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Ad Astra: India’s Indigenous Air-to-Air Missile

Ad Astra: India’s Indigenous Air-to-Air Missile

by | Oct 29, 2019 | BAE, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Israel, Issues - International, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Raytheon, Rumours, Russia, USA

R-77/AA-12 on MiG-29 (click to view full) Pakistan’s November 2006 purchase of 500 AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles created counter-pressure on the subcontinent, and reportedly had India looking for 120km BVRAAMs (Beyond Visual Range Air-Air Missiles). Missiles with...
Ad Astra: India’s Indigenous Air-to-Air Missile

LAS in, LAS out: Counter-Insurgency Planes for the USA and its Allies

by | Oct 29, 2019 | Air Reconnaissance, Alliances, Asia - Central, ATK, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Brazil, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Delivery & Task Orders, Elbit Systems, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Forces - Special Ops, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Legal, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Pre-RFP, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Raytheon, RFPs, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends

Winner (click to view full) The USA needs a plane that can provide effective precision close air support and JTAC training, and costs about $1,000 per flight hour to operate – instead of the $15,000+ they’re paying now to use advanced jet fighters at 10%...