Lockheed Martin Names Jeff Babione As New Vice President For F-35 Program
Lockheed Martin has named Jeff Babione as the new executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Program, effective January 1, 2016. Babione succeeds Lorraine Martin who has been appointed...
India Approves $650 million Upgrade of Ilyushin Aircraft Fleet
India has approved a Russian proposal to upgrade its Ilyushin tactical transport fleet with new engines and avionics costing INR 4250 crore (US$650 million) to extend its service life by...
Taiwan Plans Buying 10 MH-60R Anti-Submarine Helicopters from US
Taiwan's military is considering buying 10 MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the US to replace its aging fleet of MD500 helicopters. After the Seahawks are added to Taiwan's fleet, they...
Finmeccanica Pitching To Sell 6-8 Additional Alenia C-27J Transport Aircraft To Peru...
Finmeccanica is discussing a sale of 6-8 additional Alenia C-27J transport aircraft to Peru. “There are no bad surprises in the third quarter accounts, business is going as planned, and maybe...
Raytheon Introduces Next-Gen TOW EagleFire Launcher
Raytheon has introduced Tow EagleFire launcher, which is designed to bridge the capabilities of existing launchers and eliminate obsolescence issues. Designed to fire both the wire-guided and wireless radio frequency missiles,...
Boeing, Lockheed Martin Demand Price, Risk Scores Of US LRSB Contract Award
Boeing and Lockheed Martin team are interested in knowing how the Long Range Strike-Bomber competition was scored in terms of price and risk. In a response to the US Air Forces decision to award Northrop Grumman...
Cubic Demonstrates Flight of Encrypted P5 Combat Training System
Cubic Global Defense has demonstrated Live Flight of Encrypted P5 Combat Training System on tactical fighter aircraft. Cubic Miniature Encryptor (CME) is an encryption solution readily available to the P5CTS which will accomplish increased security for...
South Korea to Challenge China for Asia’s Defence Export Crown
South Korea is emerging as an arms exporter in its own right which may one day overtake China in Asia and several European countries. While American defence technology denial to Seoul may have dominated headlines last...
Orbital ATK Wins $426 Million US Munitions Fuze Contract
Orbital ATK has won a $426 million contract for the production of FMU-139D/B precision guided munitions and fuze accessories. The US Naval Air Systems Command contract includes qualification and first article testing activities
First Demo Dive Of US Navy Drone Submarine In 2016
The US has scheduled to demonstrate a 10-foot unmanned submarine, Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV) in the early 2016. The vehicle is still under development and will be fitted for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions,...
Are Indo-French Negotiations Over Rafale Purchase Deadlocked Over Price?
Price of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft seems to be the main sticking point in Indo-French negotiations to purchase 36 units of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA). The negotiations which commenced in May this year...
Israel To Convert Old Merkava Tank Hulls Into Armored Personnel Carriers
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is developing a new family of armored personnel carriers (APC)based on older Merkava Mk2 Tanks hulls to reduce cost. The Merkava Mk
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