Raytheon Wins $20 Million DARPA Contract For Hypersonic Missile Development
Raytheon announced Wednesday that it has won a $20 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop and demonstrate technology to enable air-launched hypersonic boost glide systems for...
Indian Air Force Deploys All Heavy Lift Assets For Nepal Rescue
Ilyushin-76s, C-130Js and C-17s have proved the prudence of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in their acquisitions, especially during the ongoing rescue and relief operations in Nepal. Three days after the...
Russia May Resume BlackJack Supersonic Bomber Production
Russia is likely to resume production of Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) supersonic strategic bombers, Tass reported Wednesday. “It is necessary already today to start implementing tasks not only for keeping in good...
Russia Sets To Develop Amphibious Armored Engineer Vehicles
Russia's Defense Ministry has started to develop amphibious armored engineer vehicles that are equipped with machine-guns, electronic countermeasure devices and GLONASS navigation system for its army. The next-generation unified vehicles will...
Sagem BlueNaute System To Upgrade Juniper WLB Class Vessels
The US Coast Guard has selected Sagems BlueNaute heading reference system to upgrade 12 of its Juniper WLB class vessels. Sagem announced Wednesday that BlueNaute reference system is based on hemispherical...
Fincantieri Delivers FREMM Carabiniere To Italian Navy
Fincantieri announced Tuesday that it has delivered the frigate Carabiniere within the international Italian-French program to Italian Navy. The frigate is the fourth vessel of the FREMM program Multi Mission European Frigates
Lockheed Martin Delivers First KC-130Rs To Chilean Air Force
Lockheed Martin has delivered first of two KC-130R Hercules refueling or transport aircraft to Chilean Air Force, Forecast International reported Tuesday. The KC-130R was previously flown by the USMC and offered by the US Defense Security...
Rolls-Royce To Sell Michell Bearings Business
Rolls-Royce today confirmed its intention to sell its Michell Bearings business to British Engines Limited for a cash consideration of £12.6m
Pratt & Whitney Wins $325 Million VAATE III Contract
Pratt & Whitney announced today that it has been awarded $325 million contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and beyond. The VAATE program is a joint government and industry effort to develop revolutionary...
MDA To Provide RADARSAT-2 Information To European Copernicus Program
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced Wednesday that it has won US$24 million contract from the European Space Agency to provide RADARSAT-2 satellite information to Copernicus security and environment monitoring program. The contract includes an initial...
Latin American Nations Interested In Buying BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
Brazil, Venzuela, Chile, Argentina and South Africa have expressed interest in buying Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos, Financial Express reported Wednesday. “There have been preliminary discussions with these countries
US Approves $1.5 Billion Australian Super Hornet And Growler Fighter Jet Support
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Tuesday has approved $1.5 billion contract to provide maintenance services, spare parts and logistics for Australian Air Force Boeing F/A-18E/F and EA-18G fighter jets
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