Turkey To Place First Order For Indigenous Regional Jets
Turkey may place its first order for indigenous regional jets that are currently under construction. The defense procurement officials have said that the Turkish General Staff will place the orders for...
Lockheed Martin Wins $318 Million Support Contract For Hellfire II Missiles
Lockheed Martin has won a support contract worth $318 million to provide Hellfire II missile hardware and component production requirements for the US Army and the Air Force. The contract awarded...
Boeing Delivers 14th Mk6 Chinooks To UK
Boeing has completed the United Kingdoms order of 14 Mk6 Chinook helicopters with the last Mk6 Chinook delivery, the company announced yesterday. The completion of the £1bn contract signed...
Bangladesh Gets Yak-130 Combat Trainer, Agustawestland AW139 Rescue Helicopters
Bangladesh Air Force received Yakovlev Yak-130 multi-role helicopter and Agustawestland AW139 search and rescue helicopter on Sunday. The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft...
Finmeccanica Rejects Boeing Bid To Buy Westland
Boeings attempt to make a bid to buy Italian Westland helicopter maker has been rejected by Finmeccanica. The takeover attempt was also part of a tortuous wrangle between Boeing and Finmeccanica...
UK RAF Dismantles Four Typhoons To Serve Others In Fleet
The UKs Royal Air Force has dismantled four Typhoon fighter jets so as to use their spare parts to ensure optimum aircraft availability. The spare parts will be moved between aircraft within the RAF typhoon fleet...
South Korea To Develop Stealth Drones To Counter North’s Long Range Artillery...
South Korea will develop a stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to counter North Korea's long-range artillery and mobile missile systems. The development is part of the 31 research projects to be conducted by the...
Iran’s Cyber Police Arrests 53 IS Sympathizers In Last 20 Months
Irans cyber police unit, FATA claims to have arrested 53 people supporting Islamic State (IS) sympathizers on the internet over the past 20 months. “Some of those individuals who had backed the IS dogma out of...
S.Korean Government Under Pressure To Restart KF-X Fighter Program From Scratch
The South Korean government is under pressure to restart its fighter jet program KF-X and cancel the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters if needed. Growing uncertainties to procure technology transfer from the US is stated as...
India May Reissue VSHORAD Tender Under Domestic Make And Buy Category For...
India may reissue $1.5 billion man-portable very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) system tender under domestic ‘make and buy category for Indian companies
India, Russia To Sign Su-30MKI Spares Pact Soon
India and Russia may soon sign a contract for express delivery of Su-30MKI spares. The spares agreement will provide an express process for the delivery of spares for the fleet for the next five years...
India Likely To Sign $15 Billion Defence Deals With Russia
Moscow and New Delhi are likely to sign defense agreements worth around $15 billion that include S-400 missile defense system, Mi-175V attack helicopters, Kamov multirole choppers during Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Moscow. Modi is...
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