VVIP Chopper Deal Scrapped: Indian MoD
India's Defence Minister AK Antony has officially announced the scrapping of a VVIP chopper contract, with effect from 1st January, 2014 on grounds that the Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland has breached...
UK-built Taranis Unmanned Aircraft Proves Successful
BAE Systems has revealed the successful first flight trials of Taranis, the stealthy unmanned combat vehicle, conducted last year. Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, made its maiden flight...
Sagem To Highlight Wide Range Of Warfare Products At Defexpo 2014
Sagem will be showcasing a range of systems and equipment like intelligence, long-range precision strikes, surveillance, border protection, high-intensity combat and guerrilla warfare at the Defexpo India 2014. Sagem is exhibiting...
Elbit Systems To Operate and Maintain Israeli Ground Forces Simulators
Elbit Systems has won a $23 million contract for the operation and maintenance of ground simulators in use by the Israeli Ground Forces. The contract includes a variety of simulators, both...
ThyssenKrupp To Display Various Submarines And Missile systems At Defexpo 2014
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will showcase a wide range of submarines, missile systems and naval surface ships at the Defexpo India 2014, New Delhi, from February 6 to 9. The company will...
Camero To Supply Xaver100 Systems To South Asian Customer
Camero announced a contract for the supply of its Xaver100 systems to an unidentified South Asian customer at DEFEXPO 2014. The contract is presumed to have been awarded by India, following its previous purchase and successful...
BEL To Highlight Network Centric Warfare Capabilities At Defexpo 2014
India's domestic firm Bharat Electronic Limited ( BEL) will be showcasing indigenously-built network centric warfare (NCW) systems in addition to its R&D capabilities at DefExpo 2014, in New Delhi. NCW solutions for the Indian Navy will...
General Dynamics Wins Cougar Survivability Upgrade Contract
General Dynamics has won a $26 million worth contract for survivability upgrades for Cougar combat vehicles previously delivered under the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) program. The company will develop, design and produce 468 Seat Survivability...
Rockwell Collins To Unveil Next-Generation Radios At Singapore Air Show 2014
Rockwell Collins will showcase its next-generation radios in addition to MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar, the EVS-3000 enhanced vision system and the HeliSure family of products for helicopters at the Singapore Airshow 2014 taking place Feb.
Raytheon Begins New Phase Of DARPA Persistent Close Air Support Program
Raytheon Company is beginning Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program estimated $25.5 million
Lockheed Martin To Provide Air Operations & Missile Defense Software
Lockheed Martin has won a $8 million contract to provide an air and missile defense software planner that will be integrated into the US Air Force Air Operations Center. "This planner offers an unprecedented capability to...
Electric Boat Wins $520 million Virginia-Class Submarine Lead Items Contract
Electric Boat, division of General Dynamics, has won a $520 million contract for additional long lead time material for the Virginia-class submarines. This contract modification provides additional long lead time material for steam and electric plant...
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