* The US House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing (with live video) today on the belated FY15 war funding request, $53B of which are allocated to Afghanistan. * Islamic State insurgents reportedly repelled official Iraqi forces who tried to take back...
VPN DHC-6(click to view full) Canadian firm Viking Air of Sidney, BC achieved a double-breakthrough with its recent sale to Vietnam. Its modern DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 variant of the legendary global bush plane will become the Vietnamese military's first western...
* The Iron Dome defense system is again proving quite effective, leading Hamas to try other tactics, including launching strikes deeper into Israel, trying commando infiltration by sea, and launching bomb-loaded drones. Hamas reportedly fired more than 1,000 rockets...
ATK's PGK(click to view full) Alliant Tech Systems' GPS-guided Precision Guidance Kit hopes to do for artillery shells what Boeing's JDAM tail kit has done for conventional bombs - or what ATK's APMI kit has done for 120mm mortars. The Western way of war has largely...
* A barrage of over 100 Palestinian rockets was aimed at Israeli cities on Saturday, and IDF told North Gaza residents to evacuate ahead of launching a significant attack. * Jordan's King is unhappy about that prospect, and US State Secretary John Kerry is echoing...
TSV-72 concept(click to view full) The US Navy's JHSV ships won't be the only ones of their kind. Oman, which already operates a pair of 65m Austal fast catamarans as civil ferries, has decided to add a pair of slightly larger ships for military use. The USA's JHSVs...
SAAF JAS-39D(click to view full) In 1999, South Africa became the Saab JAS-39 Gripen's 1st export customer, ordering 26 fighters. The country is generally considered to be one of Africa's stronger economies, and a regional security partner. On the defense front, their...
RSAF Eurofighter(click to view full) In 2005 talks were underway for a Saudi purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 advanced air superiority and strike aircraft from Britain's BAE Systems - with an important (albeit denied) set of conditions on the Saudi side....
* The US Air Force asked for proposals for its new LRS-B strategic bomber, on which it plans to spend [PDF] more than $900M during the coming fiscal year, and more than $3B/year by FY18. A memo from the Congressional Research Office explains that there's probably been...