EC725, Le Bourget 2007by David Monniaux(click to view full) France’s approach to economic stimulus has had a decidedly military component, with buys ranging from VBCI wheeled armored personnel carriers to a Mistral Class LHD ship. /In April 2009, France added...
No worse enemy…(click to view full) While high-tech weapons items get a lot of billing, the Global War on Terror is very much an infantry war. Firepower overmatch matters in those situations, which explains the corresponding popularity of 40mm grenade systems on...
Iron Dome radar(click to view full) Fresh off of a small contract to provide its EL/M-2112 ground tracking radars to coalition forces operating in Afghanistan, IAI ELTA recently announced a $50 million export contract for the radar component of Israel’s...
Truckin'(click to view full) As part of Taiwan’s much-reported military modernization program, it’s ordering 12 P-3C Orion sea control aircraft to monitor its sea lanes, hunt enemy submarines, and make life dangerous for any ships in an invasion force....
* Forecast International: Gulf States will continue to drive Middle Eastern defense spending. See also Documental’s 2008 forecast. * A Greener American Quadrennial Defense Review? * From offshoring, to the business case for “backshoring”...
