russia is all set to roll out its second Project 20380 corvette featuring stealth technology, a media report said.
Most of Australia's strife-ridden Collins class submarines were fitted with dud generators when they were built, it was revealed yesterday.
Lockheed Martin hit the target in two tests featuring DAGR guided rockets launched from an airborne OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. 
Defense Minister Kim Tae-young cautiously raised the possibility Monday that the ill-fated frigate Cheonan may have hit a mine laid by North Korea.
Alenia Aeronautica has delivered the second ATR-42MP airplane (Maritime Patrol) to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
On Monday, Lexington Institute released the following report on the V-22 Osprey:
Aiming to provide the country’s defence with an extra edge, the government last week inked a Rs 11,600-crore agreement that will pave the way for formal induction of the Brahmos missile into the Indian Air Force (IAF), besides giving two more regiments of the supersonic land attack system to the Army.
Royal Malaysian Navy Scorpene-type submarine Tunku Abdul Rahman has completed its first sea trials off the Malaysian coast, a media report said.
Three Water Jet Fast Attack Crafts (WJFAC), namely, INS Kabra, INS Koswari, and INS Karuva were launched by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd in Kolkata on Monday. These ships are the 8th, 9th and 10th of the series of 10 WJFAC.
The first five Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for Australia landed at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley on March 26, bringing the next generation in air combat capability to the multirole fighter's first international customer.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on March 27 urged "paper tiger" Europe to ramp up investment in a costly missile defense umbrella.
The Dutch naval frigate HNLMS Tromp disarmed 12 pirates off the coast of Somalia and set them free, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said Sunday.
The Turkish Navy is preparing to buy its first landing-platform dock able to carry up to eight helicopters as it seeks to gain the capability for overseas amphibious force deployment as part of NATO and peacekeeping efforts.
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport will showcase 150 exhibits of Russian naval equipment at a biennial naval show in Qatar on March 29-31.
As hopes are dimming over the rescue of 46 missing sailors, a host of questions have been raised over the mysterious explosion that caused the 1,200-ton Navy ship Cheonan to break in half Friday night.
India successfully test-fired two types of short-range ballistic missiles on Saturday morning, local media reported .
The Tognum subsidiary MTU Turkey will supply, from June 2010, a total of 16 MTU Series 4000 engines to power eight Turkish landing ships for transporting tanks and vehicles.
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, today laid the keel for USNS William McLean, the twelfth ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships (T-AKE). 
The aircraft is being retired from service, with a replacement - the Nimrod MRA4 - due to come into service in 2012.
The Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Independence (LCS 2), sailed away from Mobile, Ala. for the first time March 26.
A South Korean naval ship with 104 on board was sinking today after a suspected torpedo attack by North Korea.
The Boeing Company today delivered the 79th -- and final -- upgraded CF-18 Hornet aircraft to the Canadian Department of National Defence during a ceremony in Mirabel, Quebec, hosted by industry partner L-3 Communications MAS, who performed final upgrade installations. The delivery brings the nine-year, two-phased CF-18 Modernization Project to a close. Phase 1 of the project, completed in 2006, upgraded the Canadian Hornet fleet’s avionics, radar, radio and weapons capabilities. Phase 2 provided the following improvements:
The chief of the Russian General Staff said Thursday that Russia would only buy a fully-equipped Mistral-class amphibious assault ship from France.
Russia has delivered the first batch of Mi-35M Hind E attack helicopters to Brazil, a Russian state arms exporter said on Thursday.
A multi-billion-dollar deal to supply Brazil with sophisticated fighter jets was in its high-stakes final phase Wednesday, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva under intense pressure ahead of his decision.
Sleaze, bureaucracy and other problems hobble Delhi's ambitious defense plans
The Navy has begun looking into options for fielding a stealthy drone capable of locating and attacking targets alongside manned jets before the end of the decade.
Thales has been awarded a contract by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RSK-MiG) to deliver IFF1 Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) and Cryptographic National Secure Mode (NSM), for the retrofit of the MiG-29 multi-role fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force. .JPG "Pakistan is likely to get swifter delivery of F-16 fighter jets, naval frigates and helicopter gunships, as well as new remotely piloted aircraft for surveillance missions")
Praising Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism, the United States has pledged tens of millions of dollars of aid for roads and power plants, but sidestepped Islamabad's demand for an India-type nuclear deal.
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A., Genova, to equip for the Italian navy two new submarines of the 212 A type with the latest drive, automation and power engineering. 
The Pakistan Navy is likely to acquire seven ‘conventional’ submarines and is in discussions with China and France for finalising the deal.
Clyde shipyard designers are to draw up plans for a new fleet of frigates that could help protect up to 4000 jobs at Scotstoun and Govan.
The Navy will commission the newest Virginia-class attack submarine New Mexico (SSN 779) during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk March 27.
Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (Severodvinsk) will upgrade fifth diesel electric submarine of Indian Navy, reported the shipyard's press service.
History will be made over Ipswich skies on Friday when the first of RAAF Base Amberley’s new squadron of F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets flies over the city.
Denmark has put off a decision on buying a replacement fighter for the nation's aging F-16 fleet until as late as 2014 following a decision to retire 18 of its current F-16 Falcons and extend the service lives of its 30 remaining F-16s past 2016, a Danish defense official said in a March 24 e-mail.
Malaysia is planning to sign a letter of intent in April for four Indonesian Aerospace CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft.
One of the navy's two new aircraft carriers could be in jeopardy as the MoD faces a funding crisis.
The Indian Navy has once again deferred the induction of a new class of indigenously built stealth frigates, the latest in a series of delays stretching over five years.
Russia will begin tests of its new state-of-the-art multi-purpose nuclear submarine Yasen, Project 855, already in 2010. 
The $19 billion U.S.-European MEADS missile development program is facing about $1 billion in added costs, according to officials briefed on the program, but the overrun should not breach congressional thresholds that would trigger a live-or-die review.
Taiwan will test two missiles with the capability to hit China this year, according to reports today.
There are now 80 Ambush crew members living in Furness flats and houses, “standing by” their £1bn submarine.
In a freak mishap which highlights the issue of maritime safety along the commercial capital, an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard sunk in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai harbour after a merchant vessel rammed it on Tuesday evening.