Irkut MC-21 Airliner To Get Locally-made PD-14 Engine In 2019
Irkut Corporation, the manufacturer of Russias first narrow-body commercial aircraft, confirmed that the first flight model of MC-21 will be equipped with the advanced locally-made PD-14 engine in 2019. "In 2019,...
Chinese Tire Company Needs South Korean DAPA Approval for $857M Acquisition Deal
Chinese tire-maker Qingdao Doublestar has to wait for close to a month to get an approval from the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to take over its rival...
SAIC Wins $39M to Support US Marine Corps Combat Operations Center
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic awarded $39 million to Science Applications International Corp. to provide engineering services in support of the US Marine Corps Combat Operations...
Lockheed Martin To Hold Job Fair Seeking 1000 Workers For F-35 Fighter...
Lockheed Martin has announced a job fair to be conducted on August 29 seeking about 1000 skilled people for F-35 Lightning II fighter production at its Fort Worth plant, Texas. The...
L3 Vertex To Maintain 3 Kuwaiti KC-130J Aircraft
L3 Vertex is being awarded an $8.8 million contract for organizational and intermediate-level aircraft maintenance on three Kuwaiti KC-130J aircraft
Japan To Deploy Five Aegis Destroyers By March 2018
Japan has requested budgetary allocation for the land-based version of Aegis ballistic missile defense system in the next fiscal year in the wake of rising missile launch threats by North Korea, local media reported Thursday. According...
Israeli Patriot Missile Intercepts Target UAV As Part of Air Force Drill
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has successfully intercepted a target UAV using Patriot surface-to-air missile system from a base in central Israel as part of an air force drill. As part of the exercise, the American-made...
New DARPA Autonomous Systems Program To Better Manage UAVs, Driverless Cars
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a new research program called Assured Autonomy seeking to develop rigorous design and analysis technologies to guarantee safety and to enhance their predictability of autonomous machines...
Pakistani F-7 Light Fighter Aircraft Crashes
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-7 PG single-engine, lightweight fighter aircraft crashed near Sargodha on Thursday, according to PAF spokesperson. One PAF official, identified as Lieutenant Bilal, suffered a leg fracture as a result of...
10 Per cent Production Achieved For F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jets
The rolling off of 318th rear section for an F-35 Lightning II combat jet from the Samlesbury, Lancashire production line completes 10 per cent of the global requirement production. The aft fuselage is the back part...
UK, US Made Munitions Laced With Chemical Agents In Terrorist Depots: Syrian...
Syrian chemical agents have found abandoned terrorist arms depots with weapons from the US and UK. "All the special means that have been found include hand grenades and rocket projectiles for grenade launchers, which are supplied...
Oshkosh Wins $26M for Various Motor Vehicle Parts
Oshkosh has been awarded $26 million contract for various motor vehicle parts and accessories. This is a three-year base contract with two one-year option periods
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