24 Airbus Caracal Helicopters In US$2.5 Billion Kuwait Arms Deal
Kuwait will sign an agreement to procure 24 Airbus Caracal helicopters in a US $1.1 billion defense deal from France Wednesday
Russia, Belarus To Form Joint Defense Mechanism In Two Years
Russia and Belarus have agreed to form a joint armed defense mechanism of the Union State within two years. "We have approved [at the collegium meeting] the plan of joint activities...
Crack in Western Alliance, Canada To Stop Bombing In Iraq And Syria
Canada has signalled to withdraw its fighter jets from fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Canadas Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau on Tuesday told US President Barack Obama that the...
KAI, Airbus MOU For Helicopters, Satellites, Planes
South Korea's Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has agreed to step up strategic cooperation in the aviation industry with Airbus Group for greater technical cooperation. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was also...
Sikorsky Set To Build Super Hawk presidential Helicopters In India
Lockheed Martin has started to construct the first lot of six VH 92 Super Hawk helicopters that transport the US president in India. The new generation helicopter is based on the...
US Navy, Allies Test-Intercept Targets With Raytheon's SM-3 Missile System
The US military and eight allied nations on Tuesday have test-intercepted dummy ballistic and cruise missiles with Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IA guided interceptor. The test is an important first demonstration of that capability in Europe,...
India To Discuss FGFA, Multi-Role Transport Aircraft With Russia Next Month
Indian defense minister Manohar Parrikar will be discussing the delayed fifth generation fighter aircraft development program along with multi-role transport aircraft on his visit to Moscow next month. The minister will co-chair a meeting of Inter...
F-16V Fighter Completes Maiden Flight
Lockheed Martin has completed the maiden flight of the F-16V combat aircraft with Northrop Grumman's advanced APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR). The SABR will deliver a quantum leap in capability...
Lockheed Martin To Provide Q-53 Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radars To US...
Lockheed Martin has won an $85 million contract to deliver seven AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counter fire target acquisition radar to US Army. Mounted on a five-ton truck, the Q-53 can be rapidly deployed, automatically leveled and remotely...
US To Approve $11 Billion Littoral Combat Ships Sale To Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved a planned sale of four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) worth $11.25 billion to Saudi Arabia
Canada May Dump F-35, Open New Competition
The new Canadian government will dump F-35 stealth fighter jet and will open a fresh competition to replace Canadas ageing fighter jets. The victorious Liberals leader Justin Trudeau had earlier in September during the election campaign...
Russia To Introduce Combat Robot Prototypes In Two Years
Russian Uralvagonzavod plans to introduce test models of new combat robots in a couple of years. "We will be able to show prototypes in 1
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