BAE Systems To Cut Steel For Global Combat Ship in July
BAE Systems has won a £3.7bn contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme
Taiwan Scrambles Jets As Chinese Flotilla Passes By
Taiwan scrambled military jets deployed to monitor Chinas first aircraft carrier, Liaoning as it passed through the 180 km wide strait separating the two nations to reach Hong Kong. Liaoning accompanied...
ICAO To Discuss Qatar’s Demand Of New Air Routes Over The Gulf...
The international Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is expected to meet on July 6 in Cairo with representatives of the countries that have cut ties with Qatar to discuss demands from...
UTC Gets Additional $340 Mln For Propulsion System Spares For Lot 11
United Technologies Corp has won $340 million modification contract to a previously awarded low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 11 advance acquisition contract for the procurement of propulsion system initial spares...
Raytheon Wins $25 Million For AEGIS Modernization Production
Raytheon has won $25 million contract for Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System (AEGIS) modernization production requirements. This delivery order covers the production of Solid State Switch Assembly (SSSA) Ordnance...
Huntington Ingalls Wins US Navy LPD 29 Amphibious Transport Dock Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $218 million advance procurement contract from the US Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for LPD 29, the 13th amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio
China Tests New Light Weight Battle Tank In Tibet Near Indian Border
The Chinese military has said that it has conducted trials of its new light weight battle tank in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet near the Indian border. The 35-tonne tank has carried out trials in...
Saudi-Led Blockade Is 'Bloodless Declaration Of War': Qatar Defence Minister
Qatari Minister of defense has criticized the blockade imposed by a Saudi-led Arabian nations' Group as 'bloodless declaration of war'. The minister, Khaled al-Athiyah was quoted as saying in an interview with London based Al-araby Al...
Lockheed Martin To Train Saudi Arabian National Guard In $55 Million Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp has won a $55.5 million US foreign military sales contract for the design, development, testing, managing, documenting, installing, and providing hardware, software, spares, and training for Saudi Arabian Ministry National Guard live...
Sikorsky Awarded $3.7 Billion Contract To Build Black Hawk Helicopters For Saudi
Sikorsky was awarded a $3.7 billion FMS contract for assembling Black Hawk helicopters to Saudi Arabia in a multi-year production effort
Six NATO Allies To Co-develop Multinational Maritime Multi Mission Aircraft Capabilities
Six NATO Allies have announced their readiness to co- develop and field follow-on solutions for their existing maritime anti-submarine and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. At a ceremony in Brussels on 29 June, Defence Ministers from...
US Air Force Debuts Latest Variant Of MQ-9 Reaper Drone
The US Air Force flew the latest Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper drone for the first time last week. The aircrew flew a sortie of more than 16 hours on June 23 with a...
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