Sikorsky To Provide 8 UH-60M helicopters To US Army For $88 Million
Sikorsky Aircraft has won $88 million contract to provide eight UH-60M aircraft to the US Army. Work is expected to complete by June 30, 2017
Rheinmetall To Upgrade Swiss Air Defense Systems
Rheinmetall will upgrade the fire control units and guns of the 35mm medium-calibre Oerlikon Skyguard air defence system of the Swiss armed forces. The contract also includes an overhaul of the...
India’s Union Minister Flies Sukhoi Su-30MKI Fighter
Indias Union Minister Kiren Rijiju flew onboard a Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft from Halwara Air Force Base, Punjab on Wednesday. Mr Rijiju flew for about 30 minutes in the supersonic jet, which...
HAL To Complete 222 Su-30MKI Manufacturing Order By 2019-20
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) will require four more years to manufacture the remaining 48 Su-30MKI aircraft out of a total order of 222 fighters placed with it by the Indian...
Russia Orders Toros Tracked Armored Vehicles For Arctic Region Units
Russia may deploy new Toros tracked armored vehicles for its units in the Arctic region. "Russian servicemen in Arctic need armoured fighting vehicles modified for the harshest climatic conditions of the...
Syria Receives MTs-116M Sniper Rifles From Russia: Media Reports
Syria has reportedly received a batch of MT-116M sniper rifles from Russia. The National Republican Guard have issued the sniper rifles to one of the womens units of the service, Tass quoted Syrian media outlets as...
Thailand To Procure VT-4 Main Battle Tanks From China
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has signed an agreement with China to procure MBT-3000 main battle tanks. The contract to procure an initial 28 MBT-3000 (or VT-4, as referred by China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO)) was...
Ceradyne Wins $92 Million Body-Armor Contract For US Armed Forces
Ceradyne, Inc, a 3M company, has been awarded a $92.7 million body-armor contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency for delivery of 177,000 pieces
Thailand Mulls Buying 12 Russian Mi-17V5 Helicopters To Replace American CH-47 Chinooks
Thailand plans to purchase Mi-17V5 helicopters from Russia for the army for disaster mitigation and troop deployment. The purchase of the Russian military transport helicopters is needed as the army lacks planes to replace the American...
US B-52 Bomber Catches Fire in Guam, Crew Safe
The US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber has crashed in Guam, a US island territory in the Western Pacific, today. "A B-52H Stratofortress preparing to take off for a Continuous Bomber Presence mission aborted on take-off...
Brazil, Sweden To Receive Grippen E Fighter Aircraft From 2019
Deliveries of the next generation Saab Gripen E for Sweden and Brazil will begin in 2019, it was announced at the aircrafts unveiling ceremony yesterday. The Gripen E has a significantly improved avionics system
Boeing Retains US Air Force Executive Aircraft Maintenance Role
Boeing will continue maintaining and supporting the US Air Forces C-32A and C-40BC executive aircraft through a new seven-year $319 million contract awarded in March. The Air Force uses the C-32A and C-40BC, which are based...
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