* Afghan logistics are a high priority for NATO members in what remains a tense, entangled situation. Use of the Ulyanovsk airport in Russia should start next month, while Pakistan is expanding capacity at the Torkham border crossing. A lot of trucks still seem stuck...
Latest updates: ISR ground stations delivered, project progress report. Finnish C-295M(click to view full) In May 2006, the Finnish Air Force officially selected EADS CASA's C-295M as its next generation tactical transport aircraft. They will replace Finland's aging...
* France has begun qualification trials of Sagem/MBDA's dual-mode laser/GPS-guided SBU-64 AASM Hammer rocket-assisted smart bombs. * Meanwhile, Raytheon found a novel way to integrate its competing Enhanced Paveway laser/GPS smart bombs onto France's Rafale fighters -...
This is the end...(click to view full) In July 2012, Boeing in Long Beach, CA received a $500 million contract for the orderly transfer of the manufacturing assets and data used to produce the C-17A Globemaster III heavy transport, once production ends. Work will be...
* A parliamentary majority opposed to buying the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has emerged in the Netherlands. Despite lobbying from the MvD, and 2 planes ordered already, the issue seems set to come to a vote. If the vote goes badly, the cost of ending the country's...
* NATO supplies started crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan earlier today, after months of negotiation, and the eventual apology from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the deaths in November 2011 of Pakistani soldiers. Releasing withheld...
Latest updates: Australia commits to more - up to 214 more, incl. a new role. Bushmaster & ASLAV(click to view full) Australia's "Hardened and Networked Army" push led them to adopt the v-hulled, mine resistant Bushmaster vehicles, long before allies like the USA and...
Kuwaiti Longbow(click to view full) June 28/12: The US DSCA announces [PDF] Kuwait's request for 300 AGM-114R3 Hellfire II missiles, with the new triple-mode fragmentation/ blast/ armor piercing warhead. The Kuwaitis are also requesting missile containers, spare and...
A160T carries1,000 pounds(click to view full) Recent years have seen a variety of unmanned helicopter options introduced into the market. Boeing's entry lays a breathtaking challenge before the field: what could the military do with a helicopter-like,...