Americas * Lockheed Martin has been handed a $5.37 billion contract action for 55 Lot IX Joint Strike Fighters, including 41 F-35As, 12 F-35Bs and 2 F-35Cs. Six of the F-35As are to complete foreign sales to Norway, while seven are headed for Israel and two for Japan....
Americas * The Pentagon is urgently trying to gain the necessary clearances required for combat aircraft to refuel from Airbus A330 MRTTs, used by coalition partners operating above Syria and Iraq. The Navy is also looking to gain clearances to use hose-and-drogue...
HAL's Dhruv(click to view full) Hindustan Aeronautics' Dhruv project aimed to create a light helicopter that was well suited to light helicopter roles in India's range of weather and altitude conditions. The firm has supplied 76 Dhruvs to India's armed forces, an...
Americas * A Standard Missile-3 Block IB (SM-3) interceptor failed to shoot down an extended medium-range ballistic missile (EMRBM) on Saturday following a malfunction, with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor system instead being used to take...
American M1A1(click to view full) In the modern era, Egypt was a Soviet client for a long time, and its arsenals still contain their share of Soviet weaponry. Military assistance relations took a sharp turn for the worse in the early 1970s, and the country has used...
Americas * The Air Force has furthered its F-15 radar upgrade program by awarding a $281.7 million contract to Boeing for the Combined (V)3 and Radar Modernization Program, with this award covering the procurement of 17 (V)3 and 29 Radar Modernization Program radar...
Before: APG-63 MSA(click to view full) Most F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters use APG-63 radars, passive arrays mounted on a movable swashplate. While upgrades over the years have improved them, a new generation of radar technologies has appeared. With cruise...
C-27J(click to view full) Major purchases that make headline news are few and far between in Peru. How do you top the recent re-opening of the DIFAA UFO investigation department? If you're the Peruvian Air Force, you buy 2 C-27J light tactical airlifters from Italy's...
Egyptian Air Force F-16D(click to view full) The Egyptian government wants to buy another 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, associated parts, weapons, and equipment to modernize its air force. The October 2009 request, made through the US Defense Security Cooperation...