Searcher II with SAR(click to view full) Since 2007, we’ve been treated to ongoing speculation about Syria buying Russian weapons with Iranian financing, including reports of MiG-31 and MiG-29 fighters. Some reports even placed the Islamic Republic of Iran as...
What is it good for?(click to view full) The Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program began in 1995, and it has taken a very long time. Its MoU was late, its contract will be both late and smaller in scope, and it won’t meet even a revised 2012 – 2014...
Swedish HKP-16(click to view full) In September 2010, required DSCA arms sale notifications announced a possible Swedish buy of up to 15 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, plus side items like engines, defensive systems, and support, for up to $546 million. Their mission?...
CC-130 over BC(click to view full) The US military has been coming to the realization that its aging aircraft fleet will begin posing serious challenges in the coming years. Canada is experiencing similar problems. In 2005, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier...
FAB P-3AM(click to view full) The discovery of major deepwater oil finds off of Brazil’s coast changed its military priorities. The military’s mission has always been influenced by the land’s vastness, but until recently, that meant keeping a careful...
