MX-20, aka. AN/ASX-4(click to view full) Oct 29/08: The Canadian government agency Canadian Commercial Corp. received a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity long-term contract for repair of the Advanced Imaging Multi-spectral Sensor used on the...
Squaring the circle? It has been almost a decade since a strike at a US company created widespread industrial disruption, but Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have created exactly that outcome. Last-minute bargaining...
SEALs onto DDG-79(click to view full) Even with the advent of robotic USVs that have been used successfully near Iraq, humans who can board a ship and search it are still necessary. Special Forces like SEALs had been performing these duties, but wartime demands made...
VBL(click to view full) "Russian Arms Exports Taking Another Jump in 2008" noted the recovery of Russia's arms industry, which faces significant rebuilding challenges but appears to be on track to surpass the $7.4 billion worth of deals signed in 2007. As "France...
RAF Tristar refuelsUSN F/A-18Cs(click to view full) The RAF's 9 Lockheed L-1011 Tristars serve as the high end of their tanker fleet, and are easily recognizable by their unique 3-engine profile. These aircraft once served with British Airways and Pan-Am; these days,...
Hsiungfeng II(click to expand) Channel News Asia reports that Taiwan has given the go-ahead to produce the Hsiung Feng IIE cruise missile. Expected production is pegged at 300 missiles, though its in-service date in uncertain. The HF-2E variant is derived in part from...
H.R. McMaster(click to view full) Military Transformation has been a hot buzzword over the past decade, fueled by underlying trends that are driving a regular drumbeat of quantum leaps in electronics capability, and by an confluence of international trends that have...
Most people don't think of the US military when they think of conservation and alternative energy sources. They probably should, because the military has strong financial and operational incentives to invest in these areas. Their future planning also sees energy...
SU-30K: Export star(click to view full) The collapse of the Soviet Union triggered a twin collapse for Russia's vast arms industries. On the one hand, revelation of the state's bankruptcy collapsed domestic arms spending. As a follow-up punch, it also collapsed...