Americas * The US Air Force has begun removing nuclear weapons capability from 42 B-52H Stratofortresses, in line with regulations set out under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), signed in April 2010. Thirty operational and a dozen mothballed...
Americas * The Air Force released a Request for Information on Friday to identify potential industry sources for the re-winging of an unspecified number of A/OA-10A close air support aircraft. Over half of the A-10 Warthog fleet is already undergoing a re-winging...
Americas * Air Force Special Operations Command is reported to be looking to acquire an expendable unmanned system capable of acting as remote sensors deployable from C-130 gunships. A Coyote UAV is currently being used as a concept-demonstrator, with a longer-term...
Americas * A leaked memo has uncovered serious concerns over the Marine Corps' operational testing of F-35B aircraft aboard USS Wasp (LHD-1) in May, undermining the aircraft's Initial Operating Capability in July. The memo, penned by the director of the Pentagon's...
Paveway-IV components(click to view larger) In 2003, Raytheon UK operation won the GBP 120 million pound contract to develop and produce Paveway IV, beating Boeing's INS/GPS guided JDAM. The GPS/INS and laser-guided 500-pound bombs are a British project, and will add...
Starstreak SP HVM(click to view full) In 1997, Britain introduced a unique entry to the world of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Its dual-stage Starstreak High Velocity Missile flies at Mach 4+, uses advanced laser-guidance to home in on fast-flying aircraft,...
Americas * A Request for Information market survey is expected to be released on Wednesday for the re-competition of the Navy's Next Generation Information Enterprise Network (NGEN). With Hewlett-Packard winning the $3.45 billion IDIQ contract in June 2013, consisting...
Skynet 5 satellite model(click to view full) When militaries around the world have wanted to expand their satellite communication (SATCOM) capacity, they traditionally have had 2 choices - either pay a satellite manufacturer billions of dollars to build a satellite...
Americas * The final Zumwalt-class destroyer undergoing construction by General Dynamics Bath Ironworks - the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) - is facing the chop by an independent team of Pentagon cost assessors, with the third-in-class vessel already under...