Sides Aligned in Bid for Germany’s Next Heavy Helicopter
US defence giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin went head-to-head at ILA Berlin 2018 in their efforts to replace Germany's existing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G...
New All-Terrain Vehicle at SOFEX
Making its defence show debut at SOFEX was the Oshkosh Defense Special Purpose All-Terrain Vehicle (S-ATV), a lightweight 4x4 designed for rapid deployment by...
Hellfire Compatible Cobra on Display
Another sign of the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s (RJAF) wide ranging modernisation programme is the comprehensive upgrade of 12 of its 20 plus extant...
Sea trials for Peruvian Navy’s new LPD
The Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) will soon have a new modern Landing Platform Dock (LPD) completely made in country by its...
F-22 Raptor Resurrection?
In late April there were a flurry of press reports suggesting that Lockheed Martin was planning to offer Japan a new fighter design based...
Analysis: German Tornado/Typhoon Replacement
At the ILA Berlin Airshow Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, and Eric Trappier, CEO and chairman of Dassault Aviation announced that...
Combat Debut for AGM-158B JASSM-ER
The co-ordinated coalition strike against Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure on 14 April marked the combat debut of the $1.75 million Lockheed Martin AGM-158B JASSM-ER...
Missile and Air Attacks Target Syrian Chemical Sites States President Trump, UK and France
Over the night of 13/14 April the United States, the United Kingdom and France launched airstrikes against multiple targets inside Syria suspected of being...
USAF Remains Unhappy Over F-35A Costs
The US Air Force (USAF) may have to cut its planned buy of 1,763 Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters by about one third...
Russia’s 2018 Combat Aircraft Production
In January, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced that the Russian Aerospace Forces are to receive more than 100 new and upgraded aircraft, including...