India's INS Kalvari Stealth Submarine To Be Commissioned By Month End
Indias navy is readying to receive INS Kalvari, an attack submarine later this month as part of major steps in rebuilding its depleted underwater combat forces. The commissioning later this month...
DRDO Picks Two Sites For Installing Radar To Track Enemy Missiles
Indian Defence Ministrys Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has selected two villages in Alwar and Pali districts for installing radars to track enemy missiles. The forest department has cleared the...
58 Defence Deals Worth Over $19B Signed With Foreign Firms In 3
Fifty eight contracts worth over US$19 billion (INR 1,21563 CR) have been signed with foreign vendors for acquisition of defence equipment for the armed forces in the last three financial...
Pentagon Awards $250M Contract to Expand USAF Mission Planning Capabilities
The Pentagon has awarded a $250 million contract to Summit Technologies to expand mission combat planning process for Air Force military airlift capabilities, the Defense Department said in a press...
US Army Seeks Ban on Chinese-made DJI Drones By Its Members
The US Army has asked its members not to use off-the-shelf Chinese-made DJI drones due to cyber-vulnerabilities, Reuters reported. The US Army August 2 memo posted online and verified by Reuters...
Unfilled Cyber-security Jobs in US To Touch 1.5 Million By 2019
Unfilled Cyber-security jobs in the US, which currently stand at 20,000 professionals, could touch 1.5 million by 2019, according to US Department of Labor Statistics
US Navy Suspends Search For Sailor After 79 Hours
The US Navy has called out its search operation for a sailor assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-3) after he went missing on August 1 in the South China Sea. The US Navy destroyer was...
Indian MoD Panel Recommends Go-ahead To Stealth Fighter Project with Russia
India should co-develop the fifth generation stealth fighter with Russia, says a panel that was appointed by the countrys defence ministry to examine a fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project based on the PAK-FA. The committee,...
China's First Homemade Aircraft Carrier To Commence Mooring Trials Next Month
China will possibly hold mooring trials of its first homemade aircraft carrier next month ahead of schedule, said Hu Wenming, general director of the aircraft carrier construction projct. Hu said that construction of Chinas second aircraft...
Eurofighter, F-35 To Form UK air combat capability 'Spear Point': Minister
The Eurofighter Typhoon will form the 'spear point' of the UKs future combat air defence capability alongside the F-35 Lightning, Harriett Baldwin, the UK Minister for Defence Procurement has said. “We see Typhoon as very much...
Turkey To Open Military Training Camp In Somalia
Turkey is set to open a military training facility that can train more than 1500 troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Somali defense minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed said that the camp which had been under construction...
Israel Testing Tech To Detect, Destroy Improvised Explosive Devices
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has started to test its new system, Counter Improvised Explosive Device and Mine Suite (CIMS) mobile system that can identify, locate and destroy improvised explosive devices and mines before troops even...
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