Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed a series of upgrades that substantially enhance the technological capabilities of Saudi Arabia’s E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Among the enhancements to improve radar capabilities and reduce repair time for the airborne surveillance fleet are systems that increase the original equipment’s radar sensitivity and expand the range […]

Boeing is concluding final acceptance flight trials for Apache AH-64E Guardian helicopters on order for the Indonesian Army’s (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat; TNI–AD). According to US defence secretary Chuck Hagel, Indonesia ordered eight AH-64E Apache in August 2013. That announcement came nearly one year after a notification to Congress a year earlier of the proposed […]

The North Dakota National Air Guard’s 119th Wing will receive two unmanned aircraft this summer. That was reported by www.stripes.com. The National Guard says the move part of the U.S. Air Force’s larger plan to upgrade its remotely piloted capability. The aircraft is the MQ-9 Reaper, a multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance precision attack and reconnaissance aircraft. It […]

The U.S. Army´s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Vilsek, Germany, is now evaluating Saab’s Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) on their Stryker fighting vehicles. This is the first field evaluation of the MCS conducted by the U.S. Army. That was reported by The MCS, from Saab’s business unit Barracuda, provides constant protection to vehicles when […]

AeroVironment, Inc. unveiled the new Snipe Nano Quad, a miniature (“Class 0”) and field-rugged unmanned aircraft system designed to support close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The first U.S. government customer delivery of 20 Snipe systems took place in April. “Snipe’s tiny size belies its impressive capabilities,” said Kirk Flittie, AeroVironment vice president and general […]

After over 2 years in space, advanced US re-entry X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle spacecraft successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This was the fourth flight of this vehicle. Boeing started the secret X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle project under NASA’s aegis in 1999. Originally, the reusable X-37 was intended to repair satellites in orbit. However, in 2004 the program was classified […]

China should take military countermeasures against THAAD deployment, a Chinese military expert said after the defense ministries of South Korea and the U.S. confirmed onMay 2 that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system is now operational in South Korea. The system reportedly has the initial capability to intercept North Korean missiles. […]

Does Russia really feel threatened by NATO? Probably not, said the deputy chief of staff for NATO’s Multi-National Corps Northeast. Instead, said Brig. Gen. Frank W. Tate, he believes Russian leadership is more likely concerned about the loss of regime if something happened there similar to an “Arab Spring” or another Colour Revolution in former […]

U.S. Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, train Polish Troops on the M109A6 Paladin to give their allies a better understanding of its capabilities on April 28, 2017, here. The field artillery battalion, part of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, is currently stationed in Poland in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve […]

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to New Zealand. The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to New Zealand for P-8A aircraft and associated support. The estimated cost is $1.46 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered […]