Alenia Aermacchi Appoints New Chairman
Alenia Aermacchis Board of Directors has appointed Giancarlo Grasso as the new Chairman, a responsibility he will exercise in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer. Giancarlo Grasso has succeeded Amedeo Caporaletti,...
Nexter, DCI Sign MoU For Training French Forces
Nexter Systems and Défense Conseil International (DCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint promotion of capability offers for the benefit of Forces in France and abroad. This move...
India To Finalize Tejas Mk II LCA Design By Next Month
India is likely to finalize the preliminary design of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) - Tejas Mk-II, by the end of March. The Aeronautical Development Agency's (ADA)official was quoted as saying...
Ukroboronprom Wins $11.5 Million MBTs Contract
Ukraine-based Ukroboronprom has signed a contract worth $11.5 million with an unidentified foreign customer to supply 50 T-64BV-1 main battle tanks
Thales To Supply Radar And Sonar Systems For Royal Malaysian Navy’s LCS...
Thales has won a contract to supply six SMART-S Mk2 naval surveillance radar systems and six CAPTAS-2 towed sonar systems for the Royal Malaysian Navys Second Generation Patrol Vessel (SGPV)...
General Dynamics Wins $10 Billion LMV Manufacturing Export Contract
General Dynamics, Canada has won a $10 billion export contract from the government of Saudi Arabia to design and develop Light Armoured Vehicles. The announcement was made in London, Ontario, where the Light Armoured Vehicles will...
Malaysian Defense Procurement To Hit A Lull This Year
Unlike other Asian countries such as Singapore, India and Indonesia, Malaysia is moving slow on defense procurement if the countrys military leadership is to be believed. Malaysias navy chief Admiral Aziz Jaafar, in January, said that...
Thales' New IFF Systems To Equip French Navy Vessels
Thales has won a contract from DCNS to supply its latest-generation IFF identification systems for the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and the two French Horizon-class frigates. The installation of these new systems, part...
Elbit Systems To Unveil New SkyVis HMD At HELI-EXPO 2014
Elbit Systems will showcase SkyVis - new system, combining proven helmet-mounted display (HMD) with commercially certifiable line-of-sight (LOS) technology and daytime head-up display (HUD) capabilities at HELI-EXPO 2014, 24 - 27 February. SkyVis day or night...
USAF Awards CBRN Training Contract To Argon Electronics
Argon Electronics has won a contract from the US Air Force for the supply of PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. PlumeSIM will be used with Argons M4...
Indian MoD To Finalize Howitzer Deal After Next Government Takes Charge
The Indian ministry of defence (MoD) has apparently cleared all the pending queries on the manufacturer of the M-777 ultra-light Howitzers - regarding the proposed acquisition for 145 of these artillery guns, but the deal...
DCI Wins Helicopter Training Study Contract
Défense Conseil International (DCI) has won the “Helicopter Basic Flying Training Syllabus Harmonisation Study (2 HS)” contract from the European Defence Agency (EDA). The study, which will be presented next June, is aiming at implementing a...
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