The United States Airforce is still anxiously waiting for the delivery of its new Boeing T-7 Red Hawk advanced trainer aircraft. In the interim, the USAF is considering leasing other… Continue reading "The USAF Might Possibly Lease Fighters that Lost the T-X Advanced Trainer Competition"
For a whopping $2.3 billion Saudi Arabia has inked the deal to purchase seven AN/TPY-2 radars from Raytheon for their THAAD ballistic missile defense system. These radars will be the… Continue reading "Saudi Arabia Signs $2.3 Billion Contract for THAAD Radar"
One of the challenges when discussing the defence industry is how to identify what that phrase actually means. The ‘arms industry’ of the 1930s was distorted by the requirement for… Continue reading "Defence Industries: Some of Their Characteristics"
Earlier this year it was confirmed that the US Army would be purchasing Spike Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) to augment the Apache fleet’s ability to defeat hostile air defense systems by outranging… Continue reading "Spike NLOS for America and the Failure of JAGM"
The American arm of Australian firm EOS have successfully test-fired 30mm cannon and Javelin ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles) from their R400S remote weapon station (RWS) mounted on a HMMWV (High… Continue reading "EOS Test Fire Cannon and Javelin from RWS"
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) appear to have finally begun negotiations to upgrade the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) under the long delayed Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP). The… Continue reading "Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme One Step Closer"
The Space Force system Space Fence is officially online and operational. A program previously under Air Force control and later moved to the responsibly of Space Force, after the creation… Continue reading "Space Fence – New Hardware for Space Force"
Embraer has announced that it is seeking to enter arbitration proceedings against Boeing after the latter announced that it had terminated an agreement to create two joint ventures with Embraer… Continue reading "Embraer To Seek Arbitration Against Boeing Following Collapse of Joint Ventures"
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on 2nd April , that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $512m firm-fixed-price contract for F-16 Block 70 production for the Republic of Bulgaria.… Continue reading "Bulgaria Orders F-16s"
In January 2017, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense announced the start of a comprehensive military modernization and rearmament program: “Zrínyi 2026”. Under this program, the entirety Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF)… Continue reading "Modernization and Rearmament – Hungary’s Zrínyi 2026 Program"