Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

HMCS Montreal & sub: HMCS Windsor (click to view full) Launched between 1988-1995, and commissioned between 1992-1996, Canada’s 12 City Class (now Halifax Class) frigates currently form the high end of its naval capabilities. The Canadian Navy has declined...
Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

South Korea Launches KF-16 Fighter Upgrades Upended

ROKAF KF-16 (click to view full) In July 2009, The Korea Times reported that ROKAF was looking to upgrade its F-16C/D fleet’s radar and armament, as part of the 2010-2014 arms acquisition and management package submitted to President Lee Myung-bak for approval....
Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

Japan Orders Upgrades for its 4 E-767 AWACS

Japanese E-767 (click to view full) In May 2006, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of four sets of Airborne Early Warning (AEW) and Command, Control and Communications (C3) mission equipment/Radar...
Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates

FMTV 2010-2018: Pyrrhic Victories? Oshkosh Wins The Re-Compete

FMTV Family (click to view full) The 14 variants in the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) form the core of the USA’s new state-of-the-art medium military transport truck fleet. Which in turn forms the core of the “mature logistics capability”...