Saab To Upgrade Australian Collins Class Submarines
Saab has signed a $27 million contract with ASC Pty Ltd (Australian Submarine Corporation) to update and modernise the Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System (ISCMMS) on the Royal...
Kongsberg, Boeing Complete Joint Strike Missile Check on F/A-18 Super Hornet
Kongsberg and Boeing plan to conduct wind tunnel testing for the Block II Super Hornet early next year. “Kongsberg is proud to work with Boeing to offer JSM capability on...
New Zealand Navy Selects Kongsberg Penguin Mk 2 Missiles
Kongsberg has signed a contract with the New Zealand Defence Force for the delivery of Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7 anti-ship missiles. The missiles will be deployed on the Royal...
Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Completes MK45 Test
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt completed the first underway test for the MK45 Mod 2 5-inch anti-surface warfare gun on November 23. Sailors fired five 54-caliber rounds into...
Raytheon Wins LPD Repairs And HARM Missiles Contracts
The US Department of Defense has awarded two contracts worth $42 million to Raytheon. The first $32
Oboronprom To Invest $121 Million In Mil Helicopter Plant
Russian defense group Oboronprom is planning to invest $121 million in the Mil Moscow helicopter plant, Rostec said in a statement. The expansion plans are related to the positive market forecasts for the Russian military aviation...
Alenia Aermacchi Begins Storm Shadow Missile Flight Test
Alenia Aermacchi has started the first in a major series of flight tests to integrate the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon. Initial flight trials to demonstrate that the missile can be safely carried have...
Netherlands Takes Delivery Of Mission Planning & Analysis System For NH90 Fleet
The Royal Netherlands Navy has taken delivery of a Mission Planning & Analysis System (MPAS) in the Final Operative Configuration for its fleet of NH90 NFH medium twin naval helicopters. This delivery of MPAS follows the...
Korean Lawmakers Want Tech Transfer, Local Assembly in F-35 Deal
Korean lawmakers are urging the government to renegotiate the purchase of 40 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters by including technology transfer and local assembly in US$7.2 billion deal
CEA Technologies Wins Australian Radar Development Contract
Australian Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston announced today that CEA Technologies has won a contract to develop high powered Phased Array Radar technology. “The CEAFAR radar is currently being fitted to the ANZAC Class...
Brazil Launches Geostationary Satellite For Communication Security
Brazil, whose communications sovereignty was hit by the USA National Security Agency (NSA) spying on its telecom infrastructure, has launched a Defense and Strategic Communications Geostationary Satellite (SGDC). The system in is expected...
Thales To Continue RAN Adelaide Frigate Support
Thales will continue to support the Royal Australian Navys (RANs) Adelaide Class FFG frigate combat system under a contract extension announced on 27 November. The three year extension will see the company support on-board systems 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