Raytheon’s Work On Satellite Control Station Making Progress: Pentagon
Raytheon is making headway with its delayed work on new ground control stations for next-generation GPS satellites. During the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in southern California, Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall...
US Navy To Buy Boeing's Super Hornet Fighter Jets
US Navy has plans to buy dozens of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets to deal with shortage of strike fighters aboard carriers. The US Navy also has decided to get rid...
Russian Navy’s Su-33 Multi-role Aircraft Crashes During Flight Operations
Russian Navys Su-33 carrier-based multi-role aircraft has crashed during flight operations from Admiral Kuznetsov Saturday. According to the report, the combat plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the...
Japan Likely To Buy US Thaad Missile System
Japan is considering buying the US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) advanced anti-missile system to counter North Koreas Nuclear threat. The government plans to allocate around 200 billion yen ($2 billion)...
General Atomics To Develop Protector Remotely Piloted Air System For UK Air...
General Atomics will develop their current drone technology into new unmanned aerial vehicles for use by the Royal Air Force. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has agreed £100 million (US$ 127 million)...
Indian Air Force, Naval Mi-17V5 Choppers To Conduct Surveillance Sorties Over Temple...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Navy have deployed Mi-17V5 helicopters to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance sorties over the Southern temple town of Sabrimala from Monday. “Intelligence reports that extremist elements could use forest routes...
Indian Navy Junks Home-grown Light Combat Aircraft, Will Look For Foreign-made Plane
The Indian Navy has junked aircraft carrier version of the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and will look for a foreign made plane as the LCA did not meet the requirements. Indian Navy Chief Admiral...
S Korea Increases Defense Budget By 4% For Next Year
South Korea has increased its defense budget to 40.34 trillion won (US$34 billion) for 2017 from 38
Obama Blocks Chinese Investor's Takeover Of German Semiconductor Equipment Firm
Beijing reacted strongly after the Obama administration blocked a Chinese firms takeover of Aixtron, Inc., a California based firm which specializing in semiconductor equipment manufacture
India To Buy 200 Mini Drones For Security, Surveillance In Jammu-Kashmir
Indian army is planning to buy 200 mini drones to deploy them for surveillance and detection of enemy movement in Jammu and Kashmir. The countrys decision is to revive a four-year-old plan to purchase 200 mini...
USAF Awards $24 million Griffin A Missile Contract To Raytheon
Raytheon has been awarded the US Air Force contract worth $24 million for Griffin A, an aft-eject missile. “Raytheon Co
Qinetiq Wins $1.2 Billion Contract To Modernize UK Military Test, Evaluation Services
Qinetiq has won a £1 billion ($1.26 billion) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense to upgrade the test and evaluation services that is being delivered at three sites across the kingdom
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