Scotland Split Could Shake Up UK Defence Preparedness and Industry
The UK defence establishment could be significantly impacted if Scottish voters vote “yes” on the Sept. 18 referendum over independence from the UK
Italian AF’s Predator Completes First Sortie In Gulf of Aden
The Italian Air Forces 32nd wing, which operates the remote controlled aircraft known as Predator, completed their first tasking with the EU Naval Force On Tuesday 4 September. ...
F-35 Program Member Nations To Meet In Norway
The leaders of the multinational F-35-program will meet in Norway on September 25, Norway Ministry of Defense reported Tuesday. This is the second JSF steering board meeting with all nine partner...
Northrop Grumman To Develop Next-Gen RF Sensors Using AESA
Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate advanced wideband digital antenna technology for next generation radio frequency (RF) sensors using...
DARPA "Grows" Lasers On Silicon Wafers To Form "Quantum Dots"
DARPAs Electronic-Photonic Heterogeneous Integration (E-PHI) program has successfully integrated billions of light-emitting dots on silicon to create an efficient silicon-based laser. The breakthrough, achieved by researchers working on the program...
HAL Proposes Formation Of Indian Aeronautics Commission
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is suggesting the formation of Indian Aeronautics Commission and bring various organizations and institutes currently functioning under different ministries under one umbrella. “This will ensure greater cohesion, synergy, understanding and speeding-up...
China Exhibits New Air Defense System On Prime Time Television
China unveiled its advanced air defense system, the HongQi-10 (Reg Flag 10) surface-to-air missile, during a prime-time news bulletin Wednesday. The missile was shown being fired from ships and land-based mobile launchers, and exploding in the...
Russian Helicopters To Showcase Various Commercial, Military Helicopters At AAD 2014
Russian Helicopters will bring a number of commercial and military models to the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2014 (AAD 2014) aerospace and security exhibition in Pretoria, South Africa, from 17-21 September. Among the models on show...
ThyssenKrupp Eyes Australian Next Generation Submarine Bid
ThyssenKrupp has made a bid to build the next generation of submarines for Australia in a joint-venture with Adelaide-based Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) and comes in under $20 billion, according to AFR reports. Although no official...
Raytheon Wins $109 million Patriot Missile Services Contract
Raytheon has won a $109 million engineering-services contract to ensure readiness of the Patriot air missile and defense system from the U.S Army Aviation and Missile Command Wednesday
U.S Navy Reaches Out To Industry For Next Gen Fighter
The U.S Navy has sought technical insights from the defense industry for the next-generation replacement for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler in the 2030s, USNI reported
Pilots Not Killed in Carrier Testing, Western Media Got Translation Wrong, Says...
China today refuted western media reports which claimed that two Chinese air force test pilots were killed during J-15 fighter aircrafts carrier testing and qualification. The source was a citation of the China Flight Test...
Russia’s “Magic Bullet” Against FPV Drones?
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