Russian Navy To Replace Flagship Cruiser With Nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser By
Russia has planned to replace the flagship cruiser of the Navy's Northern Fleet, Pyotr Velikiy, with nuclear guided-missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov by 2020. "The Admiral Nakhimov is scheduled for maintenance," Navy...
Raytheon Wins Phalanx Heavy Machine Guns Production Contract
Raytheon has won a $159.9 million contract from the US Navy to make Phalanx heavy machine guns that defend ships against incoming missiles
Malaysia Signs AugustaWestland Helicopters Deal
Malaysia has signed a US$126.8 million worth agreement to buy two Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters
Lockheed Martin To Produce Sensor-Enhanced Sniper Pods For USAF
Lockheed Martin has won a $176.1 million contracts from the US Air Force for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) production and upgrade kits that will convert Sniper ATPs to...
Northrop Grumman To Conduct Trials of Solid State Laser Weapon Prototype
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation has won a $53.1 million contract from the US Navy for a solid state laser (SSL) weapons demonstrator
Russian Navy To Get Buyon-M Corvettes By 2019-End
Russian Navy will own ten Buyan-M class missile corvettes armed with Kalibr cruise missiles by the end of 2019. The Navy previously mentioned that it planned to receive six such warships
BAE Systems, IDT Develop Radiation-Hardened Big Data Microprocessors
BAE Systems has developed a new microchip technology for space applications that will allow greater volumes of data to be transferred at speeds higher than ever before possible during space missions. The new space-grade microchip, known...
Saab Wins Latvian Contract For RBS 70 Missiles
Saab has won a contract from Latvian Ministry of defense for Robotsystem (RBS) 70 missiles. Deliveries will take place during the period 2015-2016, the company announced today
Lisa Atherton Appointed As Executive Vice President Of Bell Helicopter's Military Business
Bell Helicopter has appointed Lisa Atherton as executive vice-president of military business. In this role, Atherton will be responsible for providing strategic direction, overall management and performance for all government programs and business development efforts
Saab Dissolves Security and Defence Solutions Biz
Saab today announced the dissolution of its Security and Defence Solutions unit as part of a restructuring of its business units starting January 2016. A company statement said that Saab expects organic sales growth in 2015
UK Plans 166bn Pounds Spend On Aircraft Carriers, Subs
The UK Ministry of Defence has published its latest equipment plan for spending 166 billion Pounds on new equipment including aircraft carriers and submarines over the next decade. The Spending plan is a part of a...
Selex EX Laser Anti-collision System Installed On Italian NH90 Helicopters
The first laser based anti-collision LOAM (Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring) system for helicopters has been installed aboard a NH90 TTH, recently delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defense. The Selex ES-made LOAM navigation aids for...
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