Search Results
-
Boeing Offers Advanced Harpoon Missile To US Navy
May 13, 2015 @ 03:56 PMBoeing has offered an upgraded anti-ship and land attack weapon, which doubles the range of the services existing Harpoon to US navy. The Harpoon Next-Generation is a sea-skimming land, submarine, air or surface launched missile guided by GPS and inertial navigation systems for destroying a range of targets such as enemy ships, small boats and land targets, Military
-
Russia To Get Several Hundreds Of BMP-3 Combat Vehicles
May 13, 2015 @ 03:05 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry and “Tractor plants” concern have signed a contract for the supply of several hundred infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, Tass reported Tuesday. "We have concluded a three-year contract with the Defense Ministry for supplying hundreds of BMP-3," Vice-president and co-owner of the concern Albert Bakov was quoted as saying by the agency
-
Russia To Develop Multi-purpose Armoured Vehicle
May 13, 2015 @ 03:04 PMRussian defense ministry has decided to develop a multi-purpose unified engineering armoured vehicle, which will bear a machine gun, means of radio electronic combat and GLONASS system. This project costs about $6
-
DCNS To Showcase Anti-Piracy, Anti-Submarine Combat Management Systems At SITDEF Exhibition 2015
May 13, 2015 @ 02:54 PMDCNS announced that it will exhibit the Gowind 2500, the Scorpene 2000 submarines and Subtics, the OPV 90 and Canto during SITDEF exhibition in Lima(Peru) from 14 to 17 May 2015. The solutions are offered in cooperation with Navies and local suppliers
-
Royal Armed Force To Receive £2B Worth Aircraft Fleet To Counter Russian...
May 13, 2015 @ 01:09 PMThe Royal Armed Force will receive a £2 billion fleet of jets to counter the Russian nuclear submarines, which are regularly patrolling the coast of Britain. They are likely to include the US developed Boeing Poseidon P8, designed for 'long-range anti-submarine warfare' and worth about £150million each
-
India Likely To Discuss Defense Proposals Worth $3.7 Billion Today
May 13, 2015 @ 10:48 AMThe Indian Defense Acquisition Council during a meeting on Wednesday is likely to discuss BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems for the Indian Navy, BAEs M777 Ultra-Light Howitzers for the Army and Avro replacement program. The government is likely to pave the way for six new BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems with 89 missiles for the Indian Navy for an approximate US $421 million (INR 2700 crore)
-
Turkish Navy To Get $1 Billion Landing Platform Dock
May 12, 2015 @ 04:21 PMTurkish shipyard SEDEF has signed a contract during IDEF 2015 on 7th May with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) for the design and construction of one Landing Platform Dock ship for the nation's Navy. Navantia will provide the design, transfer of technology, equipments and technical assistance to SEDEF for local construction
-
Airbus Demonstrates Helicopter Specific IFR Procedures
May 12, 2015 @ 04:15 PMAirbus Helicopters announced Tuesday that it has successfully demonstrated low-noise helicopter (IFR) operations at an airport with commercial airline traffic. Airbus Helicopters used an H175 helicopter to fly low-noise IFR approaches to the heliport of Toulouse-Blagnac airport in south-western France as the outcome of a seven-year project devoted to environment-friendly helicopter approach procedures
-
France Denies Sale Of Russian Mistrals Destroyer To China
May 12, 2015 @ 03:46 PMFrance has denied Chinese media reports of possible sale of Mistral destroyers (meant for Russia) to China, Local media reported. “The French Navy is on a visit to Shanghai between May 9-15 and it may try to sell its Mistral-class assault ships to China,” WantChinaTimes website quoted Duowei News as reporting
-
Indian Defence Purchases from US May Spike Upwards This Year
May 12, 2015 @ 03:32 PMEven as the Indian MoD is expected to give the nod for purchasing Boeing Apache and Chinook helicopters in the near future, moves are afoot to order more defence equipment from the US. Twenty two Apaches and 15 Chinooks, built by Boeing, are required by the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the earliest
Russia’s YAK-130M Modernized Combat-Trainer Conducts Maiden Flight
American MAAWLR Air Defense System Seen in Ukraine
Russian MS-21-300 Airliner Demonstrates 3800 km Range, Single Engine Take-off
KNDS Announces Initial Pubic Offering to Sell 20% of Existing Share Capital
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