The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense has advanced its FY2020 Department of Defense funding bill. The subcommittee recommends $992.4 million to purchase eight Boeing F-15EX aircraft for the Air Force,… Continue reading "US Air Force F-15EX Funding Approved"
The Tempest program started the show off right with the announcement that Italy would be joining the program. Now both Italy and Sweden have signed on to collaborate with the… Continue reading "DSEI 2019: Tempest Shown Off with New Family of Weapons"
On 5 September, the Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, announced on Twitter the first successful test of the SOM-B2 variant of the SOM cruise missile. The announcement… Continue reading "First Turkish SOM-B2 Test Successful"
The Turkish National Defense Ministry released an announcement on August 27 of the commencement of delivery of components for Turkey’s second S-400 surface-to-air missile battery. According to the announcement, the… Continue reading "Second Turkish S-400 Battery Delivery Commences"
The development of the Chinese navy, the PLA-N, has accelerated dramatically in recent years. New ships, from missile armed fast attack craft to guided missile destroyers and landing platform docks,… Continue reading "New Images Appear of First PLA-N Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock"
The B-52 has a long and storied history with nearly seventy years of active service, but its sensor suite has not aged as well as the rest of the bomber’s… Continue reading "Raytheon Selected to Develop Future B-52 Radar"
Few weapon systems symbolize post-Cold War US military operations more than the AH-64 Apache. Entering service in 1986, the Apache arrived just in time to see its intended enemy, the… Continue reading "In Profile: AH-64E Version 6, the Network-centric Attack Helicopter"
As Finland’s HX next generation fighter program’s first bidding phase wraps up, the details of the bids submitted are coming out. Many large players, including Saab, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin… Continue reading "The Most Important Criteria in Finland’s HX Fighter Program in Detail"
Saab have confirmed, via press release, that it will not participate in Swiss Air Force flight tests for its Gripen E platform after Swiss defense procurement agency Armasuisse formally recommended… Continue reading "Saab Gripen E Not Attending Swiss Flight Tests, Program Participation in Doubt"
Saab has begun ground testing of its prototype Arexis escort jamming pods. The Arexis pod, analogous in purpose, if not form or execution, to the US ALQ-99 pod, will be… Continue reading "Saab Arexis Escort Jamming Pod Enters Testing and Development"