Lockheed Martin Wins $5.5B For 74 F-35 Fighters, Anticipates $2.2B For 50
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $5.5 billion modification F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 11 advance acquisition contract
Australia Receives Last Two Boeing EA-18G Growler Aircraft
Australia has received final two of 12 Boeing EA-18G Growler two-seat electronic attack aircraft. Australia has received its final two EA-18G into its Growler electronic attack fleet with a flypast over...
Australian Air Force To Collaborate On AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Development
Australian Air Force is likely to collaborate on the development of the AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid-band program with assistance from the Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Systems and EA-6B Program...
Indonesia Ports Get Kelvin Hughes Variants Of SharpEye Radars
Indonesia has selected Kelvin Hughes variants of SBS-800 Upmast X-Band SharpEye range for its two ports to ensure the safe entry and exit, management and monitoring of vessels. The second largest...
French Air Force Conducts First MQ-9 Reaper UAS Flight
French Air Forces MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft has marked its first flight Tuesday after taking off from Cognac air base. The flight in French airspace has demonstrated that the air force...
Turkish Aerospace Industries To Participate In Indonesian 50 Seater Aircraft, UAV Projects
Turkish Aerospace Industries - TAI, and Indonesia's PT Dirgantara Indonesia - PTDI, will collaborate on the Indonesian Indonesian 50 seater N245 Aircraft Development Project. Following the Memorandum of Understanding signed between TAI and PTDI during the...
Is The Proposed Airbus Fighter Jet A Non-starter?
Airbus plans to build a fighter jet meant for European Union (EU) nations could be a non-starter with lukewarm response coming from major EU members who have already bought into the US-made F-35. “We are...
Lockheed Martin Wins US Army Contract For Phase 2 Of Long Range...
Lockheed Martin has won a $73.8 million contract from the US Army for Phase 2 of the Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) program that will provide next-generation precision fires with ranges up to 499 kilometers
Austria Prefers Govt-to-Govt Deal Over Tendering For Fighter Aircraft Lease
Austria prefers a government-to-government deal to lease fighter aircraft rather than issuing a tender that would take longer timeframe and might jeopardize 2020-2023 timeframe. Austria has sued Airbus and Eurofighter consortium (which includes BAE systems and...
Indian, Israeli Companies Sign 12 Defense Agreements Worth $4.3 Billion
Indian and Israeli companies have signed agreements that include manufacturing of air defense systems, radars, anti-ship missiles, medium altitude long endurance UAVs in India under technology transfer. About 12 agreements worth $4
US Army Awards Multiple Contracts Worth $922M For Upgrading Land Mobile Radio...
Harris Corp and Motorola Solutions Inc have each been awarded $461 million contracts to upgrade existing land mobile radio system infrastructure over the next five years, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. "Harris Corporation...
Orbital ATK Wins $53M US Army Contract For Precision Guidance System
Orbital ATK won more than $53 million to manufacture a precision guidance kit M1156 to turn existing 155 mm artillery shells into smart weapons, the Department of Defense said in a press release. "Orbital Alliant Techsystems...
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