Americas The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that reviewed operation and maintenance (O&M) funding and readiness for fighter aircraft. The report found that while O&M funding execution from fiscal years 2018 to 2023 was generally...
UAVs Articles
F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program
F-35B: off probation (click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role fighter that will...
NG Unveiled Turbojet-Powered Precision Strike Missile | SpearUAV Unveiled Latest Viper | South Korea Reconsidering Apache Purchase
Americas Northrop Grumman unveiled a turbojet-powered precision strike missile last week. The multi-purpose Jackal missile can accommodate both lethal and nonlethal payloads for a range of functions such as electronic warfare and ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and...
AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army's primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army's Armed Reconnaissance...
Lockheed Increases Weapon System Production | Greece Declined NATO Baltic Mission | Japan Approved For Buying RAM Block 2B
Americas Epsilon Inc. won a $184.5 million deal to procure IT and cyber security (CS) support for the classified IT networks to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of the F-35 Joint Program Office ensuring the range of IT and CS are maintained...
BAE Teams Up With Kongsberg To Introduce ICS To US | Bundeswehr Ground Alerter Reached Full Operational Capability | Australia To Donate Abrams To Ukraine
Americas BAE Systems has entered into a teaming agreement with Norway’s Kongsberg to introduce the Integrated Combat Solution (ICS) to the US military. The ICS is designed to significantly improve the battlefield situational awareness of combat vehicles, thereby...
Raytheon/Lockheed Tapped For Javelin Production | US Warns Israel Amid Gaza Humanitarian Situation | India’s First Training Squadron To Train In UAE And Bahrain
Americas Raytheon and Lockheed have received $267-million in contracts for a full-rate production of the Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units (LWCLU) for the US Army and foreign military sales programs with Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. The LWCLU is part of the...
Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile
Javelin, firing (click to view full) The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of...
USAF Tapped For B-21 Raider | FA-50PL Delivery To Poland Delayed | South Korea Deploys Homegrown Infrared Smoke Canisters
Americas The US Air Force has awarded Conti Federal a $31.7-million deal to establish a B-21 Raider stealth bomber fuel cell hangar at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The project will convert the installation’s existing Dock 81 to Fuel Cell Hangar B7242, comprising fuel...