* Consultants hired by the German government confirmed that its defense procurement is messed up because of poor corporate management and weak institutional culture: Deutche Welle | Süddeutschen Zeitung [in German]. * Germany will make a decision [Reuters] next year...
Americas * The Army wants to restart production of the Boeing MH-47G Chinook special mission helicopter in a new Block II design. With eight Block I variants scheduled for delivery by the end of 2015, the specific upgrades incorporated into the Block II version have...
Americas * The Defense Department wants to upgrade US AV-8B Harriers with the Link 16 datalink system. The proposed $71.5 million, six-year upgrade is currently in the DoD's FY2016 budget request, but if designated for re-programming, Harriers could begin to receive...
Latest updates: Test crash, funding issues deliver a 1-2 punch to the program. ISR CONOPS(CONcept of OPerationS)(click to view full) The late Dr. Paul McReady's Aerovironment, Inc. has achieved just renown for the success of its small UAVs like the Army's RQ-11 Raven...
Americas * The Marines are closing in on an acquisition program for unmanned cargo helicopters, with two K-MAX UAVs headed for the Corps' VMX-22 test squadron by the end of September. The optionally-manned helicopters will be used to develop the cargo UAS (CRUAS)...
Americas * The Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of a Standard Missile-6 to intercept a short-range ballistic missile. The tests, conducted off Hawaii, also included the use of a SM-2 Block IV missile against a ballistic missile and two more SM-6s against...
Americas * A GAO report released at the end of July has detailed how US government expenditure on strategic bombers is expected to reach $58 billion over the next ten years. This figure is projected to be split between the development and manufacture of the Air...
IAF: Jaguar, Mirage 2000SU-30K, MiG-27, MiG-21BiS(click to view full) India's planned multi-billion dollar, 126+ plane jet fighter buy certainly captured the attention of global fighter manufacturers. Boeing's Mark Kronenberg, who runs the company's Asia/Pacific...
Initially delayed due to TS Erika, the launch of MUOS-4 went off this morning without a hitch.