Is The Pentagon Worried About China’s J-20 And J-31 Stealth Fighters?
As the F-35 fighter continues to grapple with cost overruns and technical issues concerning F-35 fighter jets, the spotlight falls on the Chinese J-20 and J-31 stealth aircraft, which may...
Top-Secret Nuclear Submarine Joins Russian Navy Fleet
The Russian Navy has inducted into service a top-secret multi-purpose nuclear submarine, also known as the Project-885 Yasen-class submarine. With its design inception was completed in 1991, the submarine is...
Fifth-Generation Russian Subs To Get Military Robots
Russia's fifth-generation submarines will be armed with military robots, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy told Ria Novosti today. "The combat capabilities of the multipurpose nuclear and conventional submarines will be improved...
UK MoD Awards Contract For Demilitarization Of Ammunition
NAMMO has won a three year Enabling Agreement by the UK Ministry of Defence for the demilitarization of ammunition. Under the agreement, the MoD will raise tasks for the demilitarization of...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Final Batch Of KC-130J Super Hercules
Lockheed Martin delivered the tenth and final US Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules tanker on 5 June, modified under the Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) program. Harvest HAWK is a...
Selex ES Wins €12 Million RAT 31 Radar Upgrade Contract
Selex ES has won a contract worth €12 million with the NATO support agency, NSPA to modernize three RAT 31 DL three-dimensional air defence radar systems. The radars are currently in active service in Turkey following...
Raytheon Tests Laser Track Excalibur S
Raytheon successfully test fired the dual-mode GPS- and laser-guided Excalibur S for the first time. Although the Excalibur S was initialized with a GPS target location, it scored a direct hit on a different, or...
Saab To Market NonLethal Technologies' IronFistTMand Cobra40TMless-Lethal Weapons And Munitions
Bofors Dynamics Switzerland Ltd (SBDS), Saabs fully owned company has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the US-based NonLethal Technologies Inc. (NLT) for marketing and selling the IronFistTMand Cobra40TMless-lethal weapon systems, including the 38-mm and...
Tougher, Smarter Armored Vehicles at Eurosatory 2014
This year's Eurosatory exhibition in Paris showcased the next generation of armored vehicles which offer higher protection, are lighter and can sense enemies better. The Thales group displayed Hawkei Light Protected Mobility Vehicle weighing 7 tons...
Pentagon To Reduce F-35 Costs By 10 To 20 Percent
The Pentagon plans to reduce operating and sustainment costs by 10 to 20 percent. It seeks suggestions from the aircraft maintainer and industry partner investments in this regard
Rosoboronexport To Seek Partners At Eurosatory
Rosoboronexport plans to partner with defense companies from France and other countries for joint projects in the manufacture and sale of various military hardware. Talks are planned, including with French partners, “with whom Russia is implementing...
Software Upgrade Solves IAF Su-30MKI’s Display Problem
A software upgrade has solved the Indian Air Force Su-30MKIs cockpit displays and head up display (HUD) blanking off problem. Besides, a failure of the mission computer has been addressed...
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