Military Aviation News Archive
10/11/2011
Raytheon Company's Common Infrared Counter Measures solution for U.S. Army helicopters is also ideal for protecting unmanned aircraft systems. At 15 pounds less than the Army's requirement, Raytheon's CIRCM system is lightweight enough for large UAS platforms.
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10/11/2011
India’s defense ministry on Oct. 7 approved the offset proposals of the two short-listed vendors in its $11 billion Medium-Multi-Role Combat Aircraft program, paving the way for the opening of commercial bids. According to a defense ministry official, bids should be opened in the next few days for the Eurofighter consortium’s Typhoon and Dassault’s Rafale, though no specific time frame was given. The original tender was issued by the defense ministry in August 2007.
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10/11/2011
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said U.S. troops might still be able to stay in Iraq as trainers beyond a 2011 withdrawal date, even though the country's political blocs have rejected giving immunity to any American soldiers.
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10/11/2011
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. will present an array of cutting edge solutions, designed to enhance the capabilities of the United States Armed Forces at the upcoming Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition (AUSA), (booth #1103) set to take place in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC from October 10-12, 2011.
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10/11/2011
China's faster-than-expected military buildup has alarmed the United States and its Asian allies and could help the Pentagon gird against deeper defense cuts threatened in some corners of Congress. But even though the sophistication of China's People's Liberation Army has exceeded US military forecasts, there is a recognition within the Pentagon that some of its most-cited conventional capabilities are still in their infancy.
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10/11/2011
Saudi Arabia is planning to reach an agreement with the United States on the purchase of artillery systems worth $186 million, Arabian website Elaf said citing a high-ranking source in the Saudi government.
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10/10/2011
The head of the air force said Taiwan's defense capabilities won't suffer despite the refusal of Washington to sell the island country F-16C/D fighters. Instead of allowing the sale of new fighters to Taiwan, the United States has agreed to a major $5.9 billion upgrade program of the country's 145 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcon jets.
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10/10/2011
There are rumblings that the Boeing F-15 deal with Saudi Arabia is delayed. There’s speculation the Saudis are upset with President Obama’s support of Arab Spring demonstrations or his opposition to Palestine becoming a state through U.N. approval.
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10/10/2011
An F-15 fighter jet's empty fuel tank that crashed to the ground Friday in Ishikawa Prefecture may have exploded after its internal air pressure spiked, according to officials from the Air Self-Defense Force's Komatsu base.
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10/10/2011
Patriot Taxiway Industries announced the delivery of 40 additional KC-135 Portable LED Cargo Lighting System kits to the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Earlier this year, the command’s Surgeon General Office ordered16 kits to be deployed with medical crews in support of worldwide Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) mission.
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10/10/2011
A culture of shared sacrifice is one of the greatest strengths of the U.S.’s volunteer military. It is not, however, a good basis on which to decide budget cuts. Facing at least $450 billion in reductions over the next decade - and as much as $1 trillion total if the congressional deficit supercommittee fails to reach a consensus and the automatic deficit trigger kicks in - Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta may be tempted to follow precedent and ask for trims across the services and their progr
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10/10/2011
The country is growing accustomed to debate about the use of drone aircraft in military surveillance and strikes. Should the U.S., as it has under President Barack Obama, be leaning more heavily on the use of the remote-controlled airplanes to hunt and kill terrorists — including American citizens?
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10/09/2011
The IAF inquiry into the emergency landing performed Thursday by an F-15 crew determined that the pilot and the navigator's resourcefulness prevented the jet from crashing. The inquiry found that around 11 am the F-15 took off from the Tel Nof Air Base for a routine training flight. Once airborne, the crew spotted a flock of pelicans flying in their direction and changed their course so not to collide with the birds.
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10/09/2011
Japanese officials announced Saturday that a 350-pound fuel tank and part of a dummy missile fell off an F-15 during a training mission, prompting Tokyo to ground the fleet for the second time in three months. The Taiwan News reports that the entire 202 plane fleet will be grounded indefinitely and available only for emergency scrambles.
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10/09/2011
At the Zhuhai air show in southeastern China last November, Chinese companies startled some Americans by unveiling 25 different models of remotely controlled aircraft and showing video animation of a missile-armed drone taking out an armored vehicle and attacking a United States aircraft carrier.
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10/09/2011
Iran's national defense system has been equipped with advanced radars capable of detecting unmanned aerial vehicles, a senior military commander said on Saturday. “No unauthorized unmanned aircraft now dares fly over the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said, according to Press TV.
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10/08/2011
Six days after the Sept. 11 attacks, and about three weeks before America went to war, a headline on the front-page of The Washington Post foretold the difficult fight ahead.
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10/08/2011
NATO ministers said Thursday that the bombing campaign in Libya, now in its seventh month, will continue until armed resistance to the new pro-Western regime ceases.
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10/08/2011
Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security delivered 28 military and combat aircraft in the third quarter to September 30, comprising 13 F/A-18E/F and EA-18Gs, six CH-47F and MH-47G Chinooks, four C-17s, three F-15s and two 737 AEW&C aircraft.
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10/08/2011
A MiG-21 combat aircraft of the IAF today crashed near Uttarlai airport in Rajasthan’s Barmer district but the pilot ejected safely.
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10/08/2011
The defence ministry on Friday approved the offset proposals for India’s biggest defence deal to buy 126 fighter planes at an estimate price of Rs 42,000 crore ($ 10.4 billion) paving the way for opening the commercial bids around Diwali.
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10/08/2011
The computers used to control Predator and Raptor drones used in Afghanistan and other war zones have been reportedly infected by a virus that captures the keystrokes of the pilots operating the unmanned aircraft.
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10/08/2011
Boeing has received a performance based logistics (PBL) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP).
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10/07/2011
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Thursday that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy close brotherly and strategic relations since their inception. This relationship has matured and strengthened further over the years and has long history of deep rooted cooperation, he made these remarks after witnessing ongoing Joint Military Exercise (Al-Samsaam-IV) 2011 between Pakistan Army and Saudi Land Forces near Jhelum.
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10/07/2011
Mum's the word on exactly when he'll arrive, but Prince Harry - or Capt. Harry Wales, as he's called on a military airfield - will use live fire for the first time when he soon begins helicopter gunship training at U.S. bases in California and Arizona, officials said Thursday.
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