by Joe Katzman | Jul 15, 2014 | Asia - Other, Canada, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, IAI, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
VPN DHC-6(click to view full) Canadian firm Viking Air of Sidney, BC achieved a double-breakthrough with its recent sale to Vietnam. Its modern DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 variant of the legendary global bush plane will become the Vietnamese military’s first...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 14, 2014 | ATK, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Sensors & Guidance, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA, Warfare - Trends
ATK’s PGK(click to view full) Alliant Tech Systems’ GPS-guided Precision Guidance Kit hopes to do for artillery shells what Boeing’s JDAM tail kit has done for conventional bombs – or what ATK’s APMI kit has done for 120mm mortars. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2014 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other
TSV-72 concept(click to view full) The US Navy’s JHSV ships won’t be the only ones of their kind. Oman, which already operates a pair of 65m Austal fast catamarans as civil ferries, has decided to add a pair of slightly larger ships for military use. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2014 | Africa - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Events, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Warfare - Lessons
SAAF JAS-39D(click to view full) In 1999, South Africa became the Saab JAS-39 Gripen’s 1st export customer, ordering 26 fighters. The country is generally considered to be one of Africa’s stronger economies, and a regional security partner. On the defense...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2014 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - International, MBDA, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Rumours, Saudi Arabia, Support & Maintenance
RSAF Eurofighter(click to view full) In 2005 talks were underway for a Saudi purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 advanced air superiority and strike aircraft from Britain’s BAE Systems – with an important (albeit denied) set of conditions on the...
