Italy Orders Two FREMM Frigates Under OCCAR Contract
OCCAR announced Tuesday that Italy has placed its order for two further Italian FREMM (Fregata europea multi-missione) frigates, exercising an option under the OCCAR (French Organisation conjointe de coopération en...
US Navy To Spend $681 Million On Tactical Data Links Research And
US Navy will be spending an estimated $681 million over the next ten years on the Tactical Data Links research and development program, Forecast International reported Tuesday. Tactical datalinks are communications...
Gripen, Rafale, US Aircraft Contenders For Swiss Fighter, Eurofighter Opts Out
Swedish Gripen, a US fighter and French Rafale are major contenders for the Swiss fighter aircraft but the Eurofighter has opted out without providing any reason, Swiss Defense Minister Ueli...
Dassault To Supply Falcon 2000 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft To Japan Coast Gaurd
Dassault aviation announced today that the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has selected the Falcon 2000 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) to enhance its operational fleet. The Falcon 2000 MSA, based on a...
Poland To Buy Patriot Missiles In $5 Billion Deal
The US and Poland governments will negotiate an agreement on purchase of Patriot medium-range air/missile defense systems for Poland, President Bronislaw Komorowski announced Tuesday. The president along with the prime minister...
Rheinmetall Passes Acceptance Test For Indonesian Leopard 2 Simulators
Rheinmetall announced today that it has successfully passed acceptance tests for Leopard 2 simulators for the Indonesian Army. Rheinmetall has produced driving simulator and gunnery simulator systems for training Indonesian Leopard 2 tank personnel
Poland Pre-Selects Airbus H225M Caracal Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters and its partner Heli Invest Services announced today that the Polish Ministry of Defense has pre-selected H225M Caracal Helicopters. We are fully committed to providing Poland with the best product and support for this...
India,France Likely To Finalize Rafale Deal By May End
India and France may finalize procurement of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) by the end of May, IHS Janes reported Monday. IHS Janes believes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have...
South Korea Unveils TR-60 Unmanned Tiltrotar
South Korea has unveiled TR-60 unmanned tiltrotar which is able to take off and land vertically like a helicopter, while flying like an airplane, Arirang News reported Monday. The tiltrotar is capable of staying in air...
South Korea Earmarks $8 billion To Deter North Korean Nuclear Missiles
South Korean Defense Ministry has earmarked nearly 9 trillion won ($8.31 billion) to secure military capabilities from 2016-2020 in a bid to detect and destroy North Koreas nuclear arms and ballistic missiles, The Korea Herald
Philippines Scraps UH-1 Helicopter Deal, Blacklists Supplier
Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has scrapped the controversial P1.2- billion ($27 million) UH-1 helicopter project and ordered blacklisting of the supplier, the joint venture between Rice Aircraft Services Inc and Eagle Copter Ltd...
KAI Finalizes $1.4 Billion South Korean Chopper Development Deal
Korea Aerospace Industries has won a 1.64 trillion won ($1
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