BAE Systems To Modernize 23 Assault Amphibious Vehicles For Brazilian Marines
BAE Systems has been awarded an $82 million contract to modernize and deliver 23 upgraded Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV7A1) for the Brazilian Marine Corps. The vehicles, which will be the Reliability,...
Boeing-Lockheed Say LRS-B Selection Irreparably Flawed, Protest Not Meritorious Comments Northrop
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have reaffirmed their objection to the US Air Forces October award of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman, dismissing the lengthy source-selection...
Germany Aims To Develop New Fighters To Replace Tornados
Germany aims to hold talks with European partners in 2016 to develop a new fighter to replace Tornado fighter jets. Reuters reported that a draft document by the Defense Ministry on...
Philippines Plans $1.8 Billion Defense Spend To Tackle Chinese Threat
Philippines has allocated 83.9 billion pesos ($1
Cyberbit To Provide CyberShield Trainer And Simulator To RUAG Defense
Elbit Systems subsidiary, CYBERBIT has been awarded a contract to provide RUAG Defence with its CyberShield-Cyber Security Trainer and Simulator (T&S). The contract is in an amount that is not material...
Iran To Drop Lawsuit Against Russia Before S-300 Missile Supply
Iran will drop lawsuit against Russian Rosoboronexport before the supplies of the first S-300 missile systems are delivered. "[Now the lawsuit] has not been dropped
Rosoboronexport To Tighten Export Rules To Combat Counterfeiting
Russia is working on a stricter legal and regulatory framework for companies offering repair services abroad for previously supplied military equipment without appropriate license issued by the Russian authority. A meeting of the Economic and Information...
Airbus To Deliver Five SPEXER 2000 Coastal Radars To Malaysia
Airbus will deliver five of its newest SPEXER 2000 Coastal radars to Malaysia in order to monitor coastlines and prevent illicit intrusions. “SPEXER 2000 Coastal radar uses Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) radar technology
Stealth Wheels For China's Missile Transporters
Chinese missile transporters displayed during the September 3 military parade had their wheels fitted with ‘stealth technology to prevent observers from calculating the missile and warheads weight. This was disclosed by China Aerospace Science and Industry...
Thales Gets New Head Of Media Relations
Cédric Leurquin has joined the Thales group as Head of Media Relations and Newsdesk. He reports to Matt Pothecary, Vice-President, Group Communications at Thales
Malaysia Eyes Buying Pakistani JF-17 Fighter Aircraft
Malaysia is considering to buy the JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighters from Pakistan. Malaysias High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Hasrul Sani bin Mujtabar was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune news daily that his country...
Saab Offers Fifth Gen Gripen Manufacture In India With Tech Transfer
Saab has offered to manufacture its fifth generation Gripen fighter aircraft with technology transfer to India. Saab is not only offering to set up base in India but also help in the development of aerospace capability...
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