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US Military Bringing a Switchblade to A Gun Fight

I Think I CAMM: Britain’s Versatile Air Defense Missile

by | Apr 16, 2018 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales

CAMM-M/ Sea Ceptor (click to view full) Britain’s Royal Navy currently uses Seawolf missiles as the primary air defense system for its Type 23 frigates. They’re updated versions of a missile that was used during the 1982 Falklands War, but modern threats...
US Military Bringing a Switchblade to A Gun Fight

Australia’s A$ 450M-600M LAND 17 Artillery Replacement

by | Mar 23, 2018 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Force Structure, France, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Pre-RFP, Raytheon, RFPs, Rumours, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, Transformation, Trucks & Transport

Now: M2A2 105mm (click to view full) In February 2006 the Australian Government gave first pass approval for the replacement of the ADF’s current 105mm and 155mm artillery pieces with new, more capable, artillery systems that feature improved mobility,...
US Military Bringing a Switchblade to A Gun Fight

Canada Preparing to Replace its CF-18 Hornets, Announces new Competition

by | Feb 27, 2018 | BAE, Boeing, Canada, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement

CF-18, 20-year colors (click to view full) Canada’s 138 “CF-18s” were delivered between 1982-1988, but accidents and retirements have reduced the fleet to about 103, with only 79 upgraded F/A-18 AM/BM Hornets still operational. The CF-18s are...
US Military Bringing a Switchblade to A Gun Fight

Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

by | Feb 23, 2018 | Airbus, BAE, Boeing, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, Events, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, Israel, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Radars, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Simulation & Training, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales, USA

HMCS Montreal & sub: HMCS Windsor (click to view full) Launched between 1988-1995, and commissioned between 1992-1996, Canada’s 12 City Class (now Halifax Class) frigates currently form the high end of its naval capabilities. The Canadian Navy has declined...