by Editorial Staff | Sep 15, 2014 | Africa - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Iraq, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, USA
* A few allies are saying [US Today] they’ll join the US in its efforts against the Islamic State, though there are many reasons [AP] why Middle Eastern countries may offer little more than lip service. * Iran seems more motivated [BBC video] than Sunni Arabs,...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 12, 2014 | Ammunition, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Iraq, Robots, Russia, Space Warfare, Turkey, UAVs, USA
* State-owned CCTV ran a program/infomercial on China’s FD2000 air defense system, showing a recent live test in north China. The system is meant for exports and the demonstration’s purpose seems to be to convince Turkey. But the Turks have expressed...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 11, 2014 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Iraq, Middle East - Other, Pre-RFP, USA
* President Obama announced that air strikes against ISIL will be expanded to Syria, hopefully but not necessarily with Congressional support. Video | Transcript. * Conrad Crane from the US Army War College makes plenty of interesting observations [War on the Rocks]...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 10, 2014 | Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, Satellites & Sensors, Science - Basic Research, USA
* The French government released its annual report [PDF, in French] on armament exports. They saw orders grow by almost 43% in 2013 from the previous year, to €6.9B ($8.9B), with more than half of the total accounted by Asian and Middle East customers. This is their...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 9, 2014 | Alliances, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Germany, Iraq, IT - Cyber-Security, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scandals & Investigations, Training & Exercises, Turkey, USA
* USNAVAIR is going to organize a series of technical meetings [FBO] with companies interested in candidate replacements for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G by 2030. This comes ahead of an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) scheduled next year. * According to DPA (via RIA...
