India To Upgrade Six Kamov Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters
India will upgrade six of its Russian made Kamov 28 anti-submarine warfare helicopters besides overhaul of another four. The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared the proposal for the upgrades on Saturday,...
NATS To Continue Work With QinetiQ To Facilitate Live Weapon Tests
UK ‘s air traffic services provider NATS has won a seven year contract extension to continue its work with QinetiQ to facilitate live weapons tests at ranges, including the use...
Russia To Unveil New Drones In June
Russia will unveil its new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) including “Eleron”, “Orlan-10″, “Forpost” and “Gorizont” drones at the first International Forum Army-2015 held from June 16-19, the Defense Ministry said...
L&T Wins $228 Million Contract For Indian Offshore Patrol Vessels
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won $228 million contract from the Indian Ministry of Defence to construct seven Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The contract is...
Avionics Services To Produce Heron-Based UAV
Avionics Services, the Brazilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) arena, is heading to produce Medium Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, the “Caçador”. The manufacturing process will be taken by the local industry...
Ingalls Shipbuilding Wins $604 Million US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has won a $604.3 million modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis guided missile destroyer DDG 121 contract for the US
HAL Orders Saab’s Integrated Defense Aids Suite For Indian Dhruv Helicopter
Saab announced today that it has received follow-on orders worth US$ 78 million (SEK 740 million) from Hindustan Aeronautic Limited (HAL), India, to produce integrated electronic warfare self-protection system for installation on the Indian Armys...
IAI To Showcase UAVs, AEW&C Suites During LAAD 2015
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today that it will showcase UAVs, Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) suites suitable for a variety of aircraft, electro-optical sensors, radars and precision guided weapons systems during LAAD 2015...
Curtis-Wright Corp To Evaluate COTS Airborne Radar Signal Processing For USAF
Curtiss-Wright Corp announced today that it has been contracted to assess the capability of cost effective commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to perform airborne radar signal processing for the US Air Force organized Next Generation...
Airbus' Dauphin Helicopters To Serve In Japanese Police And Firefighting Missions
Airbus Helicopters announced today that it has received an order of two more Dauphin helicopters along with the three others scheduled for delivery later this month, for Japans law enforcement and firefighting agencies. The latest order...
Japan, India Decide To 'Enhance' Defence Equipment And Technology Cooperation
Defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, is on his maiden visit abroad to Tokyo for holding defence dialogue with his counterpart General Nakatani since Sunday. The two held the detailed dialogue yesterday, defence ministry said here in...
IAI To Supply Four Super Dvora Mk3 Patrol Boats To An African...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today that it has won a contract to supply four Super Dvora Mk 3 Fast Patrol boats to an African military customer. The contract is worth tens of millions of dollars...
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