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...
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...
Selex ES To Support Royal Malaysian Navy's Super Lynx MK100
Selex ES has signed a contract with AIROD SDN BHD for the supply and support of equipment for the Royal Malaysian Navy's Super Lynx MK100 helicopter. YBhg Colonel Dato Mohammed Selamat...
Russia Orders MiG-29 SMT Fighters Worth $470 Million
MiG Corporation has won a $470 million contract from the Russian Defense Ministry for 16 advanced MiG-29 SMT fighters, according to RIA Novosti. “The value of the contract, including the ground...
FLIR Systems Wins $18 Million Worth Contracts For DR SKO Program
FLIR Systems received a full-rate production decision from the US Department of Defense for its integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat response system for the Dismounted Reconnaissance...
BAE Systems' Common Missile Warning System Completes Design Review
BAE Systems Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) completed a Critical Design Review for its Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (IASE) software update. “Our Common Missile Warning System has nearly a decade of proven success, flying more than...
New Radar Equipped Iron Duke Successfully Fires Seawolf Missile
The British Royal Navy's HMS Iron Duke successfully carried out a Seawolf missile launch, proving its new cutting edge 3D radar system. Iron Duke is the first ship in the fleet to have the new radar...
Lockheed Martin Wins $10 Million Contract To Maintain MK-48 Torpedoes
Lockheed Martin has won a contract option worth approximately $10 million to support the US Navy's intermediate-level maintenance activities for all MK-48 torpedoes. This is the first option exercised from a contract awarded in 2013 and...
Daewoo To Respond To Malaysian Navy Corvette Requirement
South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has introduced for the first time its Missile Surface Corvette (MSC) at DSA 2014 in Malaysia. Defenseworld
Thales, Malaysian Firm Team Up For Ground Based Air Defence Systems
Thales has signed a partnership agreement with the Malaysian firm Global Komited Sdn Bhd to co-develop a wide range of Ground-Based Air Defence systems for the Malaysian Armed Forces. The signature ceremony, attended by The Malaysian...
AgustaWestland Accelerates Helicopter Development To Meet Global Demand
AgustaWestland has increased the rate at which it develops new helicopters to meet increasing demand for a variety of helicopters. Consequently, helicopter development time frame has been compressed from the previous six years to three...
AgustaWestland Expecting AW609 Tiltrotor Certification In 2017
The worlds first commercial tiltrotor, the AgustaWestland AW609, is expected to be certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration by 2017. According to Geoff Russell, Head of Media Relations at AgustaWestland,...
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