LM, MBDA CLASH WITH RAYTHEON OVER GERMANY’S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM PROGRAM

A Medium Extended Air Defense System missile is launched to intercept a target during a MEADS test at White Sands Missile Range Nov. 29. The test exploited the MEADS capability for full-perimeter, 360-degree defense with the PAC-3 MSE Missile performing a unique over-the-shoulder maneuver to defeat the target attacking from behind the MEADS emplacement.

Source: Defense News By Sebastian Sprenger Lockheed Martin and its German partner MBDA are going on the offensive in the war of words with Patriot-maker Raytheon, raising the stakes in a prized air-defense acquisition for the German military that could redefine the vendor landscape worldwide. The trans-Atlantic venture is the incumbent for a program to… Continue reading LM, MBDA CLASH WITH RAYTHEON OVER GERMANY’S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM PROGRAM

DONALD TRUMP SLAMS “OUT OF CONTROL” F-35 JSF

Sourced : Aviationweek Βy Lara Seligman Donald Trump left the collective defense community quaking in its boots last week after he threatened to cancel Boeing’s new Air Force one. Now he’s going after another massive aerospace firm, slamming Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for “out of control” costs. “Look at the F-35 program… Continue reading DONALD TRUMP SLAMS “OUT OF CONTROL” F-35 JSF

THE U.S AIR FORCE IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT ITS NEXT STRIKE AIRCRAFT

Sourced : Defence One By Caroline Houck Even as the U.S. Air Force is working to get its F-35s back in the air by year’s end, service leaders are starting to think about their next strike aircraft. It is “absolutely essential that we look forward into the next generation of penetrating capability,” Chief of Staff… Continue reading THE U.S AIR FORCE IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT ITS NEXT STRIKE AIRCRAFT

TURKEY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM

Sourced : Defence World Turkey is eyeing to develop its own missile defense system to be operated by NATO so as to increase chances of entering the alliance and to increase military exports by 15 times in the next seven years. “We have cancelled the results of the tender, not the project itself. Soon we… Continue reading TURKEY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM