US Navy Receives 200th Romeo Helicopter From Lockheed Martin
The US Navy received its 200th MH-60R "Romeo" helicopter from Lockheed Martin following a patch signing with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven-Two (HSM-72), the company said in a statement today. The...
Pentagon To Spend $1 Trillion To Upgrade Its Nuclear Arsenal
The Pentagon announced Friday that it would spend $1 trillion to upgrade an array of missiles, submarines and bombers, local media reported. The emergency spending program will be carried out in...
MS-21 Aircraft Mass Manufacturing To Begin In 2017
The new Russian airliner MS-21 Aircraft is expected to undergo first test flight in 2016, and the mass manufacturing will begin in 2017, the Minister of Industry and Trade Mr...
Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi-30 Fleet Will Be Back In Service This Week...
Indian Air Forces frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi-30 fleet grounded after a crash in Pune on October 14 will be back in service within a weeks time, Air Force Chief Arup...
China, Pakistan To Sell JF-17 Thunder Jet Fighter To Unidentified Middle East...
China and Pakistan may soon sell fighter jets developed jointly to an unidentified Middle Eastern country, Bloomberg reported today. The report says that they are in advanced talks with the country...
Russia Will Issue Deadline In French Mistral Helicopter Carrier Delivery
France has to deliver the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier to Russia by the end of this month or else face serious legal consequences; a high ranking source in Moscow was quoted as saying by Sputnik...
General Dynamics Wins Canadian Contracts For Enhanced UAV Surveillance, Global Mercury Anchor...
General Dynamics has won three contracts worth $311 million for the Canadian defense forces that include providing Mercury Global anchor stations and surveillance system for light armored upgrade vehicles, the company announced Thursday. Two of these...
Dassault Launches “Engineered To Fly” Solution For Small And Medium Defense Suppliers
Dassault Systems announced the launch of “Engineered to Fly” digital continuity from design engineering to manufacturing solution for small and medium sized aerospace and defense suppliers during its annual 3D Experience Forum, North America Wednesday. Aerospace...
ThalesRaytheon Systems Completes System Testing Of Nato’s ACCS Program
ThalesRaytheon Systems announced today that it has successfully completed system testing for NATOs Air Command and Control System program (ACCS). The tests demonstrated the systems ability to operate in a network configuration linking the pilot sites...
Turkey Plans To Re-Launch Controversial Missile Deal
Turkey is likely to cancel the missile defense systems with China and call for new bidders early next year, AFP reported today. Turkey was in negotiations with China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation (CPMIEC) to acquire its...
Russia Denies Providing BrahMos Technology To China
Russia has rubbished claims that it gave China the BrahMos missile technology which it jointly developed with India after Beijing unveiled the new CX-1 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) at the Zhuhai Airshow 2014. Developed by...
USAF To Unveil First Non-Tactical Electric Vehicle Fleet
The US Department of Defense (DoD) first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) will be unveiled by the U.S
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