Japanese Second Izumo-Class Helicopter Carrier To Be Launched By August End
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) second Izumo-class Helicopter Carrier DDH-184 will be named and launched by the end of this month. The carrier was commissioned on 25 March this...
Iran To Renew S-300 Missile Systems Contract Next Week
Iran is expecting to renew a contract for the delivery of Russian S-300 missile defense systems by next week. The necessary mechanisms to review and update the agreement are in place,...
DynCorp To Provide Multi-Platform Vehicle Support Services To Iraqi Army
DynCorp International (DI) has won a $45 million contract from the US Army to provide multi-platform vehicle support services to the Iraqi Army. This contract with one-year options has a total...
Bell To Develop Weapon Systems For Pakistani Attack Helicopters
The US Department of Defense today has awarded a US $85 million contract to Bell Textron Inc to develop weapon systems to support US, Pakistani government helicopter fleet and US...
BAE Systems To Support UK Armed Forces Secure Communications System
BAE Systems has won a $9.9 million contract from UK Ministry of defense to support and train personnel in using the Falcon secure communications system
Lockheed Martin’s Ballistic Missile Defense System To Get Weibel Legacy Devices...
Lockheed Martin will use Weibel Scientific A/S legacy in radar systems to ballistic missile defense (BMD) by creating the Gap-Filling Tracking Radar (GFTR). "Weibel currently produces a series of sophisticated Continuous Wave Doppler radar systems that...
US Naval Research Lab Tests Amphibious Drone Successfully
The US Naval Research Lab (NRL) recently tested a drone that can land on water and travel under water. The new drone, named Flimmer is designed to carry sensors into places difficult for regular vehicles
Harris Corporation To Supply Falcon III Tactical Radios To Middle East Nation
Harris Corporation has won an $11 million order from a nation in the Middle East to supply the Harris RF-7800 series of Falcon III multiband, multi mission radios. The order was booked and shipped during the...
Philippines Expects FA-50 Fighter Jet Deliveries This Year
The Philippines military is anticipating the arrival of 12 FA-50 jets from Korea this year to bolster its meager fighter fleet. The FA-50S were mere "transition aircraft" toward more advanced fighters jets, Philippine...
Elbit To Supply Command And Control, Artillery Systems To Asian Country
Israel's Elbit Systems has won a $27 Million contract to supply command and control and ATMOS long-range artillery Systems to an Asia-Pacific Country. This is a follow-on contract for this customer and will be performed over...
Russia To Unveil Futuristic Fighter, Bomber Aircraft Models At MAKS
Russia is working on several futuristic fighter and bomber models in addition to the PAK-FA stealth fighters, scale models of some of which will be displayed at the upcoming MAKS 2015 air and defense exhibition...
US, Germany To Withdraw Patriot missile system From Turkey
Germany and the US have plans to withdraw patriot missile batteries deployed in Turkey. These had been deployed about three-years-ago as a part of NATO mission to Strengthen Turkeys air defense against a possible attack from...
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