India Approves Purchase of Airbus C-295 Military Transport Aircraft
India Approves Purchase of Airbus C-295 Military Transport Aircraft Indias defence acquisition council tonight cleared a proposal by Airbus Defence & Space and its Indian partner, the Tata Group, to procure...
Saab To Showcase New-Gen Submarines At IMDEX 2015
Saab will showcase its new generation of submarine, A26, at IMDEX Asia 2015, the International Maritime Defence Exhibition and conference in Singapore, 19-21 May. The Saab will also display other products...
France Offers Crusie Missiles And Scorpene Subs To Poland
France has offered to supply its long range MBDA missiles and Scorpene Submarines to Poland. Paris reportedly authorized the procurement of the DCNS built submarines and long-range MBDA missiles by Poland,...
Boeing Offers Advanced Harpoon Missile To US Navy
Boeing has offered an upgraded anti-ship and land attack weapon, which doubles the range of the services existing Harpoon to US navy. The Harpoon Next-Generation is a sea-skimming land, submarine, air...
Russia To Get Several Hundreds Of BMP-3 Combat Vehicles
The Russian Defense Ministry and “Tractor plants” concern have signed a contract for the supply of several hundred infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, Tass reported Tuesday. "We have concluded a three-year contract...
Russia To Develop Multi-purpose Armoured Vehicle
Russian defense ministry has decided to develop a multi-purpose unified engineering armoured vehicle, which will bear a machine gun, means of radio electronic combat and GLONASS system. This project costs about $6
DCNS To Showcase Anti-Piracy, Anti-Submarine Combat Management Systems At SITDEF Exhibition 2015
DCNS announced that it will exhibit the Gowind 2500, the Scorpene 2000 submarines and Subtics, the OPV 90 and Canto during SITDEF exhibition in Lima(Peru) from 14 to 17 May 2015. The solutions are offered in...
Royal Armed Force To Receive £2B Worth Aircraft Fleet To Counter Russian...
The Royal Armed Force will receive a £2 billion fleet of jets to counter the Russian nuclear submarines, which are regularly patrolling the coast of Britain. They are likely to include the US developed Boeing Poseidon...
India Likely To Discuss Defense Proposals Worth $3.7 Billion Today
The Indian Defense Acquisition Council during a meeting on Wednesday is likely to discuss BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems for the Indian Navy, BAEs M777 Ultra-Light Howitzers for the Army and Avro replacement program. The government...
Turkish Navy To Get $1 Billion Landing Platform Dock
Turkish shipyard SEDEF has signed a contract during IDEF 2015 on 7th May with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) for the design and construction of one Landing Platform Dock ship for the nation's Navy. Navantia...
Airbus Demonstrates Helicopter Specific IFR Procedures
Airbus Helicopters announced Tuesday that it has successfully demonstrated low-noise helicopter (IFR) operations at an airport with commercial airline traffic. Airbus Helicopters used an H175 helicopter to fly low-noise IFR approaches to the heliport of Toulouse-Blagnac...
France Denies Sale Of Russian Mistrals Destroyer To China
France has denied Chinese media reports of possible sale of Mistral destroyers (meant for Russia) to China, Local media reported. “The French Navy is on a visit to Shanghai between May 9-15 and it may try...
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