Raytheon Wins $54 Million Australian Weapon Sight For Land Forces Contract
Australia's Department of Defence has selected Raytheon to supply the ELCAN Specter DR 1-4x dual role weapon sight for $54 million. The ELCAN Specter dual field-of-view (1X and 4X) sight will...
Boeing Wins $33 Million F/A-18 Aircraft Support Contract
Boeing has won a contract worth $33 million to provide integrated logistics support and sustaining engineering services in support of F/A-18 A-F and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy and the...
South China Sea Dispute: Chinese Vessels Prevents Filipino Flag Planting At Panatag
The territorial row in South China Sea has further escalated with an incident where Chinese coast guard vessels prevented members of a Filipino nationalist youth group from planting a Philippine...
Pakistan To Hire Lobbying Firm For Easing Defence Procurement from the US
Pakistan has set out to hire a lobbying firm in the US to smoothen defence procurement in Washington and to prevent fiascos such as the recent collapsed F-16 sale. The US...
Airbus Helicopters Completes First Firing Tests Of HForce Weapon System
Airbus Helicopters has recently completed a first round of firing tests with HForce, a generic weapon system in development for the companys commercial helicopter range. The innovative system, which includes...
BAE Systems Launches Armor Penetrating 7.62mm Ammo
BAE systems has launched a new 7.62 mm bullet with ability to penetrate targets such as lightly protected vehicles and aircraft at an increased range in comparison to standard NATO rounds
Lockheed Martin Partners With Interset For Threat Detection Solutions
Lockheed Martin has entered into a commercial cyber partnership with Intersets insider threat detection solution during the 2016 Gartner Risk and Security Summit conference in National Harbor, Md. “Insider Threats pose one of the highest risks...
Vietnamese Su-30 Fighter Jet Crashes Into The Sea
A Vietnamese Air Force Su-30 fighter aircraft crashed into the sea after taking off from Sao Vang airport on a training mission this morning. A local fisherman, said he saw a plane falling down into the...
North Korea Breaches South’s Internal Networks, Steals Military Information
North Korea had penetrated into the internal networks of the South Korean affiliates of two conglomerates and subsequently stole and deleted an approximate 42,000 documents including some containing military information. According to the National Police Agency...
Pakistan Ahead Of India, Israel and North Korea In Nuclear Warheads: SIPRI
According to a study published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its annual nuclear forces data, Pakistan still has higher number of nuclear warheads than India and also beats Israel and North Korea. The...
India Eyes Germany For Torpedoes After Blacklisting Finmeccanica
The Indian defense ministry is now looking towards Germany to buy torpedoes for its six under-construction Scorpene submarines. Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar is on a three-day visit to Germany where he will be exploring the...
Spanish Cristobal Colon Frigate To Undergo Combat System Certification Test
Spanish frigate will undergo tests of its combat systems certification for over a period of six-weeks. The certification will be a milestone for the country's shipbuilding industry as well as the Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate...
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