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...
RAF’s Centenary Marked by Continuing Deployment on Operation Shader
Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday 1 April 2018. But while the service prepares for an anniversary parade and...
Russia’s S-500 Prometheus SAM nears service entry
Russia’s existing in-service ‘double digit’ Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs), the S-300 (known as the SA-10, -12 and -20 to NATO) and the S-400...
Stryker Dragoon Operational in Germany
General Dynamics Land Systems developed the Stryker 8x8 wheeled combat vehicle outfitted with a Orbital-ATK 30mm Bushmaster auto-cannon in the Kongsberg MCRWS unmanned weapon...
