Vietnam launched K122 Navy ships

K122 ship at launch ceremony.

Morning 5 / 10, General Factory Z189 defense industry has celebrated and successful launch passenger K122 by factory closed. Tau K122 is a modern passenger ships and the largest current Navy Vietnam by design and construction. 

PT DI, Spain's EADS-CASA to Produce C-295 Planes

NC-295 Landing at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) and European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS)-CASA Spain are to cooperate in producing C-295 light military transport planes, a DI official said.

"The C-295 plane is the result of CN-235 development with its fuselage extended by three meters while the wings are the same and the engine is bigger," PT DI president director Budi Santoso said after meeting with Airbus Military CEO and deputy minister of defense Domingo Urena Raso here on Tuesday.

U.S. Navy May Cut Carrier's Life in Half To Save Money

THE CARRIER GEORGE Washington could become a victim of large-scale Pentagon budget cuts. Navy officials caution that no final decisions have been made.

Under heavy pressure to find real cuts, U.S. Navy officials are considering decommissioning a nuclear aircraft carrier halfway through its planned lifespan, two Pentagon sources said.

The USS George Washington's three-year-long refueling overhaul, scheduled to begin in 2016, would be canceled under the scheme, and the ship would be decommissioned as its reactor fuel ran out.

Indonesian defense budget up by 35% next year

Iron eagles: Several Sukhoi fighter jets of the Indonesian Air Force in a fly past during the 66th celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI) at the TNI headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta on Wednesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday that the defense budget would increase to Rp 64.4 trillion (US$7 billion) in 2012, from Rp 47.5 trillion this year.

“Due to the importance and strategic roles of the military, the government is focusing on developing it,” Yudhoyono said during an event held to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the Indonesian military (TNI), in Jakarta.

1st PHL-made navy vessel unveiled in PICMW

The Philippine Iron Construction and Marine Works (PICMW) located in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental has completed the construction of the first Philippine-made Navy vessel, a 579-ton Landing Craft Utility (LCU).

The ship’s hull and fixtures were made fully by PICMW while the engine and propulsion system was created by Propmech Corporation, a known Philippine marine dealer for Caterpillar propulsion sytems on seacrafts.

Israeli tech uses lasers to protect civilian aircraft

Courtesy of Elbit System

Reports of 20,000 missing shoulder fired anti-aircraft rockets in Libya have sent shivers down the spines of many airline security officials, who fear they may find their way into the hands of terrorists. US Senator Barbara Boxer has already called for hundreds of American jetliners to be outfitted with protection from such threats.

No such commercially available protection system exists, yet. But an Israeli company has developed the world’s only civilian system that can be mounted on a passenger liner, which detects incoming missiles and -- without shooting them down -- deflects them with laser technology.

Ukraine ‘ready’ to join Euro missile shield project agreed with Russia

Ukraine is ready to contribute to the creation of the European missile shield if the program is developed in cooperation with Russia, Ukrainian envoy to NATO Igor Dolgov said on Thursday.

“It is obvious that this project would be of a special interest for Ukraine if the NATO system is built together with Russia,” the Ukrainian Unian news agency quoted Dolgov as saying in Brussels.

“If a system is built that would cover parts of Europe on either side of Ukraine,” the diplomat added, “this is in our natural interest.”

Report: Israel is world's No. 3 arms exporter, trailing only U.S. and Russia

Elbit System Unmanned Weapon

The Congressional Research Service said Israel became the third biggest arms exporter in the world in 2010. In a report, CRS said Israel followed only the United States and Russia and signed agreements for $2 billion worth of orders last year.

The report, titled "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2010," did not cite Israel's major defense clients in 2010. But author Richard Grimmett said Israel beat out such major suppliers as Britain, China, France and Italy in arms transfer agreements.

Russia,U.S. to hold naval anti-terror exercises

Russian missile cruiser Varyag

The Russian and the United States navies will carry out joint anti-terrorism exercises in late October near the Mariana Islands, a Russian Pacific Fleet spokesman said.

Exercise Pacific Eagle will simulate Russian and U.S. ships liberating a vessel seized by terrorists.

First prototype of the new Russian air defense missile system S-500 will be ready and tested by 2015

Russian S-500 TEL (77P6) launcher vehicle air defense missile system line drawing

The development of Russia's formidable S-500 air defense system is lagging behind schedule by at least two years, the Izvestia daily said on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, citing a defense industry source. According to the source, the first prototypes will be ready and tested by 2015, while the deliveries to the Russian army could start in 2017 at the earliest.