Saudi Arabia To Get $500 Million Munitions To Fight Houthi And Al-Qaida
The US state department has approved $500 million sale of numerous ammunition types including a million High Explosive Dual Purpose rounds to Saudi Arabia. The list of items requested by Saudi...
Sweden Reduces Interest Rate For Brazilian Gripen NG Fighter Deal
Brazil and Sweden have agreed on reducing the commercial interest rate on the purchase of 36 Gripen NG fighter jets for the Brazilian Air Force. Brazil is now looking at refinancing...
Russia, China Building Hypersonic Missiles
China and Russia are developing manoeuvring hypersonic missiles that pose as new threat for the US. Adm
India Falls Short Of Tanks And Artillery Ammunition
India faces serious shortage of ammunition especially for tanks and artillery and has stocks enough for only 10 days of war. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had noted...
Alenia Aermacchi Tests C-27J Battlefield Airlifter With New Winglets
Alenia Aermacchi has completed dedicated flight-testing following the modification to add winglets to the C-27J battlefield airlifter configuration. A Finmeccanica statement claimed that this was part of a series of product...
Rafale Negotiating Team to Prepare Draft Agreement
A draft agreement to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft will be prepared by the Indian team after concluding negotiation with their French counterparts. Indian defence minister Manohar Parrikar told parliament that team has commenced negotiations but...
Boeing Delivers Seventh C-17A Globemaster III aircraft To Australia
Boeing has delivered its seventh C-17A Globemaster III aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), strengthening its military, humanitarian and disaster relief support capabilities. The arrival of the new aircraft at RAAF Base in Australia...
Selex To Upgrade Royal Air Force's Puma Rotor-craft With New Radar Warning...
Selex ES has won a $30 million contract from the Royal Air Force to upgrade Airbus Helicopters SA330 Puma HC2 rotorcraft fleet with a SG200-D Radar Warning Receiver. The radar replaces the Sky Guardian 200 that...
Aselsan, Havelsan Win $220 Million In Turkish Landing Platform Dock
State-controlled defense firms Aselsan and Havelsan have won a 200 million euro (US $219 million) electronic systems sub-contract for the Turkish navys first landing platform dock (LPD). The companies announced the signing of the contract with...
Embraer Delays Two-Year For KC-390 Certification
Embraers certification for the KC-390 tanker-transport has delayed to the second half of 2017. Further, Embraer is planning to deliver the first KC-390 cargo jets in the first half of 2018, extending a deadline originally set...
Thales To Supply Sighting Systems To General Dynamics For UK’s Scout SV...
Thales will supply sighting systems and ancillary equipment to General Dynamics for the production of UKs Specialist Vehicle (SV) program. Under the terms of the £125 million (US $195 million) contracts, Thales will supply 245 vehicle...
Boeing Introduces First Growler Airborne Electronic Attack Aircraft
Boeing has introduced the EA-18 Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft, which is the first of 12 for Australia under a US $2.2 billion acquisition program
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