BAE Wins $52 Million US Navy Testing Support Contract
BAE has won a $52 million five year contract to provide essential maintenance and testing support for various air traffic control (ATC) and landing systems to US Navy. Under the new...
ERAPSCO Wins $203 Million To Supply Sonobuoys To US Navy
ERAPSCO is being awarded $203 million contract for the procurement of up to 141500 sonobuoys for the US Navy. The contract includes 6,000 AN/SSQ-36 sonobuoys; 95,000 AN/SSQ-53 sonobuoys; 15,500 AN/SSQ-62 sonobuoys;...
CAE Wins Multiple US Training, Support Services Contracts
CAE has won more than a C$100 million worth defense contracts, including the one to continue KC-135 tanker aircrew training services for US air force. Similarly, US Navy has exercised a...
Indonesia Trains Marines Corps With Ukrainian BTR-4 APCs
Indonesia has commenced training its Marines Corps (KORMAR) with amphibious BTR-4 8x8 armored personnel carriers (APCs), acquired recently from Ukraine. The training will be held from 14 to 24...
Pakistani Air Force Pilot Killed In Mirage Jet Crash
A Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed as the Mirage aircraft he was in crashed near Karachis Musharraf colony. PAF Mirage jetbearing tale number 921 took off from Masroor Base, before...
Israel Planned 'Rumors' Of Striking Iran From Saudi Base In 2012: Wikileaks
Israel had plans of spreading rumors about a leak that it would use a military base in Saudi Arabia to strike Iran as one of its effors to counter Iran's nuclear buildup, according to th...
Lockheed Martin Wins $743 Million For Lot 9 F-35 Fighters
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $743 million to the previously awarded low-rate initial production Lot 9 F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract. This modification provides additional funding and will establish not-to-exceed...
Seoul Plans Chinook MH-47 Acquisition For Special Ops In North Korea
The South Korean military plans to expand the capabilities of its special forces to strike Norths command facilities using hardware, such as the Boeing MH-47 series choppers, compact satellite links and advanced small arms. The MH-47...
US Navy To Equip MQ-8C Fire Scout With Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s Osprey Radar...
US Navy will be equipping its newly-upgraded unmanned helicopter MQ-8C Fire Scout with Leonardo-Finmeccanicas Osprey electronically scanned radar, helping expand crews surveillance capabilities aboard US combat ships. The helicopter will be launched from the decks of...
Germany To Nearly Double Defense Spending
Germany will be increasing its defense spending to 2 per cent from their economic output in line with an agreement that NATO states reached in 2014. “Germany would drastically increase defense spending in the coming years...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Exhibits 'Naval Cockpit' For Integrated Ship Managment At Euronaval 2016
Leonardo-Finmeccanica is exhibiting a “naval cockpit” that enables the integrated management of ship-board operations with a vessels combat system at the ongoing Euronaval 2016. The new Combat Management System features a modular and reconfigurable open architecture...
China To Sell 8 Submarines To Pakistan
China Shipbuilding has officially confirmed Wednesday that it will be providing eight S-20 submarines to Pakistan. China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation confirmed this project at a conference held to discuss the details of the arrangement
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