* Boeing begins shipping WGS-4 to Cape Canaveral, FL, in preparation for a January 2012 launch. It's the first Block II Wideband Global Satcom satellite. * The US Army is evaluating its latest build of field networking equipment, after the 3-week NIE 12.1 event. The...
LPD 14 Trenton,now INS Jalashwa(click to view full) In 2007, India's amphibious capabilities took a big step forward, as the US Navy transferred the Austin Class LPD USS Trenton [LPD 14] to India. The 16,590t INS Jalashwa [L41] now serves alongside 2 smaller 5,600t...
It's that time of year again. For those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving, or who just want a feast, the US Defense Commissary Agency has some tips for cooking turkey, and some recipes. Our big recommendation: if you're deep-frying your turkey, be safe....
* Cost-effective procurement: How to break over 500 jihadis out of Kandahar prison, for $20,000. As told by the the operation's planners to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's "Voice of Jihad." * DCNS' Gowind Class offshore patrol vessel L'Adroit is headed for Toulon...
ROKAF F-15K(click to view full) In late November 2011, South Korea's left-wing Hankyoreh newspaper reports that a combination of unauthorized examination of an F-15K's Lockheed Martin "Tiger Eyes" IRST(InfraRed Search and Track) sensor, and concerns that a number of...
* Libyan lessons learned have made new Airbus A330 MRTT aerial tankers a bigger priority for France, alongside their aging C-135FRs. An interim contract for 5-7 A330 MRTT planes is now expected in 2013. * Rheinmetall Defence and ADS GmbH successfully demonstrate their...
S-70i(click to view full) Thanks to its location on the oil-rich Island of Borneo, which it shares with Indonesia and Malaysia, the State of Brunei Darussalam is best known to most people as a frequent Guinness Book of World Records entry, with its Sultan as the...
* It's confirmed: the Super Committee might have come close, but ultimately failed to reach an agreement. SecDef Panetta declared that "Congress cannot simply turn off the sequester mechanism" but also hinted that the nation deserves better than the outcome of the...
* U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during the Halifax International Security Forum last Friday: "I feel very confident that we'll get funding for the F-35 program". A day later Senator John McCain (R-AZ) answered: "We want the F-35 to succeed. We're not...