Search Results
-
US Navy To Order V-22 Ospreys from Bell-Boeing Worth US$3.8 Billion
March 31, 2015 @ 03:58 AMUS Navy is moving ahead with plan to order 44 V-22 Ospreys to be assembled in Amarillo by Bell Helicopter in partnership with Boeing. The overall contract value is estimated at $3
-
KAI Chosen As Preferred Bidder For S. Korean Fighter Jet Project
March 30, 2015 @ 01:19 PMSouth Korea has picked Korea Aerospace Industires (KAI), supported by Lockheed Martin, as the preferred bidder for $16.3 billion project to develop indigenous fighter jets
-
USAF Test-launches Minuteman Missile
March 28, 2015 @ 10:29 AMThe US Air Force has test-launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile that carried reentry vehicle on Friday. The missile blasted off at 3:53 a
-
Franco-British MMCM Contract Awarded For Naval Drone System
March 27, 2015 @ 04:07 PMIndustrial consortium of Thales, BAE Systems and ESA Group has won Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) contract from France and UK. The contract covers the definition, implementation and qualification of two prototypes of a system of naval drones, both surface and underwater, by 2019, the French ministry of Defense announced on Friday
-
CACI Wins $38.5 Million Contract To Provide Rapid Prototyping And Technology Insertion
March 27, 2015 @ 12:17 PMCACI International has won a $38.5 million contract for providing Rapid Prototyping and Technology Insertion (RPTI) support to the Command, Power & Integration Directorates Prototyping, Integration and Testing Division (PI&TD)
-
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland Wins £580 Contract To Support Merlin Helicopters
March 26, 2015 @ 07:04 PMFinmeccanica-AgustaWestland has signed a £580 million contract to provide an availability based support package for the UK MoD's fleet of AW101 Merlin helicopters from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2020. UK Defence Minister Philip Dunne said, “Our fleet of Merlin helicopters has benefitted from considerable investment by the MOD through major upgrades in recent years
-
Indian Navy’s Dornier Surveillance Aircraft Crashes Into Sea
March 26, 2015 @ 09:14 AMThe Indian Navys Dornier Surveillance aircraft has crashed into sea on Tuesday night during a routine training sortie about 20 nautical miles South West of Goa. The Naval Air Station at Goa lost radar contact with the aircraft at 10:08 PM
-
F-35 Software Flaws Testing Extended
March 25, 2015 @ 04:51 PMThe US Department of Defense has extended testing to debug software flaws that must be fixed before the first F-35 is fully integrated into service. The Marine Corps expects its version of the F-35, the costliest U
-
Indian Navy Commissions Three Immediate Support Vessels
March 25, 2015 @ 10:57 AMAn Indian Navy has commissioned the second batch of three Immediate Support Vessels (ISVs), comprising T-38, T-39 and T-40 on Tuesday. The three ISVs are in addition to the first batch of ISVs commissioned last year on 4 June, 2014 and will constitute the 84th Immediate Support Vessel Squadron based at Visakhapatnam, the Indian MoD announced in its press release on Tuesday
-
USAF Test-Fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
March 24, 2015 @ 01:40 PMThe US Air Force test fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Monday at California to show the nations nuclear capabilities. The missile was equipped with a test re-entry vehicle, instead of a live thermonuclear warhead, USAF announced in its press release Monday
U.S. DoW Signs Agreements with L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin to Increase Patriot,...
BMP-3 Armored Vehicle Deliveries to Russian Troops Gathers Pace
U.S. Issues Licence to Export GE F110 Engines for Turkey’s KAAN Fighter...
U.S., Iran Halt Strikes on One Another, But Tankers War Continues
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