The US Navy announcedon 15th July that the next two Virginia-class attack submarines will be named the USS Minnesota and the USS North Dakota.The selection of Minnesota, designated SSN 783, honors the state's citizens and their continued support to our
Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore of DRDO had been indigenously developing Kaveri engine for propelling the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas). As a spin off during development, a marine version has been evolved to develop shaft power for propelling Indian
The Boeing Company has successfully conducted the first flight test of the first 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft modified by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara for Turkey's Peace Eagle program.During the 2.5-hour flight from Ankara on
India today gave its approval for funding of six GSLV operational flights (F11 to F16) at a total estimated cost of Rs. 1280.96 crores with a Foreign Exchange component of Rs. 272.90 crores. With the realization of six GSLV Operational
Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun production of the fuselage section for the first F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Mechanics loaded the aircraft's first bulkhead components into place July 10 on Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art F/A-18 assembly
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to provide its laser-based Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems (LAIRCM) for the U.K. Royal Air Force's (RAF) air-to-air refueling and transport aircraft.Under the terms of the $93 million contract, Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division
The validity of the International Criminal Court's indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir notwithstanding, the decision and others involving Congolese politician and warlord Jean Pierre Bemba and former Liberian President Charles Taylor, smack of a selective approach to justice.
The bail conditions that apply in the High Court also apply in the army's General Court Martial, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal by the Attorney General seeking to overturn a Constitutional Court ruling,
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, has urged the wives of soldiers to engage in income-generating activities to supplement the earnings of their spouses.
The rate of new HIV infection is high among the armed forces compared to the civilian population, the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission has said.
It was a show of professionalism when the 145-year-old Nigeria Army recently celebrated its day in Kaduna. The event usually observed every July 6th in commemoration of the day the first shot that signaled the onset of Nigeria's 30-month civil
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC) has reiterated its determination to sanitize all Private Guards Companies (PGC) operating in the country to enhance security of lives and property.
The insurgence of Niger Delta militants continued yesterday, as unidentified gunmen blew up the Tebidaba oil pipeline, belonging to Italian oil giant, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa state.
About 100 American soldiers are in Abuja to help train African soldiers, including Nigerian soldiers on the use of sophisticated military weapons and communications equipment.
The Spokesman of the Rwandan defence forces, spokesman Maj. Jill Rutaremara, has said that the hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur, (UNAMID), needs a stronger mandate and better equipment.
Kigali International Airport was on Wednesday night filled with grief-stricken relatives of the recently deceased UN/AU peacekeepers in Darfur as the fallen soldiers' bodies were flown in.
About 2,475 anti-personnel mines were de-activated and destroyed in the first semester of the current year, in the south-eastern Kuando Kubango Province, by the NGO The Halo Trust, informed Thursday to ANGOP the organisation's Operations chief, José António.
