Cables Responsible For Indian Submarine Accident: Reports
The fire aboard submarine, INS Sindhuratna, originated in the cables of the vessel and not the battery compartment as originally reported last week. According to local media reports, the Board...
Rolls-Royce Wins $54 Million KC-130 Engines Support Contract
Rolls-Royce has won a $54 million contract for depot level repair of engines, propellers and other propulsion system components for 50 KC-130 aircraft for the US Marine Corps and the...
Russian Helicopters To Continue Rotorcraft Industry Modernization
Russian Helicopters is continuing to modernize its production capacity under the Federal Targeted Programme Developing the Military Industrial Complex in the Russian Federation 2011-2020. In this latest phase of modernization, the...
Boeing Wins Two Contracts Worth $373 Million
Boeing Co. won a $22 million contract from the US Department of Defense for supplies and services to support follow-on test and evaluation of the F/-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft...
Kuwait Orders More Patriot Missiles Worth $655 Million
Raytheon Co has won a $655 million contract to supply Kuwait with two more PATRIOT missile-defense systems. The company had hoped to wrap up about $4 billion in missile-defense deals in...
General Electric Wins $205 Million Engines Support Contract For Australian Hornets
General Electric has won a contract extension estimated $205 million from Australia to supply F404 engines that power Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighters. “After successful negotiations between GEII (General Electric International Incorporate) and the Defence Materiel Organisation,...
Indian MoD Orders CBI Probe Involving Roll-Royce, HAL
Indias Hawk advanced jet trainer (AJT) programme is facing a major blow after a bribery scandal involving Rolls Royce in connection with contracts to supply aircraft engines to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited surfaced. According to various...
Russian Navy To Get More Buyan-M-Class Missile Corvettes By 2015
The Russian Navy will take delivery of three more Buyan-M-class missile corvettes by the end of 2015, according to RIA Novosti . "The navy is expecting the Veliky Ustyug corvette this year and two more warships...
Afghanistan Receives First Batch Of Mil Mi-17V-5 Helicopters
Russia has delivered six Mil Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters to Afghanistan under a US contract for 30 said helicopters, according to ARMS-Tass. The Kazan Helicopter Plant, that is the head contractor on the supply of 30 Mi-17V-5...
Northrop Grumman Acquires Qantas Defence Services
Northrop Grumman Australia announced that it has completed the acquisition of Qantas Defence Services, now called Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services Pty Limited (IDS). IDS will operate as a part of Northrop Grumman Australia...
Turkey To Conclude Chinese Missile Deal In April: Reports
Turkey is hoping to finalize the deal with China for the purchase of long-range missile defense systems by April, according to Reuters. In September 2013, Turkey announced the selection of Chinas FD-2000 missile-defense system...
CAE's Project Innovate To Develop Next-Gen Simulation Platform
CAE announced today the participation of the Government of Canada in its latest research and development (R&D) program having a repayable investment of $250 million. The goal of CAE's Project Innovate, which will span five and...
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