Russia To Provide Five Full Mission Simulators For SU-30MKI Aircraft
Indias Defence Acquisition Council has approved purchase of five Full Mission Simulators for Su-30MKI aircraft. The contract was signed with a Russian firm for the supply of simulators during 2015-16, Business...
Indian MoD to Sign Contracts Worth $306 Million This Fiscal
The Indian MoD is likely to sign contracts valued at INR 2,039 crore ($306 million) during the current fiscal ending March 31, 2016. The potential contracts include Phalcon AWACS aircraft, a...
Lockheed Martin is Top US Defence Contractor WIth $36 Billion in Sales
Lockheed Martin has been place as the leading US defense company with more than $36.2 billion in earnings according to the
Russia Developing New ICBM To Penetrate US Missile Shield
Russia is developing a new Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that can penetrate the US missile shield. “Russia is carrying out active work on improving its means of overcoming the missile shield,”...
Turkey To Employ Home-grown Combat Drones To Fight Terror
Turkey will employ indigenous armed drones to fight terror. Chief of General Staff Gen
Iran To Mass Produce Home-Grown 'Bavar-373' Air Defense System This Year
Iran will mass produce its indigenous air defense system this year even as it has equipped its air defense base with Russian S-300 missile system. “The Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base has received the strategic S-300...
India Not To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets As of Now: Defense Minister
India may not acquire the US F-16 fighter aircraft in the immediate future. Indian defense minister Manohar Parrikar in reply to a question in Parliament last Friday said, “ India only needs experience of flying flying...
Iran Tests Ballistic Missile Capable Of Reaching Israel: Media Report
Iran reportedly tested a medium-range ballistic missile successfully two weeks ago that can reach as far as Israel, the local media reported Monday. "We tested a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) and...
Cubic Joins USAF Warfighter Readiness Training and Research Team
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has won $200 million contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for research and evaluation of war fighter readiness and training. The Warfighter Readiness Research Division Contractor Team, led by...
US Navy Awards $166 Million Training Products and Services Support Contract To...
The US Navy has awarded multiple contracts worth $166 million to five firms to provide reengineering, development, and personal computer simulation services in support of Naval Education Training Commands Naval Training Products and Services program. “General...
Florida Firm To Provide ISR Capabilities To Cessna Aircraft
Florida-based North American Surveillance Systems has won a US Air Force $39 million contract to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities into Cessna 208B aircraft. “This contract involves pseudo foreign military sales to Chad, Cameroon, Niger...
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Win $639 Million USAF Paveway II Laser Bomb Contract
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missile System have been awarded a combined contract worth $649 million for the production of Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB). “Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Archibald, Pennsylvania (FA8213-11-D-0007); and Raytheon...
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