* The US Missile Defense Agency’s FTM-18 test goes well, as the AEGIS BMD 4.0.1/ SM-3 block IB missile combination tracks & hits a separating ballistic missile target. That’s the same configuration that will be used on land in Europe, as of 2015. *...
* The US Air Force will hold an industry day tomorrow at its Eglin base in Florida on the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a research laboratory program that intends to demonstrate “a Mach 5+ (i.e. hypersonic) velocity weapon capable of holding fixed and...
ROKAF C-130H(click to view full) In June 2012, Elbit Systems Ltd. announced a $62 million contract to upgrade the South Korean ROKAF’s 12 C-130H and stretched C-130H-30 transport aircraft. The 4-year project will be performed in conjunction with Korea’s...
A Turkish RF-4 Phantom 2000 reconnaissance jet was shot down along Syria’s borders, reportedly by one of Syria’s Russian SA-11/ Buk-M2 systems. Both pilots ejected over the Mediterranean. Syria has apologized and essentially admitted that they did it, but...
Early adopter.(click to view full) In June 2012, France’s DGA began the 1st installment of its EUR 1.06 billion CONTACT(COmmunications Numeriques TACtiques et de Theatre) program, which will replace many of the French armed forces’ existing vehicle and...
