China Developing Cargo Jet Based on Y-20 Military Transport
China is developing a civil variant of its Y-20 heavy strategic transport aircraft, the Y-20F-100, to boost its civilian sector. Designers at the Aviation Industry Corp of China are doing preliminary...
Russia Develops Advanced Anti-Radar Missile For 5th-generation PAK FA Jet
Russias Tactical Missiles Corporation has developed an advanced anti-radar missile Kh-58UShK for the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet. Now the advanced Anti radar missile...
Anti-Hacking Center To Monitor 20% Of Rostec Business Units By 2017
Rostec's newly launched anti-hacking center RostecInform (RT Inform) to monitor 20 per cent of the Russian firm's major businesses by 2017-end, including helicopter and missile manufacturing business units. By 2020, RT...
British Typhoon Jets To Take Part In South Korean Air Exercise
Four Eurofighter Typhoon jets have arrived in Seoul Tuesday morning to take part in the first-ever trilateral combined air exercise with South Korea and the US. This aerial drill marks South...
S. Korea Launches Eighth KSS-II Submarine
South Korea today unveiled its eighth submarine in an effort to reinforce its maritime combat capability in the face of North Koreas growing threat. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering...
BAE Systems Wins $192M US Navy Contract For Zumwalt Combat Systems
BAE Systems has been awarded a US Navy contract worth $192 million to complete the installation and combat systems activation for two Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. “BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is...
Montenegro To Strengthen Security Following Election Day Cyber Attacks
Montenegro has considered strengthening cyber security, police capabilities and intelligence services to prevent hacking attacks amid reports that Russian hackers had a role in downing several websites on Election Day, October 16. The government is also...
China's Cyber Security Law To Take Effect From June 2017
Chinas cyber security law is set to take effect in June 2017 to counter hacking and terrorism threats. The legislation is an "objective need" of China as a major internet power, a parliament official said
Lithuania To Acquire Sniper Rifles From UK's Accuracy International
Lithuania has acquired sniper rifles worth Euro 1.3 million from an UK based firm, Accuracy International Ltd that are capable of using munitions of two different calibres by only changing the barrel
Japan’s First X-2 Stealth Fighter Jet To Be Tested This Month
Japans first domestically developed stealth fighter jet will initial field test as early as this month. The field test will focus on evaluating the X-2's stealth technologies, Nikkie Asian Review reports Monday
UK Grounds Six Boeing E-3D Sentry AWACS Aircraft Citing Electrical Problems
The UK Ministry of Defense has grounded six Boeing E-3D Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft after it discovered electrical problems during a routine technical inspection. The aircraft were found to have an unspecified...
US Army To Deploy Newer Stryker ICV Prototype In Europe In 2018
The US Army will field a more lethal version of Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle to Europe in 2018. The US Army had issued an urgent requirement for more firepower for its Germany based 2nd cavalry regiment...
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