China Building Longest Aircraft Carrier Base In South China Sea
China is building the worlds longest aircraft carrier base at Hainan Island in South China Sea to deploy guided missile nuclear submarines. China has completed basic construction work on 700 meter...
Russia Unifies Air Force, Anti-Air And Anti-Missile Defense Forces To Form...
Russia on Monday announced merging its Air forces, anti-air and anti-missile defenses under unified command, Aerospace Forces. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the creation of a new branch of Russias...
Philippine's DND Cancels $142 Million Missile Deal With Israel
The Philippines Department Of National Defense (DND) has cancelled the army's P6.5-billion (US$142 million) Shore-Based Missile System (SBMS) deal with Israel
Singaporean Firm Charged With Facilitating Arms Shipment To North Korea
A Singaporean shipping firm is being charged over facilitating payment of arms shipment that included two MiG-21 jet fighters, anti-tank rockets as well as SA-2 and SA-3 surface to air...
Australia To Build New Frigates And Patrol Boats For $65 Billion
Australia on Tuesday announced a US $65 billion shipbuilding package to construct new frigates and patrol boats indigenously. The decision on an international supplier for replacement submarines will be made in...
China To Induct J-20 Fifth Gen Stealth Fighter In 2017
Chinese first fifth-generation stealth fighter will be inducted in People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in 2017. “It will take another two years for the Chengdu Aircraft group to complete development of the aircraft,” Kanwa Defense...
Raytheon' Standard Missile-6 Hits Ballistic Missile In Test
Raytheons Standard Missile-6 successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile near the Hawaii coast last week. The Pentagon was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday that following the July 28 test, the SM-6 will be deployed...
Britain Awards $2.3 Billion To Secure ‘New Style of IT’ And Communication
Britain has awarded two contracts worth $2.3 billion to provide a secure ‘New Style of IT (NSoIT) and communication systems
US Navy Successfully Tests Modified Hellfire Air To Ground Missile
The US Navy has successfully test-fired modified AGM-114L Hellfire missiles as part of its Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM). One of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) intended Mission Modules, the SSMM is intended to increase...
Israel Completes Sikorsky CH-53 Rotorcraft Upgrade
Israel has completed upgrading its Sikorsky CH-53 heavy-lift rotorcraft fleet of 23. The modernization program launched in 2006 cost an approximate $2 million per unit and the upgraded helicopters will be able to fly in 2025
Meggitt To Supply Ammunition Handling Systems For British Army's Scout Vehicles
Meggitt Defense Systems has won a $42.1 million contract from Lockheed Martin to supply ammunition handling systems for Scout armored vehicles operated by the British army
Lockheed Martin Technology Aids Pilots, UAS Operators Share Data
Lockheed Martin has deployed the first components of a UAS traffic management (UTM) system that helps pilots and UAS operators to share data, which is necessary to remain safe. Lockheed Martin's online Flight Service Pilot Web...
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