Naval Open Source INTelligence

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The first 24 Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopters have achieved full operational capability. 6 Merlin Mk1 are still to be delivered as part of ...

In a big setback for India, Italy is becoming a major roadblock in the nation's entry into an elite missile technology group called Mis...

A high-precision Iskander-M tactical missile, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, destroyed a target located 300 kilometers away in southe...

With the signing of Apache attack helicopters deal with US' Boeing, Indian Air Force is all set to get the much needed boost to its fir...

Afghan Air Force MD-530s and Mi-17 helicopters departed Hamid Karzai International Airport to participate in operations in Helmand province ...

The government has decided to induct at least seven squadrons of the made-in-India Tejas Mark 1-A Light Combat Aircraft or LCA into the Indi...

China and Pakistan may target the Central Asian members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as potential buyers of their jointly develo...

The Air National Guard wants to fly remotely piloted aircrafts out of Hancock Field at the Syracuse International Airport. The change would ...

A Chinese naval expert has denied reports that the People's Liberation Army is sending a team of "military advisers" to Syria ...

The House and Senate armed services committees came to an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016, releasing...

Naval warship INS Kochi, the largest-ever warship to be built in India, was commissioned by defence minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval ...

The USS Michigan entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard last month for modifications to allow it to become the first submarine to carry enlisted...

Japan is ready to match European rivals and build a fleet of submarines for Canberra entirely at Australian shipyards, a senior Japanese off...

On a dark moonlit night, an Indian warship pierced the waters of the South China Sea at a brisk 25 knots. The only sound to be heard was of ...

The RAAF has hit a crucial milestone in the development of its new $16 billion fighter jet fleet, with the successful mid-air refuelling of ...

A news report describes a landmark event: the flight of an airplane that can go twice as fast as the Concorde. Then, just as quick, the repo...

Indian state-owned company Goa Shipyards Limited is looking for other companies to supply the technology to build 12 mine countermeasure ves...

The Navy will test the next generation of fighter jets aboard a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier next month. The second developmental test p...

Russian shipbuilders on Monday launched the last of the six Kilo-class submarines ordered by the Vietnamese Navy. Admiral Viktor Chirkov, ...

Lockheed Martin doesn’t like to say it, but their best salesman isn’t getting a bonus this year. That’s because his name is Vladimir Putin. ...

It might be perfectly understandable why Labour party delegates decided to bottle out of a conference debate on Trident, Britain’s most powe...

The defence portfolio is a tough assignment and Marise Payne takes it on at an especially difficult time. Marise Payne is as well qualifie...

Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System, including the large-scale digital radar and turn-key facility were deemed technically mature and provi...

Russia has successfully conducted live fire tests of its advanced Tor-M2U surface-to-air missile system. What made the test so special is th...