China Completes Air-to-Air Missile Development For Fifth-Gen Fighter Jet
The Chinese Luoyang Electro-Optical Research Institute (LEOC) has almost completed development of its fifth-generation PL-10 short-range air-to-air missile (AAM). The missile's chief designer Liang Xiaogeng said that the PL-10 weighs 89...
L-3 Wins Communications Upgrade Contract For US Army’s Apache helicopter
L-3 Communications has won a new communications upgrade subcontract from Science and Engineering Services in support of the US Armys Apache helicopter program. The project offers increased communications capacity between the...
Harris Corporation To Supply Tactical Radio Systems To Central Asian Nation
Harris Corporation has won a $26 million to provide Falcon III tactical radios for supporting special operations forces in a Central Asian country. The orders include the Harris RF-7800H-MP wideband HF/VHF...
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Thailand To Buy Four T50 trainer jets From South Korea
South Korea has secured a $110 million contract from Thailand to export four T-50 trainer jets. The agreement was clinched between the Korea Aerospace Industries and the Thai government in...
Boeing To Showcase P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Surveillance Aircraft At Dubai Airshow
Boeing will be displaying two newest military surveillance aircraft at the Dubai Airshow held in November for pushing up international sales. Boeing is bringing P-8 Poseidon, a military version of 737...
South Korea To Host ADEX Defense Exhibition Next Month
South Korea will host a defense exhibition, ADEX 2015, next month to showcase worldwide high-tech weapons, including the US Global Hawk surveillance aircraft. The Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition that starts on October 20 will...
Rockwell Collins Wins DARPA Contract To Develop GPS Backup Technologies For Contested...
Rockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal...
India’s 145 M777 Howitzer Deal Fast-Tracked
Indias plan to procure145 BAE Systems M777 155 mm/39 calibre lightweight howitzers deal is being fast tracked by signing a letter of acceptance (LoA) by the Pentagon and Indian MoD. “LoA is in the process of...
Russia Confirms Indian Request To Test-Fly T-50 Stealth Fighter
Russian government has confirmed that they have received a request from the Indian authorities for allowing IAF pilots to fly the T-50/PAK FA, before New Delhi decides to join the FGFAs development or decides to...
Airbus Develops Counter-Drone System To Detect Intrusions
Airbus has developed a Counter-UAV System to detect illicit intrusions over critical areas at long ranges and offers electronic countermeasures minimizing the risk of collateral damage. “All over the world, incidents with universally available small drones...
Denel To Display RG21 Mine-Protected Vehicle At DSEi 2015
Denel will display RG21 mine-protected vehicle, which is capable to withstand a 21kg blast under any wheel at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi 2015). The 4X4 vehicle can also with stand a 14kg charge...
US Navy Tests Raytheon-Built SeaRAM Missile Launcher
The US Navy has launched a tactical missile from a SeaRAM launcher on an Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS) known as U.S
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