Lockheed To Open Training Centre For C-130J, LM-100J Customers
Lockheed Martin plans to open an international Training Center (ITC) for customers of C-130 military as well as LM100J commercial flight at the corporation's Marietta, Georgia, Aeronautics facility. The center is...
Rosoboronexport To Hard-sell Tanks, Armored Vehicles At Russian Arms Expo-2015
Rosoboronexport is hardselling military tanks and armored vehicles at the Russian Arms Expo (RAE)-2015, held from September 9 to 12. Rosoboronexport will hold presentations at the International Exhibition of Arms, Military...
China Unveils New Light Attack Helicopter At Tianjin Expo
China has revealed its new light attack helicopter Z-19E for the first time at the Tianjin international helicopter exposition that starts today. The export version Z-19E, developed by Harbin Aircraft Industrial...
Airbus TO Supply 100 Ecureuil Helicopters To Chinese Financial Leasing Company
Airbus Helicopters will supply 100 Ecureuil series light single-engine rotorcraft to Chinese CM International Financial Leasing (CMIFL) over five years. The initial order of 10 units is to be delivered in
BEL Opens Integrated Test Bed Facility For Missile Integration
Bharat Electronics (BEL) has established an Integrated Test Bed Facility for missile and weapon Systems Integration at Bangalore. The ITBF is a first-of-its-kind in India for testing and integration of missile...
BAE Systems Tech to Do Away With Earphones For Soldiers
BAE Systems has developed a prototype communication device to improve soldier safety by using bodys natural ability to transmit sound through bone conduction and do away with earphones. “The prototype system will harness the body's natural...
Indian Army To Get First ‘Dhanush’ Howitzer In November
Indias indigenously-developed 155mm artillery gun ‘Dhanush is set to be handed over to the army in November. This would be the first artillery gun to be inducted since the Bofors scandal of 1987
Switzerland To Buy 6 Israeli Drones For $256 Million
The Switzerland parliament has approved to acquire six Israeli surveillance drones, worth $256 million. The Council of States approved the purchase Monday by 30 votes against 12, whereas a left-wing minority argued in particular on human...
Boeing To Test Anti-Submarine Weapon Onboard P-8A Poseidon
Boeing has won a $23 million contract for testing a high-altitude anti-submarine warfare weapons capability on the P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Maryland (50 percent); and Seattle, Washington (50 percent),...
China Liberalizes Private Entry Into Defence Research
China today slashed restrictions on the types of arms that private firms are allowed to develop without licenses. The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA)...
South Korea To Introduce S-3 Viking ASW Planes Against NK Threats
South Korea is planning to introduce overhauled S-3 Viking anti-submarine warfare (ASW) planes for countering North Korean threats. A military program review group approved last month the proposal to incorporate 12 former US Navy Vikings into...
Airbus Withdraws From Japanese Tanker Aircraft Tender Citing Terms Favor Boeing
Airbus has decided not to bid for the Japanese air-to-air refueling tanker aircraft contract worth over a billion dollars citing terms of tender favor its rival, Boeing. “The RFP allowed Japan to buy tankers under the...
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