Netherland’s F-35 To Participate In European Airshow
Two US-assembled F-35A fighter jets landed in the Netherlands on Monday, ahead of the stealthy plane's European air show debut over the summer. The Lockheed Martin-built Lightning II jets, which are...
Dassault To Reduce Rafale Production If Indian Deal Fizzles Out
Dassault Aviation has said that it may decrease production of the Rafale aircraft if the deal to sell 36 aircraft to India does not materialize this year. “The ball is not...
Indian 'Dhanush' Artillery Gun Better Than Bofors Howitzer: Defence Minister
India will start manufacturing the 155mm towed howitzer, Dhanush by year end and will be better than Bofors gun, Indian Defense Minister said. “For 36 years there was no gun prepared...
Raytheon Delivering First Pulse Power Units For US Navy’s Particle Railgun Program...
Raytheon has begun deliveries of its pulse power container modules to power its experimental particle railgun for a $10 million contract. The Naval Sea Systems Command had asked Raytheon to develop...
Elbit Wins $40 Million Tactical Communication Systems Contract
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts from a European country, for the supply of advanced tactical communications systems, for a total amount of an approximately $40 million. The...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica, NTU To Develop Helicopter Manufacturing Tech
Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), signed an agreement to start research collaboration in integrated and innovative composites helicopter structure and helicopter aerodynamics. The agreement follows the Memorandum of Understanding signed in February in Singapore...
Huntington Ingalls Wins $152 Million For US Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Design
Huntington Ingalls has won a $152 million contract for initial advance procurement in support of the fiscal 2018 detail design and construction of nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). Initial advance procurement efforts include integrated...
USS Zumwalt Stealth Ship Can Hit Targets 63 Nautical Miles Away
The US Navy accepted delivery of the Stealth capable USS Zumwalt, which is equipped with two Advanced Gun Systems, capable of firing Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) that reach up to 63 nautical miles, providing...
Thales To Provide 260 Thermal Imaging Cameras For Indian T90 Battle Tanks
Thales is doing a transfer of production for 260 Catherine cameras to be installed on Indias T90 battle tanks. Thales announces the award of a contract by Beltech to provide Catherine thermal imaging cameras for Indias...
Antonov To Deliver First An-132 Aircraft To Saudi Arabia Early 2017
Antonov plans to supply its first An-132 aircraft to a customer under a contract with Saudi Arabia's scientific organization KACST in early 2017. This aircraft was designed and built with the use of Europe- and U
Russia To Test High-Speed Helicopter Demonstrator In June
Russia will start flight tests of high-speed helicopter demonstrator in June. The next stage of flight tests slated for later this year will see attempts to reach an all-time speed record of 500 km/h
Multiple Drone Strikes Killed Afghani Taliban Leader Mulla Mansour
Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was targeted and “likely killed” Saturday in a US drone strike in a remote area of Pakistan along the Afghan border, a US official said. “Mansour was the target and was...
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