SU-34: takeoff!(click to view larger) Sukhoi's SU-27 Flanker fighter has become one of Russia's great export successes. It's also a design success. Its basic airframe applied lessons from all of America's "teen series fighters," producing a 4+ generation aircraft that...
Americas * The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) has been approved to enter the Engineering & Manufacturing Development Phase. The announcement was made after the approval by Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and...
Yak-130(click to view full) A February 2006 report noted that a $4 billion arms sale was brewing between Algeria and Russia involving fighter aircraft, tanks, and air defense systems, with the possibility of additional equipment. Those options came through the...
Americas * The US Navy has delivered the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS), to be attached to AV-8B Harriers and operated by the Marine Attack Squadron (VMA). Initially integrated onto MH-60S, MH-60R, and AH-1Z...
Americas * The US Navy successfully tested a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block II from the SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system for the first time. SeaRAM, used on the Independence class of Littoral Combat Ships, successfully detected, tracked and engaged an...
Americas * Multi-year funding for orders of C-130 procurement by the Pentagon has been awarded to Lockheed Martin. The first thirty-two aircraft were ordered on December 30 in a deal worth $1 billion. Up to seventy-eight will be delivered by 2020 in contracts...
As oil prices remain high, and natural gas has become a critical fuel for Europe, Russia's strategy for geopolitical action and leverage has revolved around energy. After the disastrous collapse of communist Russia's illusion economy, high energy prices are lifting...