Alliant Wins Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile procurement Contract For US, Australia, Italy
Alliant Techsystems Operations has won a $118 million contract to procure the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) services for the US Navy, Australia and Italy. The procurement includes conversion of AGM-88B...
Estonia To Receive First Javelin Anti-Tank Missile System This Week
Estonia will be receiving its first Javelin anti-tank missile system at the end of this week. “More systems and missiles will arrive in the coming weeks, which can be used for...
US Long Range Strike Bomber To be Subsonic, Carry Nuclear Weapons
The US Air Forces Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) will fly at subsonic speeds over an extensive range and carry a variety of munitions including nuclear weapons. Details of the LRS-B...
US To Resupply Precision Guided Munitions To Saudi Arabia
The US will be resupplying Saudi Arabia with Thousands of precision-guided weapons that include Boeings Joint Direct Attack munitions. “Also included would be a resupply of Raytheons Paveway bombs,” Bloomberg quoted...
Rheinmetall Offers Boxer Reconnaissance Vehicle To Australia
Rheinmetall has offered the latest BOXER 8x8 Cavalry Reconnaissance Vehicle, Lance Turret and Northrop Grumman C4ISR Architecture to Australia. The company announced Thursday that it has submitted a bid in response...
UK Receives Second RC-135 Aircraft Seven Months Early
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has received second RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft seven months early from the US. “The aircraft was handed over today at RAF Mildenhall will be deployed on operations within weeks,” the...
Turbomeca Delivers First Arrius 2R Engine To Bell Helicopter
Turbomeca (Safran) has delivered the first Arrius 2R engine to Bell Helicopter in August 2015, on schedule. Selected to power the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, the Arrius 2R is the only turbine in the 500...
Russia Could Sign Indonesian Su-35 Aircraft Deal in A Month
Indonesia could sign a US$1 billion contract with Russia to buy a squadron of Su-35 fighter jets within a month. The Impending sale which was confirmed by Defense Minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu yesterday has come as a...
Telephonics To Raise Equity In Mahindra Telephonics From 26% To 49%
Indias Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has issued approval on August 14 for Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems (MTIS) to increase Telephonics Corporations equity stake from 26% to 49%. Steps are being taken by both the partners...
Australian Bushmaster Armoured Protection Vehicle Gets India's Attention
India is keen to buy Australian Bushmaster armoured protection vehicle to use them for policing the country'sborders. Australia will be providing technical details to India next week on the indigenous Bushmaster armoured protection vehicle or protected...
India Eyeing US Scorpion Jet Offer
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is keen on the US offer of Textrons AirLand Scorpion light-attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. IAF recently asked HAL to stop work on the intermediate jet trainers (IJT)...
Israel Unveils ‘Iron Dome of the Sea' missile defense system
The Israeli Navy on Wednesday has unveiled its new missile defense system ‘Iron Dome of the Sea in a defense exercise. The defensive exercise was conducted, focusing on Israel navy's Shayetet 13 unit expelling terrorists, who...
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