Kazakhstan To Receive Mi-35M Helicopters By Year End
Kazakhstan will begin receiving the undisclosed number of Mil Mi-35M combat helicopters by end of this year. "The first deliveries of this helicopter (Mi-35M) through the Rosoboronexport (Russias arms...
Rheinmetall, MBDA To Exhibit New Air Defense System At ILA Berlin Air...
Rheinmetall and MBDA will exhibit a new defense system concept for close- and very close-range protection against airborne threats for the first time at the ILA Berlin Air Show. This solution...
Lockheed Martin Delegates Meet C-130J RORO University Challenge Winners
A team of Lockheed Martin executives visited the Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), and Tata Sikorsky Aerospace Limited (TSAL) facilities in Hyderabad on May 31 to meet the winners of...
Iran Showcases Three Home-grown Defense Tech
Iran has unveiled three homemade defense technologies, including a GPS system. They comprised a one-megawatt Local Positioning System (LPS) transmitter, which Iranian defense minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said, would render...
Israel To Receive Three Super Hercules Transport Planes By Yearend
The Israel Defense Forces will be receiving another three Super Hercules transport planes by the end of the year, supplementing the three aircraft it already has at its Nevatim airbase...
L-3 Communications Wins $1.9 Billion KC/KDC-10 Airframe Logistics contract
L-3 Communications has been awarded a $1.9 billion contract for KC/KDC-10 airframe contractor logistics support
Admiral Lanba Takes Over As New Indian Navy Chief
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba has taken over as Indian Navy Chief on Tuesday, as Admiral RK Dhowan superannuated from service. “I am sure under his leadership, the Indian Navy will execute every task,” the ex-chief of...
Finmeccanica Blacklist Is Retaliation For Marines' Return: Italian Media
Indias decision to cancel all on-going tenders for defence equipment won by Italys Finmeccanica is in retaliation to return of the marines involved in killing two Kerala fishermen in 2012 to Italy. Accoridng to Italian publication,
Russia Launches Sixth Varshavyanka-class Diesel-Electric Submarine
The sixth Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine of Project 636.3 Kolpino, intended for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was launched on Tuesday at the Admiralty Shipyard (Admiralty Wharves) in St
Airbus To Review Preliminary Design Of High-Speed Rotorcraft Demonstrator By Yearend
Airbus Helicopters earlier this year passed an important milestone in the development of the high-speed, compound helicopter demonstrator currently being built as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. A mockup of the breakthrough...
Russia To Present Automated After-Sales Service For Land Weapons At KADEX-2016
Russias Rosoboronexport will present a new automated after-sales service (ASS) system for land forces weapons, military and special equipment at the KADEX Arms Exhibition 2016 to be held on June 2-5, 2016 in Astana,...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica To Start Deliveries Of AW101 SAR Helicopters To Norway From March...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica will start delivering AgustaWestland AW101 Norwegian All-Weather SAR helicopters in March 2017 and will complete by 2020. The company made the announcement after it unveiled the new SAR helicopter at its Yeovil facility in south-west...
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