General Atomics Wins USAF Contract To Build 30 MQ-9 Reaper Drones
General Atomics has won a $370 million US Air Force contract to produce 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones. The company's H30 aircraft will be delivered by May 31, 2019, the US Defense
Indonesia's Interest In Gripen, KF-X Hints At Delay In Su-35 Procurement
Indonesia receiving a proposal from Saab for the Gripen fighter plane and its investment in the KF-X program hints at a delay or reconsideration in the procurement of Su-35 aircraft...
Lockheed Martin Delivers LCS-7 Freedom-Class Ship To US Navy
Lockheed Martin has delivered the seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the US Navy on Friday. The fourth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship is scheduled to be commissioned in Detroit on Oct...
Elbit Systems Develops Skylark C Mini UAS For Tactical Naval, Maritime Applications
Elbit Systems has developed a new mini Unmanned Aircraft System ‘Skylark for Tactical Naval and Maritime Applications. The system features a waterproof and floating air vehicle that provides even small vessels...
Lockheed Martin Wins $490 Million Aegis Contract
Lockheed Martin has won a $490 million contract to bring integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to new destroyers of the US, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The ships...
Sri Lanka To Call International Bids For Buying Eight Multi-role Fighter Aircraft
Sri Lanka plans to invite proposals from international fighter aircraft manufacturers to buy eight multi-role fighter aircraft to replace a largely grounded fleet of its air force. Quoting cabinet minister Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lankan publication Economynext...
Stealthy F-35 Is Visible To Thermal Imagers
The much-touted ‘stealth features of the Lockheed Martin F-35 making it nearly invisible to radar, could be negated by a pronounced ability to be detected by infra red devices. The heat signature released by the aircraft...
Brahmos Missile To Be Drop-Tested From Su-30MKI On Aug-27
The work on Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missiles Brahmos to integrate it on Su-30MKI fighter are at final stages and is likely ot be completed by month end. "The decisive test will be held on August 26-27...
Morocco Interested In Russian Su-34 Bombers, Amur-class Submarines
Morocco is likely to buy Sukhoi Su-34 tactical bomber and Amur-1650 diesel-electric submarine from Russia. Rabat and Moscow are discussing the feasibility of the Moroccan Navys Amur-1650 submarine acquisition in the format of consultations so far...
Leidos Wins $49 Million To Supply Hardware For Ship Control System
Leidos is being awarded a $49 million contract for the supply of hardware equipment and logistic support for the ship control system, navigation critical distribution system, ship control display system, automated bridge system, and various...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Resumes Flight Tests Of AW609 Tiltrotor Prototypes
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has resumed flight testing of its AW609 tiltrotor prototype following the fatal October 2015 crash in Italy. AW609 titlrotor prototype AC1 arrived in Philadelphia Thursday, the company said in a statement
Raytheon, Boeing Win $231 Million To Provide Guided Munitions To NATO Countries
The US State Department has approved sale of guided munitions to several NATO countries worth $231 million. The order includes 2,040 joint direct attack munition guidance kits of various iterations, as well as computer control groups,...
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