India Asks Japan to Bid for Submarine Project
India has sent a “feeler” to Japan eliciting its interest to participate in the Project 75i submarine bid to build six vessels with air independent propulsion in India. The RFP for...
Indian LCA Tejas Achieves Cold Start Success
With three consecutive start-ups of its engine after overnight soak in extreme cold(around -15ºC) conditions of Laddakh winter, that too without any external assistance, Tejas, the Indian Light Combat Aircraft...
Airbus Delivered 471 Helicopters, Booked 402 New Orders in 2014
Airbus Helicopters has delivered 471 helicopters from the companys civil, parapublic and military product lines and booked 402 net orders last year. In addition, the backlog was adjusted to include a...
Cubic Corp Wins $500 Million DTRA Contract For Countering WMDs
Cubic Corp's Mission Support Services announced today that it has won a $500 million Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) contract for countering weapons of mass destruction. DTRA is the US MoDs...
Ukrainian Armed Forces Inducts Antonov An-70 STOL Transport Aircraft
Antonov announced that its An-70 military STOL transport aircraft has been handed over to the Ukraine Ministry of Defense on January 22, 2015. The transport aircraft will serve Ukrainian Armed Forces...
Exelis' Information Systems President Joins Wash100 As Strategic Government Contracting Leader
Exelis' Information Systems President Pamela Drew is inducted as strategic government contracting leader into Executive Mosaic Wash100. ‘Published annually, Wash100 is a "premier group of leaders who create value for the American public and execute strategic...
DynCorp Wins Task Order Totalling $93.3 million From Naval Air Systems Command
DynCorp International has won a task order and a contract totaling $93.3 million to provide aircraft maintenance and logistics support for aircraft assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon
Pilatus To Showcase PC-12 NG Aircraft At Aero India 2015
Pilatus will showcase their next generation aircraft, the PC-12 NG at Aero India 2015, scheduled to be held between February 18 and 22 at Bengaluru. The latest upgrade of the popular PC-12 has exciting new features...
Dassault Aviation Sales Down 20%, Rafale Orders Steady
Dassault Aviation has recorded a 20% downfall in sales last year. However, the manufacturer of the Rafale fighters and Falcon business jets announced an increase of 11% in order intake in 2014, bringing its
US Stops Military Helicopter Resale To Nigeria Citing Human Rights Violations
The resale of US-made military helicopters by Israel to Nigeria has been stopped by the US for its fight against Boko Haram last summer, according to Abuja. “The transfer of such aircraft requires...
Leidos’ Unmanned Anti-Submarine Warfare Vessel Completes First Self Guided Voyage
Leidos announced today that its prototype maritime autonomy system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program recently completed its first self-guided voyage. The voyage was...
BAE Systems Wins $147 Million Communication System Support Contract For US
BAE Systems has announced Monday that it has won a $146.7million engineering and technical support for communication and combat systems contract from the US Navys Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
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