Paris Air Show: It’s Hard To Demo What Makes Fighters Like F-35 Deadly
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As a boy growing up in the 1950s, I looked forward every year to the new cars and how different they would be from last year’s models. Obviously, I am not doing that in 2019, because the combination of what the frame of the car can deliver aerodynamically interacts with software and advanced materials to… Keep reading →
Eye On Iran, Israelis Conduct Huge Two-Week Exercise On Cyprus
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TEL AVIV: As the Middle Eastern kettle boils hotter, Israel is striving to improve the readiness and efficiency of its forces with regional exercises aimed, in part, at building de facto regional alliances. Syrian news agencies are reporting another air attack on the Russian-aligned country on June 12. According to Syrian news agencies, the… Keep reading →
With FCAS, French Air Force’s Renaissance Begins
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France’s Air Force imagines new and improved concepts of operations will flow from the Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS).
ITEP: GAO Okays Army Picking Riskier Engine – Will Congress?
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The full GAO decision undermines one of ATEC’s arguments to overturn the award to rival GE, technical superiority, but it reinforces another: risk.
How US Allies Can Keep An Electronic Eye On China
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The Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments has some new ideas for how even relatively poor allies can help keep the peace in the Pacific.
$34B = Biggest Procurement In History As Lockheed, DoD Handshake Deal for 478 F-35s
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The deal for hundreds of new F-35s will drive the cost per airplane below $80 million for the first time.
ITEP: GE Defends Its Helicopter Engine
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Leaked extracts from an Army review tell only part of the story, a 12-year saga of extensive research, development, and testing, the company argues.
US-Turkey Relations At Precipice; Turks Start S-400 Training
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The Pentagon appears to be ready to take further action in the long-running saga over Turkey and the F-35.
Army Wants Hypersonic Missile Unit by 2023: Lt. Gen. Thurgood
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The battery of eight missiles, while primarily meant to test out tactics, will be capable of combat. So will a prototype battery of lasers entering service in 2021.
House Armed Services Scrutinizes F-35 Costs, ABMS, Army Modernization
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The HASC wants an independent cost estimate on the F-35 and some detail — any detail — on the plan to replace AWACS. It’s also a little curious about robot tanks.