Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAS Completes Shipboard Trails For South African Navy
Schiebels CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has demonstrated its capabilities to the South African Navy from 20 to 23 October 2015 in the shipboard trials. During the trials the payload...
China's Amphibious Landing Ship Type 072B Enters Service
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned the Taihangshan, a new Type 072B landing ship last week. The ship was developed for amphibious operations at an unknown naval base...
CPI To Support US Navy's Aegis Radar Systems
The Econco Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has won a $9.7 million contract for the production of new power grid devices to support the US Navy's Aegis...
US Navy To Install Missile Systems On Littoral Combat Ships
The US Navy is considering installing surface-to-surface missiles in the next two littoral combat ships (LCS). The Littoral Combat Ship program was initiated in 2002 and has two versions
Erapsco To Supply 136500 Sonobuoys To US Navy For $179 Million
Erapsco Inc. has been awarded a $179 million contract for up to 136,500 Sonobuoys of various types to track submarines, the Defense Department announced Monday
Smiths To Supply Chemical Agent Detector For New-Gen UK Military Vehicles
Smiths Detection has won a £6 million contract from General Dynamics UK to supply chemical agent detectors for the AJAX Programme. Production of up to 589 vehicles is planned under the UK MOD programme, with deliveries...
USAF Likely To Award Next Gen Bomber Contract Tuesday
The US Air Force is likely to award a contract to develop the next generation bomber on Tuesday. Northrop Grumman and a team of Lockheed Martin and Boeing are competing for the contract, Bloomberg reported Monday...
Harris Corp Wins High Frequency Tactical Radio Antennas Contract From US Army
Harris Corporation has won a five-year, $12 million contract to provide high-frequency (HF) tactical radio antennas to the US Army. The award was received during the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the company announced today
Unlike Indian Air Force, Navy Not To Offer Combat Positions To Women
The Indian Navy will soon announce increased role for women but unlike Indian Air Force it will not allow them in combat positions yet. “All flying areas in the Navy will be opened for women except...
Russia Likely To Discuss 154 Sukhoi PAK FA Fighter Jets To India
Russia is expected to sign contract with India to deliver 154 Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fighter jets during the upcoming annual Indo-Russian summit. The agreement, which will be under the joint FGFA initiative, will include work...
Afghanistan Seeks Russian Artillery And Mi-35 Helicopters To Fight Insurgency
Afghanistan has turned to Moscow with a request to supply artillery small arms and Mi-35 helicopters to fight insurgents. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has asked for help from Russia after the US led NATO troops were...
Syria Fires Thremobaric Rocket Launchers Against ISIL
Syria has fired TOS-1A Solntsepyok thermobaric rocket launchers and Grad multiple rocket launchers against the Islamic State positions. The Syrian Army published a video of firing of the rocket launchers last week
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