AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopter To Be Equipped With Christie Projection Systems
Christie will supply projection systems to the US Marine Corps for AH-1W Weapons Systems Trainer (WST) Device 2F136A upgrades under a new contract announced on 2 December. The projection systems will consist of 12 Christie Matrix StIM WQ 1-chip DLP solid state LED projectors
CAE Wins Defence And Security Orders Worth $93 Million
CAE has won contracts worth $93 million to provide a range of simulator upgrades and training services for defence and security customers. The orders, which are part of CAE's third quarter fiscal year 2014 order intake, include developing a comprehensive emergency management and crisis management centre of excellence for Brunei's Ministry...
Lockheed Martin To Showcase New Training Technologies At I/ITSEC 2013
Lockheed Martin will demonstrate the latest advancements in simulation and training for the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), Dec. 2-5
Gripen Jets To Be Equipped With Elbit Systems' Electronic Warfare System
Elbit Systems has been selected for the integration and delivery of Elisras Passive Airborne Warning System (PAWS-2) onboard the Gripen fighter. The system was selected following a comprehensive in-depth evaluation and testing of the system in various scenarios as well as in a comparative live fire test
Rockwell Collins To Develop New Generation Software Defined Radios
Rockwell Collins has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a direct conversion digital receiver based on photonic technology under a three-year contract worth $8.5 million
French Navy Deploys Thales' Commander Training System
Thales Commander Training System has entered service with the French Army under a contract to the DGA French defence procurement agency. The OPOSIA system will be used to instruct and train commanders of company-level combined-arms task forces, as well as section and platoon leaders
U.S. Navy Accepts Lockheed Martin MUOS-2 Satellite And Ground Stations
Lockheed Martin has completed on-orbit testing of the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite and handed over spacecraft operations to the U.S
Russia To Develop Unmanned Arctic Radars
Russia plans to develop fully automated air defense radars and deploy them to the Arctic, a senior aerospace defense official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “We are significantly cutting the number of service personnel operating air defense equipment,” Maj
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 Frigates as part of a major upgrade,” Senator Johnston said
Saab Wins $16 Million Technical System Support Contract
Saab has received an order worth $16 million (SEK 107 million) to provide technical system support to the Swedish Armed Forces during 2014. The order is a further option under an earlier agreement signed in June 2012 with FMV for performance-based support and maintenance of the Gripen fighter
Royal Thai Air Force To Buy Northrop Grumman's Air Defense Radar Systems
Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Royal Thai Air Force to supply additional AN/TPS-78 air defense and surveillance radar systems. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will begin supplying equipment to the Royal Thai Air Force in 2015
Exelis Completes Laser-Based Communications Technology Test
Exelis have successfully completed an extensive series of evaluations of the jointly developed Tactical Line-of-Sight Optical Network (TALON) free-space optical communications system. Conducted in collaboration with the U
Anduril to Supply $1.98 Billion Worth Counter-UAS Platforms to Kuwait
Iran Deployed Mach 9 Speed Missiles in Attacks Against Israel
Eurofighter Typhoon Jet to Become More Lethal with New Aerodynamic Modification
Tehran Claims to Have Hit Israeli Airbases in Response to Overnight Israeli...
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