* Chinese President Hu Jintao confirms 1st flight test of J-20 stealth fighter jet. The debate about it is robust. Some analyses see it as a serious threat to the entire American concept of operations; effectively, a Chinese FB-22. Others point out the ancillary...
(c) DJ Elliott(click to view full) DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation...
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Bridgewater, NJ received a fixed-price incentive contract to provide worldwide comprehensive dental care coverage to TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) beneficiaries. At preset, this includes over 1.9 million beneficiaries, mostly family...
ROKAF CN-235(click to view full) The 70/30 Elbit/IAI joint venture Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd. recently announced a $29 million contract to supply the Korean Government's CN-235 transporters with Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) Suites and Missile Warning Systems...
* The Pentagon must buy American-made solar panels, according to the FY 2011 defense authorization law; many of Nellis Air Force Base solar panels are Chinese made. * Doling out justice: US DoJ charges former NASA employee with illegally exporting military infrared...
NETFIRES concept(click to view larger) The basic concept of NETFIRES is to develop a family of artillery-like precision attack missiles based upon a vertical launcher design. Yet the idea goes far beyond that simple description. The NETFIRES CLU box launcher is...
* Iraq to spend $26 billion on US aircraft, helicopters, tanks, armored vehicles, warships, and missiles, according to a Baghdad newspaper. * IAI's Brazilian JV bidding to make its avionics, self defense systems part of Brazil's KC-390 medium tactical transport jet. *...
Italian Tornado IDS(click to view full) In late December 2010, the Italian Air Force signed a EUR 96 million ($127.7 million) contract with the Panavia consortium to begin upgrading another 25 of Italy's strike fighters. The contract will see 15 more Tornado ECR and...
* Pentagon chief Robert Gates warns about China's J-20 Black Eagle stealth fighter jet, DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile during his first visit to Beijing. * US DoD belt-tightening plan could benefit Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed...