* France has begun qualification trials of Sagem/MBDA’s dual-mode laser/GPS-guided SBU-64 AASM Hammer rocket-assisted smart bombs. * Meanwhile, Raytheon found a novel way to integrate its competing Enhanced Paveway laser/GPS smart bombs onto France’s...
This is the end…(click to view full) In July 2012, Boeing in Long Beach, CA received a $500 million contract for the orderly transfer of the manufacturing assets and data used to produce the C-17A Globemaster III heavy transport, once production ends. Work will...
* A parliamentary majority opposed to buying the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has emerged in the Netherlands. Despite lobbying from the MvD, and 2 planes ordered already, the issue seems set to come to a vote. If the vote goes badly, the cost of ending the...
* NATO supplies started crossing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan earlier today, after months of negotiation, and the eventual apology from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the deaths in November 2011 of Pakistani soldiers. Releasing withheld...
Latest updates: Australia commits to more – up to 214 more, incl. a new role. Bushmaster & ASLAV(click to view full) Australia’s “Hardened and Networked Army” push led them to adopt the v-hulled, mine resistant Bushmaster vehicles, long...