Ukroboronprom Offers Upgrade Of Turkish, Polish Armored Vehicles
Ukrainian Ukroboronprom has offered to upgrade Turkish and Polish armored vehicles. The state concern has continued negotiations with European defense firms to establish technological and industrial cooperation in upgrading armored vehicles...
German Troops To Fight Islamic State, No Cooperation With Assad
The German cabinet has approved plans to join military campaign against Islamic State in Syria will ruled out any cooperation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A German official quoted by Reuters...
US Navy Delivers First APKWS Laser-Guided Rocket Units To Jordan
Jordan has received the first Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket units from the US Navy. The Navy and BAE Systems recently shipped 110 Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System...
Dyncorp Wins Saudi Land Forces Maintenance Contract
DynCorp has won a $61 million, five-year, foreign military sales contract from the US Army to provide maintenance services for Saudi Arabias Land Forces Aviation Command. The contracts estimated completion date...
Russia Deploys Howitzers And Rocket Launchers In Syria
Russia has deployed heavy artillery and MRL reinforcements to Syria after several 130mm shells were fired by the Syrian rebel groups outside Latakia. Russia has transferred two types of heavy weapons...
HAL To Double Production Capacity Of LCA Tejas To 16 Each Year
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics is likely to double the production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to 16 each year to meet the government target of 100 aircraft for Indian Air Force (IAF). The IAF has decided...
Sikorsky Wins US Army Chopper Maintenance Contract
Sikorsky Company has won $833 million contract from the US Army for maintenance work of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The contract will see Sikorsky performing fixed engineering, program management and systems engineering sustaining work, the US...
Russia Arms Sukhoi Su-34 Bombers In Syria With Air-to-Air Missiles
Russian aircrafts participating in the military operations against terrorist organizations in Syria carried out their first sorties equipped with air-to-air missiles yesterday, Russian Defense Ministry announced on Monday. The measure is intended to deter Turkish fighter...
Lockheed Martin Receives $279 Million Funding For Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship
Lockheed Martin has received the remaining funding of $279 million for the construction of the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) from the US Navy, the company press release said. The advanced procurement funding of $79 million...
Indian Defense Minister To Discuss Joint Military Equipment Production With USA
Indian defense minister Manohar Parrikar will head for his first official visit to the US this week to discuss proposals for co-production of military equipment. The discussion also includes proposals to bolster maritime security, counter-terrorism and...
Last Boeing C-17 Military Cargo Plane Goes To Qatar
The last C-17 Globemaster III, built at a Southern California Boeing plant did fly over, marking the end of an era for the californias once-thriving aerospace industry in the USA. The jet, which can hold more...
Few Defense Manufacturers In India May Qualify For Strategic Partnership
India's defense ministry task force has proposed weightages and assets criteria that permit only few Indian private defense manufacturers to qualify for strategic partnerships. The task force, known as Aatre, was set up to identify Indian...
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