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  LEMV Airship Sold Back to Manufacturer for a Song, and Future Data

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Rise-of-the-Blimps-The-US-Armys-LEMV-06438/

  The rise of modern terrorism, sharply increasing costs to recruit and equip professional soldiers, and issues of energy security, are forcing 2 imperatives on modern armies. Modern militaries need to be able to watch wide areas for very long periods of…

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  Turkey & South Korea’s Altay Tank Project

  https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/turkey-signs-deal-with-s-korea-for-altay-tank-project-05012/

  Turkey's tank fleet is currently made up of American M-48s and M-60s, some of which have been modernized with Israeli cooperation into M-60 Sabra tanks, plus a large contingent of German Leopard 1s and Leopard 2s. That is hardy surprising. America

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  Heat Vision: US Teen Series Fighters Getting IRST

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-18-super-hornets-to-get-irst-03429/

  F/A-18F w. IRST F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block IIs fighters are beginning to enter service with the US Navy and Australia, carrying significantly improved AN/APG-79 AESA radars and other electronic upgrades. Recent years have seen another spreading…

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  Raytheon’s AGM-176 Griffin Mini-Missiles

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheons-Griffin-Mini-Missiles-07182/

  As UAVs proliferate, and the demands of counter-insurgency fights force militaries to look at arming new kinds of aircraft, a number of manufacturers and governments are looking to develop precision-guided "mini-missiles" and glide weapons. Raytheon's

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  Adir Who? Israel’s F-35i Stealth Fighters

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-plans-to-buy-over-100-f35s-02381/

  In an exclusive June 2006 interview, Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief procurement officer Brigadier-General Ze'ev Snir told Israeli media that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was a key part of their IAF recapitalization plans, and that Israel intended to buy…

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  Surion: Eurocopter’s Korean KHP/KUH Helicopter Deal

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/korea-approves-eurocopters-khp-helicopter-deal-02325/

  South Korea currently owns around 700 helicopters, but more than half are considered outdated, and they need to be replaced. December 2005 marked the endgame for a South Korean competition to produce about 245 utility transport helicopters, which

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  Adding Arleigh Burkes: H.I.I. Steps Forward for DDG-51 Restart

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Adding-Arleigh-Burkes-Northrop-Grumman-Underway-06007/

  In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy's surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized

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  Paveway IV Dual-Guidance Bomb On Aircraft Integration Path

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/my-pgm-for-a-fuze-paveway-iv-hits-trouble-in-britiain-03644/

  Paveway-IV components(click to view larger) In 2003, Raytheon UK operation won the GBP 120 million pound contract to develop and produce Paveway IV, beating Boeing's INS/GPS guided JDAM. The GPS/INS and laser-guided 500-pound bombs are a British…

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  Vulkan-Eifel-Bahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH

  http://www.privat-bahn.de/VEB.html

  Keine Beschreibung vorhanden.

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  F-22 Raptor: Capabilities and Controversies

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-22-raptor-capabilities-and-controversies-019069/

  The 5th-generation F-22A Raptor fighter program has been the subject of fierce controversy, with advocates and detractors aplenty. On the one hand, the aircraft offers full stealth, revolutionary radar and sensor capabilities, dual air-air and air-ground…

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