Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) is a sonar system upgrade installed on the USA's entire submarine fleet, including SSN-688 Los Angeles & SSN-688I Improved Los Angeles Class, SSN-21 Seawolf Class, SSN-744 Virginia Class, SSBN-726 Ohio Class...
M72 LAW, Ft. Benning(click to view full) The M72 Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) found both popularity and notoriety in Vietnam. On the one hand, it was easy to carry, and improved the squad's firepower. On the other hand, it bounced off of North Vietnam's obsolete...
K-707, F/A-18, EA-6B Aerial tankers are essential when moving large quantities of men and materials long distances, or stretching the range and length of fighter combat air patrols. Most are government-owned, but a segment of semi-privatized services may be set to...
* With a brand-new administration in place, Afghanistan signed its Bilateral Security Agreement with the US as well as the NATO Status of Forces Agreement. Industry "Consolidation" * Boeing is relocating most of its defense services work from Washington state to...
* On Friday the UK's House of Commons voted 524-43 in favor of joining a military coalition against ISIS. This includes authorizing strikes in Iraq, but explicitly excludes strikes in Syria which would have to be subject to a separate vote. On Saturday 2 Tornado GR4s...
* Earlier this week the US GAO released its latest report on the F-35. The title says it all: Need for Affordable Strategy, Greater Attention to Risks, and Improved Cost Estimates. * Meanwhile JSF PEO Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan says [AviationWeek] F-35C sea trials...
* India is justifiably touting the low $74M cost [BBC] of its successful mission to put a satellite in orbit around Mars [ISRO]. Prime Minister Modi couldn't hope for a better springboard to launch a "Make in India" campaign [Business Standard]. India is often mired...
PB-301, Umm Qasr(click to view full) Swiftships' 35-meter coastal patrol boat (CPB) contracts are part of a larger program that's also delivering spare parts, guns, ammunition, training, naval simulators and infrastructure to the Umm Qasr Naval Base in southern Iraq....
IqAF King Air 350(click to view full) It has been a long road for the Iraqi Air Force. According to Iraqi figures, the IqAF boasted more than 1,000 aircraft before the 1991 Gulf war - and around 300 after it. More than 6 years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began, and...