Rafale Fighter Deal In Final Stages, Future Procurement As Per New ‘Roadmap’:...
Indias negotiations with the French government to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft is in its “final stages.” Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that issues that came up in talks...
Lockheed Martin Develops Digital Array Row Transceiver Tech For Radars
Based on the use of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology, the Digital Array Row Transceiver (DART) results in greater performance within current Lockheed Martin radar products, lowers life-cycle costs and increases...
Israel Defence Force Selects Meprolight Combat Sights
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has selected Meprolight to supply thousands of combat sights, known as MEPRO M5 Red Dot, from next month onwards. The MEPRO M5 Red-Dot Sight, is an energy-efficient,...
Russia Tests Topol M Nuclear Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Russia test- fired its RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a 550 kiloton yield nuclear warhead over 10000 kms range. The launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile based...
One Kilogram of TNT Brought Down Russian A321 Airliner over Sinai
Russia has confirmed that a home-made bomb exploded in mid-air causing the crash of the Russian Airbus A321 airliner in Egypts Sinai region killing 224 passengers and crew on October...
India Ready To Test Fire Barak NG Long Range Missile
India's Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM), Barak NG, being co-developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries, is set to be test-fired from a naval warship this month. The LR-SAM is capable of intercepting incoming targets at...
Russia To Exhibit Security Systems At Milipol-2015 Exhibition In France
Rosoboronexport will be demonstrating its comprehensive security management systems for cities and important facilities at the Milipol-2015 internal state security exhibition in France. These projects envisage the use of over 200 types of special equipment and...
Airbus To Develop Low-weight Helicopter Armor Under UK R & D Program
Airbus Helicopters will partner with a UK firm, NetComposites under the Dual Use Technology Exploitation (DUTE) cluster, to help develop and produce lower weight, lower cost helicopter armour at an increased rate and enable more...
USAF Completes Testing Of Non-nuclear Gravity Bomb
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and United States Air Force (USAF) have tested non-nuclear version of the B61-12 gravity bomb at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. The test was performed in a realistic guided flight...
Lockheed Martin To Upgrade US Navy's Aegis Missile Defense Systems
Lockheed Martin has won a $36.7 million contract from the US Navy to upgrade Aegis anti-aircraft and anti-missile tracking systems with a new computer program
US Approves $1.3 Billion 'Smart' Bombs Sale To Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved $1.29 billion worth sale of 22,000 smart and general purpose bombs to Saudi Arabia
Oshkosh To Upgrade US Army's 100 Mine-Resistant Vehicles
Oshkosh Defense has won a $11 million contract from the US Army to upgrade 100 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The MRAP vehicles are more resistant to improvised explosive devices than the older Humvees in...
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