BAE Systems Wins $187.4M Contract To Support RCS Integration For US Navy's...
BAE Systems has won a nine-year contract worth $187.4 million from the US Navy to support radio and communications systems design and integration for 13 surface combatant ships
South Korean FA-50 to Bid in Peru’s Fighter Purchase Program
South Korea is seeking to bid in Perus Fighter purchase program worth US$1 billion with its FA-50 light attack aircraft. "We've been pushing to sell 24 units of the FA-50 to...
Embraer KC-390 Military Transport Marks Hour Long First Flight
Test pilots flew the Embraer KC-390 military transport and aerial refuelling jet for 1 hour and 25 minutes, marking its first successful flight. "This first flight is a fundamental step toward...
Brazil Developing Homemade Missile For Gripen NG Fighters
Brazilian Air Force announced last week that it has been developing homemade air-to-air missile, A-Darter by partnering with South Africa's Denel Corp. The missile is said to be 90%...
Argentina To Buy Chinese APC, Warships
Argentina is expected to buy the Chinese Norinco VN1 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) and sign a deal to co-produce the P18 export corvette during a February 3-5 visit of...
France Offers $500 Million Mirage 2000-5F Mulitrole Aircraft To Columbia
France has offered 18 Dassault Mirage 2000-5F multirole aircraft for $500 million to Columbia. As per the offer, $350 million is the cost of the eighteen surplus aircraft, and $150 million is for the cost...
CybAero Starts Factory Testing Of Unmanned Helicopter Systems For China Customs
CybAero announced today that it has commenced factory testing for its three Unmanned Helicopter systems to be delivered to China Customs in January 2014. The systems are to be stationed on three new vessels China Customs...
Lockheed Martin To Look For Indian Partnerships During Aero India 2015
Lockheed Martin has expressed that it is on a lookout for more opportunities with key industries in India. Lockheed Martin will focus on AGM-114R multipurpose HELLFIRE II, DAGR missile systems, K-MAX, E2D Hawkeye and Javelin during...
Poland To Acquire Bombs, AMRAAM Missiles For Its F-16 Fighters
Poland's Armament Inspectorate on Saturday has placed a tender to acquire AMRAAM training missiles and 200 guided and 300 unguided bombs for its Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Jastrząb fighters. Poland aims at buying 32 practice CTAM-120C AMRAAM...
Russia Delivers Four Mi-28 Attack Helicopters To Iraq
Russia has delivered four Mi-28 attack helicopters to Iraq to counter Islamic State (IS), Russian Military Source was quoted as saying by Interfax Sunday. The helicopters were part of earlier contracts Iraq signed worth around $4
US Mulls Supplying Javelin Anti-Armor Missiles, Arms And Ammunition To Ukraine
The Pentagon might reconsider supplying Javelin anti-tank missiles, arms and ammunition to Ukraine in its fight against Russia- backed separatists, US administration officials said Monday. The decision has not been made yet
Northrop Starts Production Of South Korean Global Hawks, To Deliver By 2018
Northrop Grumman announced Monday that it will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea's Air Force. The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military...
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