Thailand Terminates Ukrainian Tanks Contract, To Buy From China
Thailands ministry of defense has terminated the contract to buy Ukrainian tanks due to the failure of supplies of the equipment from the Kievs side. According to the contract signed in...
Russian Helicopters To Participate In India's Eighth Vibrant Gujarat Forum
Russian Helicopters has considered to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017 regional investment forum in India. The eighth biennial Vibrant Gujarat forum is taking place in state of Gujarat's...
US Navy's Columbia-Class Submarine Enter Engineering Development Phase
US Navys Columbia-class submarine program has cleared milestone B last week, allowing the submarine to move into the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase. During this engineering, Manufacturing development phase, the focus...
US Tests 103 Micro-Drone Swarm Launched From F/A-18 Super Hornet Planes
The Pentagon has tested a swarm of 103 micro-drones launched from three F/A-18 Super Hornet planes at China Lake in California. The US department of Defense released the information to the...
Iran To Produce More Missiles To Strengthen Defense Power
Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill on Monday obliging the countrys administration to strengthen the countrys defense power by producing more missiles and also through various other means. During an open...
France Deploys Two Additional Reapers To Niger
France has deployed two additional MQ-9 Reaper drones to Niamey, Niger received from General Atomics in support of the country's Operation in the Sahel region. The UAVs arrived at Base Aérienne 101 in Niamey, Niger, at...
Safran To Build New Inertial Navigation System For French Ballistic Subs
Safran Electronics and Defense has won a contract to design, develop and build an improvised version of global inertial navigation system used on French ballistic missile submarines. The contract from the country's military procurement agency calls...
Indian Army Eyes Replacement Of Cheetah, Chetak Fleet With Dhruv Choppers
The Indian Army plans to replace early variants of Cheetahs and Chetak light-utility helicopters with the home-grown advanced light helicopters (ALH) after string of crashes raise safety concerns. The armys aviation wing would replace 41 Cheetahs...
Indian Navy To Induct INS Kalvari Only When Operational Ready
Indian defense ministry has plans to commission vessels hereafter, including first Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into service provided only when it is ready for operational deployment. However, the ministry is seeking to change the old practice...
Russian S-400 Air Defense System Regiment To Enter Service On Wednesday
The Russian Ministry of Defense is expected to put a regiment of S-400 Triumf air defense system on combat duty in Moscow Wednesday. "The combat duty of a new regiment of the S-400 Triumf air defense...
Indian Navy’s Second Scorpene-class Submarine To Be Launched This Week
Indian Navys second Scorpene class submarine ‘Khanderi will be launched at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai on January 12. The launch will start a trail of events, which will lead to the separation...
Leonardo Wins UK MoD £271 Million Wildcat Helicopters Support Contract
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has been awarded £271 million contract to support and provide training of 62 AW159 Wildcat helicopters operated by the British Army and Royal Navy. The deal is an important part of the Governments ten-year £178...
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