Gripen & S-1000/S340(click to view full) It's a small, agile fighter that can take off and land on highways, while carrying the latest technologies and weapons. It does very well against NATO's best aircraft in exercises, comes with a reasonable price tag, and is...
* Following an executive order from the White House last month, the US Department of State's amendment of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise 4 US Munitions List (USML) categories has been published in the Federal Register [PDF] and will be...
* Per instruction number 5025.13 [PDF] enabled by DoD Directive 5105.53 (Reference (a)) and pursuant to Public Law 111-274 (Reference (b))(also known as the "Plain Writing Act of 2010," and referred to in this instruction as the "Plain Writing Act") and Deputy...
* A down market leads not just to consolidation, but also to spinoffs and divestures. Bloomberg. * House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon [R-CA] has been told by the Pentagon that their reprogramming request, allowed by the FY13 appropriations bill, is...
RFA Largs Bay(click to view full) The fate of a nearly-new British amphibious support ship, RFA Largs Bay, was all about timing. Britain commissioned 4 of the 176m long, 16,200t Bay Class LSD amphibious ships to renew a very run-down capability. The new "Alternative...
* Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) published its 5-year strategic plan [PDF]. Let it be known that the US DoD has not been the sole issuer of "read it if you really must" briefings this week. The DSTO ode to itself features a variation of...
Super Tucano(click to view full) Embraer's EMB 314/ A-29 Super Tucano has become the world's leading counter-insurgency aircraft, securing customers across Latin America and into Africa and Asia. Now Guatemala looks set to join Embraer's customer roster with an order...
* Hearings on the FY14 US defense budget at the US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) begin, starting with the Secretary of Defense with the service chiefs coming in days ahead. * One item discussed in this morning's HASC hearing with Chuck Hagel is the large size...
S-2000 Rollout(click to view full) In June 2006, Saab signed a SEK 8.3 billion provisional contract to supply Argus turboprop airborne early warning (AEW&C) systems to Pakistan, based on the Saab 2000 regional turboprop airliner and the Erieye fixed active array...