Lockheed Martin Sees A Partner In Tata For India’s F-16 Flagship
Lockheed Martin is eyeing Tata Group as a potential partner for F-16 flagship in India. “Naturally we would gravitate to Tata,“ George Standridge, Lockheeds vice president for Aeronautics Strategy and Business...
General Dynamics Delivers 30 Two-Channel Manpack Radios To US Army For Evaluation
General Dynamics has delivered 30 new two-channel Manpack networking radios to the US Army for evaluation. The digital radios are the first to be delivered by General Dynamics under the Army's...
Finland To Sell Nearly Half Of Patria To Kongsberg
Finnish state owned company Patria announced a plan to privatize a portion of the company by selling it to Kongsberg, a partially state-owned defense company in Norway. "The competition authorities have...
Russia To Deliver Two Frigates To Vietnam In August, September
Vietnam will receive two Project 11661 Gepard-3.9-class frigates built by Russias Zelenodolsk Shipyard in August and September this year
L-3 Communications Wins $302 Mln US Navy’s C-12 Aircraft Logistics Contract
L-3 Communications is being awarded a $302 million contract for logistics services in support of the C-12 utility lift aircraft for the US Navy. The contract also includes post-production, full commercial-type...
General Electric Preferred Bidder For South Korean KF-X Fighter Jet Engines
South Korea has selected General Electric (GE) as the preferred bidder for its next-generation Experimental (KF-X) fighter jets. The South Korean procurement agency, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) made the selection public on Thursday,
Israeli Spyder System ‘Favorite’ For Indian Army’s $2.6 Billion SRSAM Program
Israeli Spyder air defense system is a frontrunner for Indian armys INR 18000 crore (US $2.6 billion) short-range surface-to-air missile (SRSAM) program
Korea To Buy Weaponry Worth $3 Billion This Year
South Korea plans to import arms worth 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion) this year to enhance its defense capabilities
Austal Delivers High Speed Support Vessel To Oman
Austal announced that it has delivered RNOV Al Mubshir to the Royal Navy of Oman. The RNOV Al Mubshir is the first of two 72-metre High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs) to be delivered to the Royal...
Australian First P-8A Poseidon Takes To Skies
Australias first P-8A Poseidon aircraft has completed its maiden flight. The aircraft flew a short distance from Renton Airfield to Boeing Field in Washington State USA, to where the P-8As sophisticated mission systems will be installed...
Estonian Milrem Tests Autonomous Ground Vehicle
Milrem has announced that its unmanned ground vehicle passed tests by the Defence Forces Logistics Battalion during Spring Storm (Kevadtorm), a simulated battlefield event. Soldiers tested the Milrem vehicle for three days, using it mainly for...
Indian HAL, BEL Sign Avionics Knowledge Transfer Memorandum
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) have signed an MoU with an aim of mutual cooperation and knowledge transfer in avionics. “The umbrella understanding includes sharing of expertise in design, development, engineering and manufacturing...
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