February 25, 2014 Military Aviation News
02/25/2014
Airbus Group NV is demanding compensation of close to one billion euros from Germany for the cancellation of an order for 37 Eurofighter combat aircraft, a spokesman for the defense ministry said Monday. Handelsblatt reported the plane maker wants 900 million euros ($1.24 billion) in compensation. Germany last week canceled the final tranche of 37 jets that were part of an order for 180 Eurofighters.
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02/25/2014
This year's scramble in Washington over the budget request will start Monday, when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to preview the fiscal 2015 Defense Department budget—a week before the official request goes to Congress. Its first hint at budget priorities will spur the defense industry to start lobbying, lawmakers to stake out their priorities, and the Pentagon to launch a charm offensive on Capitol Hill.
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02/25/2014
In recent years Prowler detachments were regularly operating from Bagram in Afghanistan, tasked primarily in providing electronic support for ground operations, assisting ground forces in Afghanistan and Iraq with counter IED jamming, signals intelligence and selective jamming. Supporting traditional marine corps missions, such as amphibious operations, and other high intensity warfare operations require different techniques.
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02/25/2014
The Pentagon is proposing to eliminate its A10 aircraft fleet — including those at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison — as part of a wide-ranging reorganization that could affect the Harrison Township facility. State officials have said there are about 18 A10s stationed at Selfridge and there are more than 400 people associated with their combat-support maneuvers at the base.
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02/25/2014
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is unveiling the Pentagon’s proposed budget today—a budget that will dramatically scale back the size of the military. But in order to save the most sacred of cows in its ongoing modernization efforts, the Pentagon is proposing the elimination of what has arguably been the most effective combat aircraft in the Air Force’s inventory: the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
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02/25/2014
AN influential air power lobby group wants Australia to acquire long-range unmanned combat aircraft that can fire precision missiles against targets without risk to pilots. According to the Canberra-based think tank, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation, so-called unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) are developing at such a rapid rate that they could replace manned fighters by the late 2020s.
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