Finnish F/A-18D(click to view full) In 2007, Finland wanted Lockheed Martin’s stealthy AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles, in order to arm its F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters. Despite a history of good relations, in 2007, the US State Department said no. Fast forward to...
* POGO’s Winslow Wheeler has just finished dissecting the F-35 program’s official costs, in a series for TIME’s Battleleand. Agree or disagree, it’s a substantive criticism. Summary? “PAUCs based on unachievable production numbers, APUCs...
* US NAVSEA conducted last month tests of its Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system from USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). * Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) delivered Minnesota (SSN 783) to the US Navy. It’s their 10th Virginia-class submarine. * Should...
* CEO of Airbus Military Domingo Ureña-Raso said the company was mulling developing a 16-18t transport aircraft, below C-130s and roughly at Embraer’s level with its KC-390. * In the absence of having been proven guilty, AgustaWestland wants to be paid the funds...
LVSR comes ashore(click to view full) Why are trucks a big deal? Because they are the unglamorous but very necessary backbone of any mobile military force. The US Marines certainly fit the description of a mobile force, and Oshkosh Defense supplies their MTVR medium...