Avenger(click to view full) Chile presents interesting challenges for an air defense network. Its geography is long, thin, and extremely mountainous, which greatly complicates attempts at full coverage. Tensions over the last couple of decades have been centered on...
* The US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee quickly approved - behind closed doors - its markup for the FY13 funding bill. Today the Armed Services Committee is starting longer, more difficult discussions, but they will happen in the open . More details...
* US Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency since November 2011, published his revised 2012 guidance [PDF] that conveniently highlights where the changes are. Among them, improved support for reset and force drawdown processes in...
Latest updates: Civil war ends; Hydrocarbon output back up; Post-Gadhaffi, France to refurbish Mirage F1s. SU-35 flight, 2008(click to view full) After a long hiatus in major arms purchases, and an equally long fall from its status as an ultra-modern Soviet arms...
Yak-130(click to view full) Russian media are reporting that Syria has signed a $550-million contract with Russia's state-owned Rosoboronexport arms export agency, involving 36 Yak-130 trainer and light attack jets. The deal was reportedly struck in December 2011,...
A Turkish newspaper reports this morning that Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Elbit Systems have won a contract estimated to be worth $200 million to supply unspecified varieties of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Turkish military. The report, which quotes sources in Turkey’s military industries, claims that the contract is expected to be signed on May 1, during the visit to Israel by Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan. Elbit Systems manufactures the Hermes family of tactical UAVs, as well as the smaller man-launched Skylark. IAI Harpy anti-radar attack UAVs are already in service with the Turkish armed forces. IAI also manufactures the popular Hunter, the Searcher Mk. II, Ranger UAVs specially adapted for inclement European conditions, Heron tactical UAVs, and the close range I-VIEW UAV.
* Russia is about to order 65 Yakovlev Yak-130 jet trainers, to be delivered by 2017. * Dmitry Gorenburg posted a series of 3 articles covering the span of Russia-NATO military cooperation. Things started with joint training but now also include operational...
Latest updates: Clarity from BAE. Spanish M109A5,Brite Star 2001(click to view full) In June 2009, Chile's formal request to buy a variety of artillery-related systems and equip a new mechanized artillery battalion was cleared by the US state Department, and allowed...
* ST Kinetics announces a S$ 68 million (about $57 million) contract from Singapore's MINDEF for its new Spider LSV wheeled scout/ special ops vehicles. Delivery will take place during 2013-14. * BAE is partnering with Northrop Grumman for the USA's T-X trainer...