Huntington Ingalls Wins US Navy LPD 29 Amphibious Transport Dock Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $218 million advance procurement contract from the US Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for LPD 29, the 13th amphibious transport...
China Tests New Light Weight Battle Tank In Tibet Near Indian Border
The Chinese military has said that it has conducted trials of its new light weight battle tank in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet near the Indian border. The 35-tonne tank...
Saudi-Led Blockade Is 'Bloodless Declaration Of War': Qatar Defence Minister
Qatari Minister of defense has criticized the blockade imposed by a Saudi-led Arabian nations' Group as 'bloodless declaration of war'. The minister, Khaled al-Athiyah was quoted as saying in an interview...
Lockheed Martin To Train Saudi Arabian National Guard In $55 Million Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp has won a $55.5 million US foreign military sales contract for the design, development, testing, managing, documenting, installing, and providing hardware, software, spares, and training for Saudi...
Sikorsky Awarded $3.7 Billion Contract To Build Black Hawk Helicopters For Saudi
Sikorsky was awarded a $3.7 billion FMS contract for assembling Black Hawk helicopters to Saudi Arabia in a multi-year production effort
Six NATO Allies To Co-develop Multinational Maritime Multi Mission Aircraft Capabilities
Six NATO Allies have announced their readiness to co- develop and field follow-on solutions for their existing maritime anti-submarine and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. At a ceremony in Brussels on 29 June, Defence Ministers from...
US Air Force Debuts Latest Variant Of MQ-9 Reaper Drone
The US Air Force flew the latest Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper drone for the first time last week. The aircrew flew a sortie of more than 16 hours on June 23 with a...
Russia Launches New Corvette 'Gremyashchiy' Equipped With Kalibr-NK Missiles
Russia's Severnaya Verf Shipyard has launched the corvette 'Gremyashchiy' armed with the Kalibr-NK missile. The corvette, from the shipyard in St
Uk Navy Receives 4 F-35 Replica Training Jets For Queen Elizabeth Carrier
UK Navy has received four new full-size replicas of the F-35 Lightning II jets to enable them to train for operations on the nation's future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. The replicas are being moved...
Serbia Exhibits Modernized Self-propelled Howitzer Nora At 'Partner-2017'
Serbia has exhibited various defense equipment, including the Aleksandar, a modernized version of the Serbian self-propelled howitzer Nora at the 8th International fair of arms and military equipment "Partner-2017" which would end Friday. The Aleksandar is...
Russia, India Selecting Shipyards To Commence Missile Frigates Construction
Russia and India have specified the shipyards for building missile-carrying frigates that would displace about 4,000 tonnes, develop a speed of 30 knots and have a cruising capacity of 30 days, intended for the Indian...
Beijing’s South China Sea Outposts Near Ready For Missile Deployment
Chinas three outposts on contested Spartly Islands Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief reef bases are near ready for deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers. Beijing's Fiery Cross Reef base in the Spratly Islands now...
Hensoldt Delivers First Long-Range Radar System for F124 Frigates
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...