Bidders Fail To Meet Philippines Patrol Aircraft Requirements
Seven companies bidding to win the Philippines long range patrol aircraft worth $136 million have been unable to meet the requirements set by the Defense department. The Special Bids and Awards...
Russia's Fifth Gen Fighter, S-500 Missiles To Be Deployed In 2016
The Russian military will deploy the fifth generation fighter jet PAK FA and long range surface-to-air missile system S-500 in 2016, chief of Russian air forces, Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev...
QinetiQ Unveils Airborne Communications Surveillance Systems
QinetiQ has unveiled a new range of airborne communications surveillance systems. The ASX system is modular with a range of configurations allowing it be used on large, medium and small...
South Korea Expresses Interest In Buying Iron Dome
South Korea is reportedly interested in buying Israel's Iron Dome missile system, manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today. Rafael CEO Yedidia Yaari said the systems performance had fuelled foreign...
Russian Navy To Get Novorossiysk Submarine For Black Sea Fleet
The Novorossiysk diesel-electric submarine built by Varshavyanka for Russian Black Sea Fleet will be handed over to the countrys Navy on August 28, ITAR-TASS reported citing an unnamed military source...
India Offers Increase In Apache Helicopter Orders
India has offered a follow-on order of 39 AH-63D Apache helicopters in addition to the 22 being negotiated to cut down costs, Indian media reported. India had earlier offered to buy 22 Apache attack helicopters and...
India To Buy 262 Barak-I Anti-Ship Missiles From Israel
The Indian government is moving the cabinet committee on security (CCS) to buy 262 Barak-I anti-ship missiles worth $163 million only two weeks after New Delhi voted for a UNHRC resolution against Tel Aviv on...
Kamov Offers Seaborne Helicopters To India: Reports
Russias Kamov helicopter design bureau and Russian Helicopters are ready to jointly supply modern seaborne helicopters for the Indian Navy on request, Kamov Chief Designer Sergei Mikheyev said on Tuesday, according to ITAR TASS. “Upon...
Boeing To Install Digital Flight Desks, Avionics For NATO AWACS
Boeing has received a contract from NATO worth approximately $250 million to install digital flight decks and avionics on 13 of the alliances Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which are based on the...
IAF To Prolong Operational Life Of Kiran Trainer Aircraft
The Indian Air Force is set to prolong the operational life of trainer aircraft Kiran, Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said in Parliament Tuesday. The IAF has not been able to resolve critical wing and airframe design...
General Dynamics Fidelis, Crowdstrike Partner Threat Intelligence Program
General Dynamics Fidelis partnered with Crowdstrike to provide access to shared threat intelligence that helps customers with prevention, detection, attribution and remediation of cyber-attacks in real-time. CrowdStrike provides Fidelis XPS customers with a broader range of...
Finmeccanica Ban To Affect Indian MMRCA, Mirage Upgrade Projects?
Indias long-awaited MMRCA project with Dassault could be affected in the wake of New Delhis decision to stay all future projects with Finmeccanica, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Finmeccanica holds a 25 per cent share...
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