The New Zealand government has signed a deal with AgustaWestland for new training and light utility helicopters.
 
The deal covers five A109LUH, as well as a simulator and is aimed at boosting the country’s helo training capacity, says Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott. “The ... Read More »

France has spent €20 billion ($32 billion) on military operations outside its borders in the past 32 years, but most of it was on extra pay for the soldiers involved, writes defense analyst Jean-Paul Hebert in the latest edition of the “Le Debat Strategique” (the strategic debate) review published by CIRPES ... Read More »

+ Fleet positioned for war with Iran
+ Abkhaz: we're shooting down Georgian UAVs
+ Latest on Osprey underbelly gun
+ Defense procurement really shouldn't be so expensive
+ Not much Grrrrrr! for the Growler
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The upcoming issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology (AW&ST) will have a story on the Early Operational Assessment of M5, the latest iteration of a rolling program of F-16 updates developed for the F-16 European Participating Air Forces (EPAF) and the U.S. Air Force since the late-1990s. ... Read More »

The US Army-led Joint Heavy Lift has definitely been joint, says AATD's Bruce Tenney, who is leading the JHL technology effort.

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If ever there was a misnomer it’s the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) – well at least the rapid. ... Read More »

Video of the USS Platte and USS Tripp bumping noses in 1989 ... Read More »

The Juan Carlos I, with a length of 230.82m and a displacement of 27,563 metric tons (fully loaded) the biggest warship ever built by Spain, was launched recently by Queen Sofia. ... Read More »

The newly fielded German Braunschweig corvette has made its first foreign port of call. ... Read More »

Seabasing as a way of getting around those pesky "allies" ... Read More »