India Exempts Russia's United Shipbuilding Corp From Banking Guarantee, side-stepping US Sanctions
India has waived the requirement of a bank guarantee (BG) from Russia's United Shipbuilding Corp hit by US sanctions which prevented it from participating in an Indian submarine project. Instead, a...
Mail-Order Grenade Ring Busted In thailand
A Thai military sergeant along with several other associates have been suspected by the Thailand police of selling grenades by mail after the military found eight M67 grenades in a...
Russian VEB Bank To Fund Light Multi Purpose Helicopter Development
Russias bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) will fund a project of Russian Helicopters Holding on designing a light multipurpose helicopter. A relevant agreement was signed on the sidelines of the St
US SPL Ops Command To Procure Observation and Neutralization Craft
The US Special Operations Command has awarded a $17 million worth contract to Vigor Works LLC. for third Sea, Air, and Land Insertion, Observation, and Neutralization (SEALION) Combatant Craft Heavy...
Canada Calls Off Talks With Boeing Over Super Hornet Jet Project
Canada federal officials stated Thursday that they have been instructed to break off contact with Boeing over the future of Super Hornet fighter jet. The liberal governments trade conflict with Boeing...
South Korea's FX Fighter Jets Procurement Project Under Scrutiny
South Koreas Board of Audit and Inspection(BAI) is scrutinizing the KF-X procurement project carried out under the former Park Geun-hye administration. In April, BAI has sent inspectors to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to...
Russia Reiterates S-400 Missile System Sale To India, Turkey
Russia has reiterated selling S-400 missile systems to India and Turkey. Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting with the press Thursday, said “Russia is ready to supply S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Turkey
DARPA’s Stealth Dirt Bike Uses Front-wheel Drive system
Logos Technologies that has been developing a hybrid-electric dirt bike ‘SilentHawk since 2015, is currently also progressing on an all-electric motorcycle and multifuel hybrid with a lighter, air-cooled engine. Ultra-quiet, electric motorcycles designed for the Defense...
India’s Nirbhay Subsonic Cruise Missile’s Fifth Launch Deferred Due To Tech Snag...
The fifth test of Indias home-grown subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay has been deferred due to a technical snag. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) postponed the test which was planned to be conducted on Wednesday
India Tests Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II Missile From Mobile Launcher
India has test-fired the land version of the short range surface–to–surface ballistic missile Prithvi-II, mounted on a Mobile Tatra transporter-erector Launcher (MTL). The missile was fired from the launching complex - III (LC-III) of the Integrated...
Lockheed Martin Wins $244 Million Spares Contract For US Navy's F-35
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has won a nearly quarter of a billion dollar US Navy order to buy air vehicle spares for the F-35 Lightning II for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and foreign military...
Indonesia Sets Up National Cyber Defence Agency
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed a regulation to set up National code Cyber Agency (BSSN) tasked to implement cyber security effectively by utilizing, developing, and consolidating all elements related to cyber security. The Presidential Regulation...
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