Americas * A search through unclassified budget documents has revealed that the Pentagon has been secretly developing a long-range engagement weapon (LREW) that could replace or surpass the capabilities of the Raytheon AIM-120D AMRAAM. The discovery by Flight Global...
Politics Articles
Canada contemplates Mali deployment | Qatar cleared for F-15QA support | China’s new aircraft carrier to come with EMALS
Americas * Canada has been cleared by the US State Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to proceed with the purchase of 32 AIM-120D air-to-air missiles. Costing an estimated $140 million, the package also includes 18 Captive Air Training Missiles,...
E-2D completes first aerial refueling | LAF Super Tucano delivery, a “bulwark against extremism” | India kicks off naval helicopter competition
Americas * The US Army has awarded a production contract to L3 Technologies for its Manned/Unmanned Teaming-eXpanded Capabilities (MUMT-X) program for AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. Valued at $97 million, L3 2ill provide Apache MUMT-X above-rotor Unmanned Aerial...
Chinese-South Korean relations thaw over THAAD | KC-46 fix found, say USAF | Rheinmetall rails against German-Turkish row
Americas * The Armored Group (TAG), a Michigan-based armored vehicle supplier, has acquired two German-based armoring companies—JPA Armoring and Fahrzeugbau Stadthage. The merger includes both of the firms' manufacturing facilities, tools, fixtures, intellectual...
Spare parts crisis hits F-35 program | Swedes go supersonic with Gripen E | India interested in Canadian Sea Kings
Americas * Raytheon received Friday a US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contract, with a ceiling of $1.5 billion, for Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) and Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar support services.. The follow-on agreement includes...
Northrop drop out of Navy’s Stringray program | Six more Super Tucano’s for Afghanistan | Eurofighter add sweeteners to Belgian fighter competition
Americas * Northrop Grumman has pulled out of the US Navy's MQ-25 Stingray unmanned refueler competition. Despite being the company who developed the test platform that proved a UAV could take off and land from an aircraft carrier, CEO Wes Bush cited the Navy's...
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Elta tapped for radar work on Canadian SAR | Israel resumes Apache flights | Griping Bulgarian MiG pilots strike, AF blames weather
Americas * New search-and-rescue aircraft (SAR) aircraft being manufactured by Airbus for Canada will come equipped with Elta Systems' ELM-2022A maritime patrol radar. 16 radars will be delivered for integration on the C295 aircraft being procured, however, Elta's...
Rescue Required: Canada’s Search-And-Rescue Aircraft Program
CC-115, BC coast (click to view full) The USA isn't the only country whose SAR (search and rescue) aircraft programs are having a hard go of it lately. In 2004, Canada announced a program to replace its aging DHC-5 (CC-115) Buffalo (West Coast) and CC-130E/H Hercules...