Austria To Buy Black Hawk Helicopters Worth $137 Million
Austria has requested a sale of UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of $137 million from Sikorsky. The proposed sale includes 3 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in standard USG...
Turkey Expecting New Bids To Renew Missile Deal
Turkey has asked for new bids to rival a controversial multi-billion dollar missile deal offer by a US-blacklisted Chinese company, a government official was quoted as saying by the Hurriyet...
Selex Wins ANZAC Frigates Support Contract Worth 125 million Euros
Selex ES has won a contract worth about 125 million euros to provide and support modernization of communication systems of the Royal Australian Navys (RAN) eight ANZAC-Class frigates, as part...
C-27J Spartan To Use Innovative Fire-Fighting System
Alenia Aermacchi has successfully conducted operating and training tests on the Romanian Air Forces C-27Js, with the new fire fighting system, Caylym Guardian, onboard. The new firefighting system system allows C-27Js...
US Army M-ATVs To Be Equipped With Q-Net RPG Defeat System
QinetiQ has won a contract to supply Q-Net rocket propelled grenade (RPG) defeat system for installation onboard the US Army's mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (M-ATVs). Under the $18
Unofficial US Sanctions On Turkey?
The United States has prevented investment firm Merrill Lynch from acting as adviser to a major Turkish defense contractor as a rebuke to Turkeys plans to buy missiles from a US blacklisted Chinese company. This latest...
Jamaica Defence Force To Get Thales Bushmaster Vehicles
Thales Australia has signed a contract to supply 12 Bushmaster vehicles to the Jamaica Defence Force. The vehicles are all troop carrier variants equipped with Thaless SOTAS M2 communication system, and deliveries will begin in 2015
Boeing, Saab To Jointly Develop New Training Systems For USAF T-X Bid
Boeing and Saab AB have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to jointly develop a new T-X Family of Systems training solution for the upcoming competition to replace the U.S
Lockheed Martin Begins Operational Readiness Of Second Romanian Aegis System
Lockheed Martin celebrated the official "light off" of the second Aegis Ashore system for Romania on Oct. 24, representing the system's operational readiness
First Mi-26T Delivered To Kazakhstan
Russian Helicopters has delivered a Mi-26T, first of the type–capable of carrying a 44,000-pound payload, to Kazakhstans Emergencies Ministry. The helicopter was delivered after an overhaul and modifications at a repair facility in Novosibirsk,...
Is Turkey Paying For Chinese Missiles With UAV Tech Ban?
Uncle Sam appears to be in payback mode after it prevented an American company from exporting camera systems and laser pointers to Turkey. Turkish company Vestel had sought to acquire the technology from WestCAM Solutions for...
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