AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor Completes First Ground Run
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced Wednesday that the third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed its first ground run at the companys facilities in Cascina Costa, Italy. Aircraft AW609 A/C3 began restrained...
Rheinmetall To Provide 10,000 Armor-piercing Ammo For German Puma IFVs
Rheinmetall has won a series of contracts for production and delivery of 10,000 rounds of 30mm X 173 calibre armor-piercing ammunition worth over for €12 million to Germany. Besides production and...
Orbital ATK To Provide Small Calibre Ammo To US Army
Orbital ATK has received orders worth $210 million to produce three kinds of small caliber ammunition to the US Army. The orders are for 5
Indian Law Ministry Raises Objection Over Rafale Fighter Deal
The Indian government has said that the Law ministry has raised some objections over the off-the-shelf purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from France. "Ministry of Law & Justice have made certain...
Russia, China To Conduct Computer Enabled Command And Staff Exercise This Month
Russia and China will conduct a first joint computer enabled command and staff exercise on anti-missile defense in May. "In May, according to the decision of the Heads of military departments...
Elbit Systems Tests Night Attack Flight System For Helicopters
Elbit Systems has performed a series of demonstration flights using BrightNite system, a solution that enables utility helicopters to perform Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) missions. The goal of the flights was to demonstrate the systems performance...
Kalashnikov To Start Production Of Lebedev Pistol Next Year
Kalashnikov will launch production of Lebedev pistol (PL-14) early next year. The new weapon testing, commissioned by the RF Ministry of Defense, will be completed this year, announced Aleksey Krivoruchko, CEO of Kalashnikov Concern
US Subsidy Cut On F-16 Purchase May Force Pakistan To Eye Chinese...
The US decision to cut subsidy price on the sale of up to eight F-16 fighters may force Pakistan to turn to Chinese fighter jets. The US on Tuesday told Pakistan to fund itself for the...
US Approves 24 Kiowa Warrior Choppers To Tunisia For $101 Million
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved sale of 24 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters to Tunisia for an estimated cost of $100.8 million
Indonesian Su-35 Deal Signing During Russia-ASEAN Summit in Moscow
Indonesia will sign a deal for the procurement of eight 4.5 generation Sukhoi Su-35 during the Russian-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in Moscow in the third week of this month
CybAero Tests Ship Based APID One System From Swedish Corvette
CybAero has ended a test campaign with their ship based system APID One in the last week of April. The clients of the campaign were FMV (the Swedish Defence Procurement Agency) in collaboration with the Swedish...
Technodinamika Concludes $25 Million India's Russian Aircraft Maintenance Contracts
After-sales service for Indian Air Force in 2015 exceeded INR 166 Crores (1.6 Billion Rubles) Russian Technodinamika has concluded after-sales service delivery contracts worth INR 166 crores (US $25 million) with the Indian Air Force (IAF)...
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