Bavarian Police Receives Upgraded Airbus H135s Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters announced today that it has delivered the first retrofitted H135s choppers to the Bavarian Police in Germany. The H135s, currently showcased at the ongoing Paris Airshow is upgraded to...
Saudi Arabia Orders Four Airbus C295W Transport Aircraft
Saudi Arabia has purchased four C295W medium transport and surveillance aircraft after carrying our complete evaluation, Airbus Defense and Space said at the Paris air show on Tuesday. “The C295W is...
Piaggio On Target For Hammerhead UAV Certification
Piaggio Aerospace, Italian aircraft manufacturer, is progressing to achieve the certification of its HammerHead unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The company is shifting its focus into the defence aviation market, company CEO...
Russian Force Practice Flying Forpost, Orlan-10 Drones In Tajikistan
The operational group of Russian Forces, stationed in Tajikistan, have practiced with the Russian homemade drones Forpost and Orlan-1o at night in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. The use of both...
Russian Kurganets-25 Armored Vehicle Production To Start In 2017
Russian Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) along with Kurganets-25 tracked modular platforms serial production can be launched in 2017, Tass reported Tuesday. “Works on APCs, armored vehicles and armored recovery vehicles are...
Northrop Grumman Delivers Next-Gen LITENING Targeting Pod To US Military
Northrop Grumman announced Wednesday that it has delivered its 500th AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING targeting pod in the G4 configuration to the United States military. The LITENING G4 features advanced 1K sensors, laser imaging and advanced image processing...
SM-6 Missile Successfully Intercepts Supersonic Target From 'Over-The-Horizon'
The US Navy's USS Desert Ship (LLS-1) crew test fired a Raytheons Standard Missile-6 at a medium-range supersonic target, successfully engaging the simulated 'over-the-horizon' threat. The company announced Wednesday that this mission was the next in...
New AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Completes Operational Test, Evaluation Live Fires
The US Navy and Raytheon completed operational testing and evaluation live fires of the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II infrared air-to-air missile. The company announced Wednesday that testing and evaluation consisted of 16 planned shots against a...
Pakistan To Finalize Russian Mi-35 Helicopter Purchase
Pakistan is close to finalize a purchase of Mi-35 ‘Hind E attack helicopters from Russia, Dawn reported Thursday. “The agreement will be signed very soon,” Dawn quoted an unnamed military source as saying soon after the...
Lockheed Martin To Provide Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods To Jordanian Air Force
Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday that it has won a contract to deliver 10 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) in support of urgent operational requirements. Apart from delivering 10 Sniper...
Antonov To Establish Plant In Saudi Arabia For AN-132 Aircraft
Ukraines state-owned Antonov aircraft company has signed a contract at Paris air show to construct an airplane factory in Saudi Arabia for producing the new AN-132 light transport aircraft, RT News reported Wednesday. Antonov will participate...
US To Deploy 14 Ships In Japan
The US plans to send 14 ships to the Yokosuka base led by a Ronald Reagan Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super-carrier that is bound to arrive this autumn. The US has deployed a guided-missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville equipped...
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