Northrop Grumman Wins Australian F/A-18 Advanced Targeting Systems Logistics Follow-on Contract
Northrop Grumman has won a contract from Royal Australian Air Force to continue providing logistics support for its F/A-18 Hornet Target Designation Systems, which use the AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING pod. The...
US Denies S. Korea Permission To Sell Supersonic Jet To Uzbekistan
The US has denied permission to South Korea to export $400 million worth 12 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan. The US refusal is another blow to Korea's program...
Russia Deploys Sophisticated Electronic Surveillance Aircraft Over Syria, Iraq
Russia has deployed Ilyushin-20 (IL-20 Coot) surveillance planes over Syria and Iraq to collect data from long distances and for all weathers. Russia has deployed over 30 Sukhoi fighter jets, cargo...
India-Israel To Develop AESA Radar For LCA Tejas
India will develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with Israel for the next generation of its Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA). The Indian air force has accepted the indigenous...
Serbia Eyes Russian Combat Helicopters, Missile Defense System
Serbia is eyeing to purchase combat helicopters, ballistic missiles from Russia. "Now we will have to and we have already begun to look at buying combat helicopters, because some of our...
Russian Spy-Group Tried Hacking MH17 Investigation
A Cyber-spy group is reported to have attempted to hack the Dutch Safety Board officials computers tasked with the MH17 air crash investigation. Pawn Storm, a Russian spy group believed to have close connections with the...
India's Mareech Anti-Torpedo System Ready For Induction
Indian Naval Science and Technological Laboratory has developed an advanced torpedo defense system to divert incoming enemy underwater torpedoes and is ready for induction. The torpedo defense system, Maareech has completed trials and will soon be...
India Offers Tejas LCA Against Pakistani JF-17 Fighter For Sri Lankan MiG...
India has offered its Tejas Licght Combat Aircraft (LCA) to Sri Lankan Air Forces bid to replace its ageing Israeli Kfirs and MiG 27s. Tejas will be competing against Pakistans JF-17 fighter (a variant of Chinese...
Women Fighter Pilots For IAF From Next Year
The Indian Ministry of Defence has approved women as fighter pilots who will be inducted into the combat stream of the Indian Air Force from next year. Since their induction into the transport and Helicopter streams...
Lockheed Martin Wins USAF Contract For Boosting Sniper Targeting Pod Accuracy
Lockheed Martin has won a $176 million contract from the US Air Force for Sniper Advanced Targeting-Pod Sensor Enhancement kits. Sniper ATP-SE has improved sensors, a two-way datalink and algorithms that increase air-to-ground, air-to-air and maritime...
South Korea To Produce Parts For Northrop's Global Hawk Drones
South Korea has set to manufacture components for USA's Global Hawk Unmanned aircraft systems( UAS). The Global Hawk drones deliver a broad overview and systematic intelligence of target areas by using high-resolution radar and long-range electro-optical...
Russia To Upgrade S-300 Missiles System Meant For Iran
Russia is working on upgrading the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system before delivery to Iran. "The Russian-built S-300 air defense system will be modernized before being delivered to Iran, given the fact that the original contract...
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