Paramount Acquires Controlling Stake In Nautic Africa
Paramount Group has acquired a majority stake in Nautic Africa, one of the continents leading specialist shipbuilders, in a move that gives Paramount a key strategic maritime presence. The landmark deal...
Selex RF Decoy Selected For Gripen Jets
SAAB has selected SELEXs BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) deployment on Gripen fighter, which has been developed in order to decoy RF-guided missiles and fire control radars away from fighter...
MEADS Completes Successful Test
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has marked a new milestone with the successful interception of two simultaneous targets attacking from opposite directions during a stressing demonstration at White...
Pratt & Whitney, IHI To Jointly Build Japan F135 Engines
Pratt & Whitney has signed a joint agreement with IHI Corporation to qualify components for the Japanese fleet of F135 engines to power the 5th generation F-35 Lightning II fighter...
Russia To Get Two More Yars Ballistic Missiles By Year End
Russia is planning to arm two more regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) with Yars mobile ballistic missile systems by year end, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as...
Exelis To Build Predator B Carriage And Release Systems
Exelis has been awarded a $20.6 million contract by General Atomics to produce the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft
Philippines To Buy Eight AW109 Helicopters
The Philippine Air Force has ordered eight AW109 Power light twin helicopters with delivered scheduled to begin in 2014. These aircraft will be used to perform a range of duties including homeland security, armed reconnaissance and...
Indian Navy Inducts First Indigenous Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers
The Indian Navy today inducted the first indigenous Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at INS Dega, Vishakhapatnam. “We are proud of Indian manufactured products and it is evident from...
India To Buy Equipments Worth $150 Billion
The Indian Air Force is planning to buy arms and equipment worth $150 billion in the next 15 years, Air Marshal PP Reddy VM, DG (Inspection & Safety) said in the Inaugural Session of 8th...
US Military Building Next-Generation Arms Despite Budget Cuts
Budgets cuts dont seem to have had a heavy effect on the US military which seems to have doubled its efforts to develop new technology. The US Navy announced last week that it is gearing up...
Taiwan Takes Delivery Of First Six Apache Helicopters
Taiwan has received the first six of 30 Apache advanced attack helicopters bought from the US, Taiwan officials were quoted as saying by Defense News. The six AH-64Es — the latest version of one of the...
General Dynamics Inaugurates Third Mobile Landing Platform Ship
General Dynamics yesterday hosted a keel laying ceremony for the USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class
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