Lockheed Martin Selects Textron For Preflight Testing Of F-35 EW Systems
Textron Systems Model 527 Radar Signal Simulator has been selected by Lockheed Martin for preflight testing of the F-35 Lightning II electronic warfare (EW) systems. Under a three-year term contract, Textron...
Thales Delivers Airborne Maritime Situation and Control System To RMAF
Thales announced at LIMA 2015 that it has delivered the first of two further Airborne Maritime Situation and Control System (AMASCOS) mission systems to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). The...
Charles River To Develop Training System For Anti-Submarine Warfare
Charles River Analytics has won a $700,000 contract from the US Navy to develop Improved Training System for Anti-Submarine Warfare. The 25-month follow-on contract for Sonar Training, Motivation, Assessment, Tailoring, and...
OSI Systems Wins $11 Million Contract For Explosives Detection Systems
OSI Systems security division, Rapiscan Systems, has won $11 million contract from an international customer to provide multiple units of RTT 110 (Real Time Tomography) explosives detection system (EDS). Deepak Chopra,...
Ka-52 Helicopters To Join Russian Air Force By 2015-End
The Russian military is expecting to receive sixteen multirole Kamov Ka-52 helicopters by this year-end. Sixteen multirole Kamov Ka-52 helicopters will be handed over to the Russian military before the...
Harris Corp Wins $450 Million Contract To Support DISA's Crisis Management System
Harris Corporation has won a $450 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide systems engineering and program management services for the Crisis Management System (CMS). The single-award IDIQ contract has a one-year...
Exelis To Showcase Electronic Warfare Technologies At Dixie Crow Symposium
Exelis will showcase a range of electronic warfare (EW) technologies at the Association of Old Crows 40th Annual Dixie Crow Symposium, held from March 22-26, in USA. Exelis will exhibit electronic warfare technologies designed to enable...
USAF Releases T-X Requirements Under ‘Bending The Cost Curve’ Initiative
US Air Force officials have released requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon under the ‘Bending the Cost Curve initiative. The release follows Secretary of the Air Force...
Patriot Missile Systems Of US Allies To Be Upgraded By Raytheon
Raytheons Integrated Defense Systems recently has won a $212.6 million contract to provide upgrades to the Patriot missile system purchased by US allies
Amphibious Aircraft Purchase May Miss Parrikar’s Japan Visit
An Indian Navy plan to purchase the Japanese ShinMaywa US2i amphibious aircraft may not happen during the proposed visit of Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Japan in two weeks time. "No decision has been taken...
Pentagon To Unveil New Version Of Better Buying Power 3.0
The Pentagon officials are preparing to unveil the latest version of Better Buying Power, a multibillion-dollar equipment and service-buying program which is aimed at improving the acquisition process the departments chief acquisition officer said in...
US Should Explain Cyber Spying; China Demands
China has demanded that the US explain its "large-scale and organized cyber spying and phone tapping activities" to the international community. The USA should explain as soon as possible, rather than making irresponsible accusations, Chinas Ministry...
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