MiG-21 'Lancer' (click to view full) The MiG-21 is reaching the end of its service life, but it can still be effective for a little while. India's refurbished MiG-21 'Bisons' combined Russian, Indian and Israeli technology to excellent effect in the COPE India 2004...
Land Equipment Articles
Sikorsky Wins $94M Black Hawk Medevac Helicopter Production Option | First Nigerian JF-17 Delivered | Royal Navy Welcomes Madfox
Americas Sikorsky won a $94.3 million deal to support an option exercise of six Program Year 5, Lot 45 HH-60M aircraft. The HH-60M Black Hawk features an integrated MEDEVAC equipment package kit intended to support casualty evacuation missions at daytime or nighttime...
The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!
E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...
VH-92A Being Tested | Sikorsky Contracted For Delivering 25 Black Hawks To Saudi Arabia | Japan Commissioned Final Soryu Class
Americas HMX-1 and the White House Military Office is testing the VH-92A at Joint Base Charleston this week. The military says this is part of operational testing for Marine Helicopter Squadron One. It is unknown how much longer the process will last. The new Marine...
Lockheed And NG To Compete For NGI Program | Saudi Companies To Develop Turkish Drones | France and Italy To Develop SAMP/T
Americas The Department of Defense awarded contract options this week to two companies to create a final prototype for a transportable advanced nuclear microreactor. BWXT Advanced Technologies and X-energy, both of which won contracts last year to develop portable...
Sikorsky Wins H-60 Product Line Deal | Jordan Makes New US Defense Agreement Public | Indian Navy Commissioned Final Mk IV LCU
Americas Boeing won a $9 million deal, which provides correction of deficiency software builds for increment three acoustics integration and testing for the P-8A aircraft. The P-8A Poseidon, the US Navy's maritime patrol aircraft, is capable of broad-area, maritime...
Boeing Inducts First Growler for Block 2 Upgrades | IAI Completed Barak Live-Fire Tests | Aircraft Carrier Tech Offered To Korea
Americas General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. won a $2.4 million contract modification to exercise an option for the construction of one Block V Virginia Class submarine with Virginia Payload Module. Electric Boat Corp. will continue to subcontract with Huntington...
India & Israel’s Barak-8 SAM Development Project(s)
Barak-8 concept (click to view full) Over a development timeline measured in decades, India's indigenous "Akash" and "Trishul" programs for surface to air missiles have failed to inspire full confidence. Trishul was eventually canceled entirely. Akash had a a long,...
F-35A Carried Out First In-Flight Drop Of JSM | Ofek Gets New Seats | DoS Approves Hellfire II Missiles Sale To Korea
Americas The US Air Force has decided to add an active duty component to the 168th Air Refueling Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base. The move will add four additional KC-135s and up to 220 additional active duty personnel. This will make the squadron a total force...