by Joe Katzman | Jan 13, 2020 | Alliances, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Events, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Rumours, Russia, Spotlight articles, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Adm. Gorshkov: Before. (click to view full) This free-to-view DID Spotlight article offers an in-depth look at India’s troubled attempt to convert and field a full-size aircraft carrier, before time and wear force it to retire its existing naval aviation and...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 10, 2020 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Policy - Procurement, Surface Ships - Other
River Class (click to view full) The UK’s forthcoming Ocean Class 90m+ Offshore Patrol Vessels stem from a shipbuilding sector agreement that the UK MoD signed with BAE in November 2013. Britain needed to find an affordable bridge-buy that kept its naval...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 18, 2019 | Contracts - Intent, India, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, RAFAEL, Raytheon, RFPs, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Spike firing (click to view full) India has been looking for a modern anti-tank/ infantry strike missile to take the place of MBDA Milan missiles that have been produced under license by Bharat Dynamics. The finalists in this competition were the American...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 18, 2019 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Bombs - General, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, ECM, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Air-Air, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Radars, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, United Technologies, USA
PAF F-16A drops Mk.82s (click to view full) On June 28/06, the US DSCA notified Congress via a series of releases of its intention to provide Pakistan with a $5.1 billion Foreign Military Sales package to upgrade the F-16s that serve as the PAF’s top of the line...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 16, 2019 | Contracts - Intent, Events, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Rosoboronexport, Russia
Mi-28N with MMR (click to view full) In August 2012, Russian Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev pledged that the state would buy 60 Mi-28UB attack and training helicopters by 2020. That would be good news for the VVS, as well as the Rosvertol plant at Rostov on Don. Russia is...
