by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2019 | Brazil, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other
T-27: Smoke & Mirror (click to view full) Brazil has kicked off the LAAD 2013 expo with a pair of announcements related to their Super Tucano fleet. The first is a 5-year, BRL 252 million (about $127.4 million) contract for Embraer to support the FAB’s 92...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 1, 2019 | Airbus, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Germany, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
Euro Hawk UAV (clickto view full) Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) UAV has gone from a developmental platform to the next generation of American aerial reconnaissance. Flying at 60,000 feet, the RQ-4’s...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 29, 2019 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
C-40A Clipper (click to view full) The 737 based C-40 Clipper represents a substantial upgrade over the 1970s-era, DC-9 based C-9 Skytrains and 727-based C-22Bs that have performed its transport roles to date. The C-9s are still in service with the US Naval Reserve...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 26, 2019 | Alliances, Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, France, IAI, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Rumours, Russia, USA
Kfir C2 (click to view full) Argentina’s air force is having a hard time maintaining its core Nesher/”Finger” fighters, even as the Kirchner regime seeks to take control of the Falkland Islands and their potential offshore oil reserves. That led...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 25, 2019 | Airbus, Aircraft, Boeing, Coastal & Littoral, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, India, Israel, Other Corporation, RFPs, Rumours, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Lower tier: Indian Do-228 MPA (click to view full) In January 2009, the wheels began turning on pair of follow-on buys covering short and medium range manned aircraft for India’s Navy and Coast Guard. That effort stalled out, restarted with a 2013 RFP....
