March 17, 2014 Military Aviation News
03/17/2014
More than 95 percent of Crimean voters backed joining Russia and seceding from Ukraine during Sunday's referendum, the head of the Crimean commission for holding the referendum said after more than a half ballots were counted. According to Mikhail Malyshev, only 3 percent chose to restore the 1992 Crimean Constitution and remain an autonomous republic within Ukraine, while 1 percent of ballot papers were declared void.
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03/17/2014
It has also revived questions about why the Malaysian military did not immediately notice what was happening, and what gaps there might be more generally in military air defences in a region where the defence and security temperature is high at the moment. It has now emerged that Malaysian primary military radar tracked an unidentified contact that flew right across the country's air space, now confirmed to be MH370. But no action, it seems, was taken.
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03/17/2014
U.S. military leaders plan to spend $2.45 billion next year on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement and research, with the RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, and the experimental U.S. Navy Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance And Strike (UCLASS) system expected to be the biggest winners.
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03/17/2014
Lt. Cmdr. Mark DeBuse, a flight surgeon for the Blue Angels, said it best when he said his job is like caring for the health and well being of top-notch professional athletes. While these athletes are not competing in high-profile football games or boxing matches, they are maneuvering 24,500 pound jets capable of traveling at almost twice the speed of sound, or 1,400 miles per hour. More impressively, Blue Angels pilots do this without the aid of a G-suit.
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03/17/2014
China is about to undergo a comprehensive reform of its military and national defense. This measure is to be steered by none other than Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi in his capacity shall oversee a group responsible for planning and executing such reform measures. In addition, the president is also the chairman of the national Central Military Commission. This is a powerful body and as chairman, Xi effectively has entire control of the chinese military.
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03/17/2014
On February 11th the U.S. Navy had its first flight test of a new IRST (Infa-Red Search & Track) pod. IRST uses a high resolution infrared (heat sensing) radar to positively spot and identify a potential aerial target This is done by comparing what IRST sees to 3-D models of known aircraft stored in the pod computer. This is similar to the ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared) pods used to spot surface targets.
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03/17/2014
Phasing out the A-10 attack aircraft could cost Tucson 2,000 jobs — and that’s just one of many changes in store for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the proposed 2015 Air Force budget shows. If Congress approves the cuts, D-M would see ongoing — though, in some cases, diminished — missions including electronic warfare and unmanned aircraft operations.
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03/17/2014
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Sunday said the Philippines has inked a deal to buy 12 fighter-trainer planes to beef up its territorial defense operation. Speaking at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City, Aquino also said that bidding for the procurement of two twin-engine naval antisubmarine helicopters "is also set to begin."
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