Yak-130 To Be Reconfigured As Fighter-Bomber For Export
Russia plans to re-configure its Yakovlev Yak-130 combat training aircraft into a fighter-bomber for export. The highly manoeuverable aircraft would challenge the likes of the Saab Gripen, BAE Systems Hawk 200...
Raytheon To Produce AN/APY-10 Radars For US Navy's P-8A Poseidon Aircraft...
Raytheon announced today that it has won a $153 million multi-year contract to produce 53 maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for the US Navy's fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon...
Kalashnikov Unveils Multi-Purpose Pistol At Army-2015
Kalashnikov Concern has unveiled a prototype of Lebedev designed 9mm multi-purpose pistol (PL-14) at Army-2015, military-technical forum in Kubinka Wednesday. The concept of the pistol was developed jointly by the experts...
Embraer Sells Five Super Tucano Light Attack Aircraft To Ghana
Embraer Defense & Security and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Ghana have signed a contract for the acquisition of five A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced...
Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 To Train Italian Pilots For Eurofighter Operations
Italian Air Force will start testing the capability of Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchis M-346 Master, a military transonic trainer aircraft, as an "aggressor" in dissimilar combat training missions with the Eurofighter aircraft. Starting...
Small Arms Maker Colt Files For Bankruptcy, Receives Buyout Offer
US based Firearms manufacturer Colt has filed for bankruptcy after it failed to garner support of bondholders for a debt reshaping agreement, the company said in a statement last Sunday. "Colt plans to try to reduce...
Safran To Supply Internal Guidance Technology For BrahMos Missile
Frances Safran (Sagem) will supply a crucial internal guidance technology for Indias BrahMos missiles, various media reported today. France has agreed 'in principle' to India's request for the technology
Russia Displays Helicopter Carrier Model Similar To Mistral
Russia has started working on a helicopter carrier similar to the stalled French Mistral and is expected to join the forces in 2018, Tass reported last week. Russia recently displayed the layout of the ship similar...
Selex ES Wins Gabbiano Radar Contract For Brazilian KC-390 Aircraft
Selex ES announced Thursday that it has won a contract from Embraer Defense & Security to provide an undisclosed number of Gabbiano T20 radar systems for the Brazilian KC-390 transport aircraft. Deliveries will begin this year...
Data Link Solutions Wins $478.6 Million JTRS Terminals Contract For US Navy,...
Data Link Solutions (DLS) has won a $478.6 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for the production, development and sustainment of Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS...
AeroVironment Delivers Wasp Drone To Australian Defense Force
AeroVironment announced Wednesday that the Australian Defense Force (ADF) this month received and began training exercises with the companys RQ-12 Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system. ADF placed an AUD $7
HAL Selects Honeywell’s Turboprop Engine For Its Military Training Aircraft
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited announced Thursday that it has selected Honeywell Aerospace to provide the engine for its prototype HTT-40 military training aircraft. Honeywells TPE331-12B turboprop engine will enable Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to simulate a...
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