FAE: past & present(click to view full) Ecuador's FAE currently operates a variety of fighter aircraft. 14 Israeli Kfirs, (12 + 2 two-seat trainers) upgraded to the C10/CE standard, 12 upgraded French Mirage F1 fighters originally delivered in 1978-80, and about 20...
RAAF Hawk Mk127s(click to view full) In July 2011, the Australian government announced a 2-year, A$150 million (about $161 million) extension of the existing contract with BAE Systems Australia, to provide support for the RAAF's Hawk 127 Lead-In-Fighter Trainers, plus...
Latest updates: OC2 upgrades: good news, bad news? High-end Hawk(click to view full) In 2006, Great Britain signed a GBP 450 million contract to buy another 28 advanced Hawk trainers, as the first step toward a public-private partnership that would provide military...
* Firms gearing up for American "T-X" competition to replace its supersonic T-38 Talon jet trainers. * Israeli satellite service provider Gilat Satellite Networks is looking to expand into defense markets. * 1st test flight for South Korea's "Surion" utility...
See article, below(click to view full) The Alpha Jet was developed jointly by France' Dassault Aviation and Germany's Dornier. In France, they are mainly used as lead-in fighter trainers before pilots graduate to front-line combat aircraft like the Rafale and Mirage...
KAI's KT-1(click to view full) The Chosun Ibo newspaper reports that Korea Aerospace Industries has finalized a contract to export 55 of its homegrown XKT-1 light trainers to Turkey by 2013. The deal is valued at $500 million, making it Korea's largest ever aircraft...
S-70 Seahawk Back in May 2005, DID looked at Turkey's launch of a $700 million helicopter competition to provide 32 military utility helicopters and 20 fire fighting helicopters. Last week, the Turkish Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM) extended the...
CROWS with M2 HMG(click to view full) DID has covered the CROWS remotely-operated machine gun before, and its use in Iraq on up-armored HMMWVs and M1117 Guardian vehicles. The weapons have been successful in the field, and DID has even covered a (now-defunct) blog by...
Javelin anti-armor missile The Raytheon/ Lockheed Martin JAVELIN (Joint Venture) in Tucson, AZ received a $42.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for "Javelin CLU (901)/EPBST (101) supplemental hardware definitization." Javelin is a portable...
GE F404 General Electric Co. in Lynn, MA received a maximum $500 million firm fixed price contract for parts and services for the F404 jet engine, on behalf of the U.S. Navy. The F404 engine powers the US Navy's F/A-18 Hornet fighter, models A-D. This is a sole...