Russia To Sign $1.6 Billion Sukhoi Su-35 Aircraft Contract
The United Aircraft Corporation will sign a$1.6 billion contract with Russian Defense Ministry to deliver 48 Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft at the MAKS-2015 air show in late August
Night Fighting Tests of China's J-11 Aircraft in Tibet
China has conducted night combat training of its J-11 regiment of the PLA air force in Tibet. “A group of J-11 heavy fighters were seen taking off amid twilight on August...
India Bought $20 Billion Defense Equipment From 18 Foreign Vendors During 2014-2015
The Indian Defense Ministry has signed 18 international contracts worth INR 29,222 Crore (US $20.1 billion) between May 2014 and February 2015
India May Take the Rafale Route to Purchase Russian T-50 Stealth Fighters
India may opt for off-the-shelf purchase of three squadrons of the Russian T-50 fifth generation stealth fighters, instead of taking the earlier Joint R & D route to manufacture 127...
Thales To Provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems To US Air Force
Thales has won a contract to provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) to US Air Force (USAF). “The systems will be used in airfield environments where the ability to provide precision...
General Dynamics To Supply Software Upgraded Digital Modular Radios To US Navy
General Dynamics has won a $29 million contract to supply 56 Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) and related equipment to the US Navy. The newly built AN/USC-61(C) DMR radios will be capable of using the Mobile User...
Indra To Develop Forensic Analysis Lab For Counter-IEDs
Indra has won a €4 million contract to develop new forensic analysis laboratories for Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) used in terrorist attacks. The European Defense Agency (EDA) awarded project initially contemplates the design and supply of...
US Approves $1.5 Billion Lockheed's Aegis combat system to Japan
The US State Department has approved a $1.5 billion sale to Japan of two Lockheed Martin Corp Aegis combat systems for boosting Japan's defenses against a ballistic missile attack
Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop Win JSTARS pre-EMD contracts From USAF
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman have won pre-engineering and manufacturing development (pre-EMD) contracts from the US Air Force (USAF) to replace its Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. The companies...
Lockheed Martin To Integrate Sniper ATP On Japanese F-2 Aircraft
Lockheed Martin has won a contract to integrate Sniper-Advanced Targeting Pod(ATP) onto the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) F-2 aircraft. This initial contract, awarded through Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2014, includes a Sniper pod, spares and...
Poland To Convert Su-22 Fitter Airfield To Drone-only Base
Poland is converting its Su-22 Fitter attack plane airfield (base) to a UAV-only base. The air base will be henceforth referred as the 12th Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Base and expected to begin operation starting January 2016,...
Defense Security Service (DSS) Awards “Superior Security Rating” To Software AG
Software AG has earned a Defense Security Service (DSS) “Superior Security Rating” from US Department of Defense full security vulnerability assessment at the facility. DSS provides the military services, defense agencies, 30 federal agencies and approximately...
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