Indian Defence Ministry Accepts Shekatkar Panel Recommendations To Redeploy 57,000 Soldiers
Indian government has accepted 65 out of 99 reforms recommended by the Shekatkar committee that includes redeployment and restructuring of approximately 57,000 posts of officers/JCOs/ORs and civilians. Indias Defence Ministry Wednesday...
Did North Korean Missile Outsmart Japan’s Defence Systems?
The North Korean ballistic missile which overflew Japanese territory and landed in the Pacific Ocean yesterday appears to have got the better of Japans sophisticated defence systems including the land-based...
Ukraine Modernizes Russian Origin Mi-24 Helicopters
Ukraines state-owned Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon has completed modernization of Russian-origin Mi-24 attack helicopters with domestic equipment for the countrys Armed Forces, the press service of the state-owned Ukroboronprom...
Two USAF Squadrons To Receive F-35 Fighter Jets Next Month
US F-35 jets are set to be delivered to two US Air Force squadrons next month with the latest Block 3F software, which will enable pilots to use its full...
Qatar Blamed For 2011 Bahrain Coup Attempt
Bahrain has accused Qatar of fanning the attempted coup in 2011 to overthrow the King Hamad regime. According to a report published by the Bahrain news agency (BNA) Tuesday, Qatar sparked...
Russia To Feature S-400, Strategic Bombers During Air Defense Drills With Allies
Russia will be featuring long-range bombers, S-400 and S-300 air defense systems and other military equipment at Combat Commonwealth-2017 drills of an integrated CIS air defense network that will be held on September 4-8. MiG-29, Su-27...
SolAero Technologies Delivers Solar Wing For Bye's StratoAirNet UAV
SolAero Technologies Corp (SolAero) has delivered the first solar wing for Bye Aerospace's "StratoAirNet", a solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). SolAero is integrating their advanced high-efficiency solar cell technologies on the graphite composite StratoAirNet wing using...
Elbit Wins $93 Million Contract to Upgrade Asia-Pacific Nation’s F-5 Fleet
Elbit announced that it was awarded an approximately $93 million contract from an Asia-Pacific country to upgrade its F-5 aircraft fleet. The contract will be performed over a three-year period
Romanian New Trainer Technology Demonstrator to Get Leonardo’s Vixen 500E AESA Radar...
Leonardos Vixen 500E AESA radar has been procured by the Romanian National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” (INCAS) for its new trainer technology demonstrator programme IAR-99 TD. The project is based on a Romanian Air...
Hyundai Stops China Car Production As Sales Fall Over THAAD Missile Row
Hyundai has stopped auto production at its four factories in China as tensions between South Korea and Being rose over US deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system. All four of its factories that...
Orbital ATK to Roll-out Software Upgrade For US Navy’s Advanced Anti-radiation Guided...
Orbital ATK along with the US Navy is rolling out the Block 1 software upgrade to the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). Earlier this year, Orbital ATK and the US Navy completed testing, demonstrating the...
Raytheon Wins $615M to Produce 17 SM-3 Interceptor Missiles
Raytheon has won $614.5 million modification contract from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to produce 17 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) and provide support services
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles