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The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

by | Mar 1, 2019 | Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Rumours, Spotlight articles, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons

C-27J Spartan (click to view full) When the WALRUS super-heavy cargo airship was canceled, combat commanders complained that front-line airfields were often too short for the C-130 Hercules that make up the USAF’s tactical transport fleet. Delays in buying a...
The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

Double-Jointed & Popular: The Bv Family of Infantry Support Vehicles

by | Feb 28, 2019 | Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, France, Germany, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, USA

A Viking comes ashore The BvS10 is the successor to the wildly popular Bv206, 11,000 of which have been sold to 40 countries around the world – including the USA (M978). Readers may have seen these vehicles elsewhere, too, as a number of Bv206s have...
The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

India’s Light Helicopter Contract Hits Turbulence, Stalls. Again. Starts.

by | Feb 27, 2019 | Airbus, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, RFPs, Rumours, Spotlight articles, USA

Austrian Alouette-III (click to view full) How safe are the Indian Army’s aging fleets of Chetaks (Aerospatiale SA316 Alouette III) and Cheetahs (SA315B Alouette II/III mix)? These old designs have consistently proven themselves in high altitude operations, and...
The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

Turkey Finally Lands Its Attack Helicopters

by | Feb 26, 2019 | Africa - Other, Boeing, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Russia, Thales, Turkey, United Technologies, USA

T129 ATAK (click to view full) Turkey has been looking to modernize its attack helicopter fleet since the mid-1990s, but the process has mostly served as an object lesson in how not to buy defense equipment. This competition faced many difficulties; after numerous...
The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

Budget Busters: The USA’s SBIRS-High Missile Warning Satellites

by | Feb 21, 2019 | Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Outer Space, Project Management, Satellites & Sensors, USA

SBIRS-High (click to view full) The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)-High satellite program is a key component of the USA’s future missile alert system, designed to give maximum warning and monitoring of ballistic missile launches anywhere in the world. The...