* The French government released its annual report [PDF, in French] on armament exports. They saw orders grow by almost 43% in 2013 from the previous year, to €6.9B ($8.9B), with more than half of the total accounted by Asian and Middle East customers. This is their...
PT-91 Twadry(click to view full) Guest article by Dominik Kimla, Ph.D. The 22nd International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO 2014) was a good opportunity to take a closer look at the ambitious technical modernization program of the Polish Armed Forces. Poland is...
TNI-AU F-16A(click to view full) Indonesia's purchases of Russian SU-27SK and SU-30MKK Flanker-family fighters in 2003 and 2007 got a lot of attention. Now, the country is augmenting those high-end fighters with more advanced models of an older aircraft within its...
* USNAVAIR is going to organize a series of technical meetings [FBO] with companies interested in candidate replacements for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G by 2030. This comes ahead of an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) scheduled next year. * According to DPA (via RIA...
DHC-4's final approach(click to view full) Australia's 2009 defense white paper made a wide range of commitments, one of which involved replacing the outstanding service provided by Australia's gull-winged DHC-4 Caribou short takeoff light tactical transports. That...
* A Western defense official, quoted by Reuters after last week's NATO summit establishing a renewed spearhead force, has the quote to wrap up last week: "In some ways, we are solving a non-existent problem because we can't solve the existing ones." * Russia's...
BREAKING: Fly Dubai charter from Bagram with ~100 Americans on board forced to land in Iran [Washington Post], escorted by fighter jets, for "incorrect" flight plan. Reports say that Iran offered to have the plane return to Bagram, but there wasn't enough fuel for...
Kryl(click to view full) Poland's military is modernizing on a number of fronts, and a Western shift in its self-propelled artillery is underway. The country has become a key bulwark within NATO, but its howitzers have used Russian calibers. Among its self-propelled...
PPZR GROM(click to view full) At MSPO 2014, Lithuania signed a EUR 34 million contract with Poland for PPZR GROM soldier-portable anti-aircraft missiles, along with necessary instrumentation, simulators, and training. The Polish MON says that Lithuania is their 4th...