Gentlemen, start your...(click to view full) In January 2006 the Pentagon attempted to remove FY 2007 funding from the F-35 Lightning II's second engine option, the GE/ Rolls Royce F136. As predicted, protests from fellow Tier 1 partner Britain followed at the highest...
C-130 AMP cockpit(click to view larger) The USA's C-130E/H medium air transport fleet suffers from 2 key problems: (1) many aircraft, especially Air National Guard planes, aren't flyable, or won't remain so much longer; and (2) their avionics are too old to meet...
* The missile that took down flight MH17 may have been stolen by pro-Russian insurgents at the end of last month, since they proclaimed to have taken control of BUK systems as then relayed by state-owned Russian media. * An unnamed American intelligence officer told...
C-27J 3-view(click to view full) In mid-2008 Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) made a $32 million budget reprogramming request in order to buy a C-27J light tactical transport plane and convert it into a small prototype AC-XX gunship, using "proven/known"...
* More than half of the 298 people dead in the MH17 shot over Ukraine yesterday are Dutch nationals. So far Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a very short statement while his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for an international investigation....
EAF C-295M concept(click to view full) In addition to its larger AN-74 and C-130 military transports, Egypt also operates a small fleet of very old DHC-5 Buffalo aircraft, which need replacing. Canada's Viking Air has a notional design for an modern DHC-5NG re-launch,...
Turkey’s SSM defence procurement authority has signed a EUR 180 million ($219 million) contract to meet its Meltem 3 requirement for 10 maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, ordering a dedicated version of the ATR 72-500 regional transport turboprop called the ATR 72 ASW….
* SPECIAL UPDATE: Malaysian Airlines needs to lift the hoodoo on its Boeing 777s. Flight MH17 disappeared from radar while flying at 10,000 meters over the contested Donestsk region of the Ukraine, during a flight to Amsterdam. All 295 people are dead. The Ukrainian...
Iraqi M1A1(click to view full) Tanks often decide battles, unless aircraft are around. Iraq had a lot of unfriendly visits by the USAF from 1991-2003, which left the largest armored force in the region looking to rebuild their armored corps from zero. Early donations...