Lebanon Demonstrates US' TOW-II Missiles
The Lebanese army on Wednesday conducted a live-fire demonstration of TOW-II missiles, supplied by the United States. The US Ambassador David Hale was quoted as saying by AP that the demonstration...
Thales To Provide Command And Control Capability To Canadian Army’s Light Armored...
Thales announced Wednesday that it has partnered with DRS Sustainment Systems to produce mast mounted surveillance suites, operator control systems, engineering and support for the Canadian Army's light armored vehicle-reconnaissance...
Raytheon Completes Lab Testing On New Variant Of AMRAAM Missile
Raytheon announced on Wednesday that AMRAAM-ER, its new extended range variant of advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) has successfully completed lab testing. The test validated that the missile can be integrated...
Japanese Defense Ministry Bureaucrats Lose Seniority Over Military Officers
Japanese House of Councilors on Wednesday approved an amendment related to Defense Ministry (MOD) that takes away the power of the civilian defense bureaucrats over uniformed Self-Defense Forces officers. Further, the...
MiG, Sukhoi Among 9 Russian Defense Firms At Paris Air Show 2015
Rostec Corp announced Tuesday that Russian military equipment from 37 enterprises, including nine manufacturers will be on display at Le Bourget Paris Air Show 2015. Rosoboronexport, MiG Sukhoi, Il, Russian Helicopters,...
Hungary To Ground Gripen Fleet After Second Crash Landing
Following a second crash-landing in a month, the Hungarian Air Force has decided to ground its Jas-39 Gripen fighter jet fleet. The army made an announcement after a pilot was forced to elect himself from a...
Bechtel Wins $1.5 Billion Air Force Test Operations Complex Contract
Bechtel-led National Aerospace Solutions (NAS) has won $1.5 billion contract from the US Air Force to run key operations for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee
Airbus' A400M Aircraft To Perform At Paris Air Show
Airbus Defence and Space has confirmed today that the A400M will take part in the flying display at the Paris Air Show. The aircraft known as MSN6 will be flying from Monday 15th June to Friday...
Sudan Localizes Chinese Anti-Tank Missile System
Sudan has localized the Chinese "Red Arrow" HJ-8 anti-tank missile system and the Type 86 infantry vehicle. A companys spokes person was quoted as saying by various media that the nation also aims to localize its...
Russia Test Fires Short Range Anti-missile System
Russia has successfully test-launched a short range anti-missile system destroying a simulated target, Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. "The launch was aimed at confirming the performance characteristics of missile defense shield anti-missiles operational in the Aerospace...
Saab To Provide Mission, Graphics Computers To Pilatus PC-21 Trainer Aircraft
Saab announced Monday that it has signed a SEK 100 million ($120,000) contract with Pilatus Aircraft to provide the mission and graphics computer, with a digital map function, for the Pilatus PC-21. The contract covers development,...
US DSCA Approves $1.9 Billion Three Aegis Shipboard Combat Systems To South
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Tuesday has approved a $1.9 billion contract to provide three Aegis Shipboard Combat Systems to South Korea
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