Harris Wins $133 Million Broadband Satellite Terminals Contract
Harris Corporation has won a contract worth $133 million from US Navy to provide shipboard terminals that give crews access to high-bandwidth voice and data communications. Under the agreement, Harris will...
Sikorsky's Optionally Piloted Black Hawk Demonstrator Helicopter Makes First Flight
Sikorsky and the US Army have successfully demonstrated optionally piloted flight of a Black Hawk helicopter, according to an official statement. The Optionally Piloted Black Hawk (OPBH) Demonstrator, known as Sikorskys...
USAF Issues RFP For Mini Crypto Program
The US Air Force is looking to address challenges of secure communications with its Mini Crypto program, Defense Systems reports. The service is seeking cryptographic devices that meet National Security...
DARPA, Logos To Develop Stealthy Hybrid-Power Motorcycles For US Armed Forces
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a developing a new vehicle to silently transport commandoes to their missions. Logos Technologies has won a $100,000 contract to develop...
IAF To Get 40 SU-30MKI Fighters Equipped With BrahMos Missiles
The Indian Air Force will get 40 SU-30MKI strike fighters armed with a smaller version of BrahMos missiles, according to India TV. BrahMos Aerospace officials said so at the international arms...
New EC145 T2 Rotorcraft Certified For Delivery
Airbus Helicopters latest rotorcraft, EC145 T2, has been certified for deliveries beginning in the third quarter of this year. Issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the certification covers the full range of capabilities, including...
Lockheed Martin GMLRS Alternative Warhead Successfully Tested
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the fifth and final Production Qualification Test (PQT) for the new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead. During the long-range test, four rockets were fired from a HIMARS launcher and...
USAF Begins Testing B-1B Lancer With Software Updates
The US Air Force began testing Sustainment Block 16A software upgrades, to work in conjunction with the long-range B-1B Lancer's recently added glass cockpit configuration. The SB 16A software is a fielding configuration that will enhance...
Selex ES Successfully Demos BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy Technology
Selex ES has successfully carried out multiple end-to-end tests of its BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) technology. The tests proved the new technologys capability under live conditions and will clear the way for Selex ES to...
Airbus, Sapura Team Up For C4ISR Solutions
Airbus Defence and Space and Sapura have signed a Collaboration Agreement to establish a long-term cooperation in the field of C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). It includes the joint development of key...
Royal Navy's F35 To Make Its Debut At Farnborough Air Show 2014
The British Royal Navy's F35 Lightning II will make its international debut at Farnborough Air Show 2014, held from July 14-20. The F35 - a ‘fifth-generation jet, will also be flown for the very first time...
Sweden May Get More Gripen E Jets
The Swedish Armed Forces may acquire more Gripen E to support its existing operational capacity on account of possible lending of Gripen C/D to Brazil and Switzerland in the near future, according to Corren.se...
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