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Japan's Stealth Fighter Concept (photos)

Not a perfect translation , but interesting.... Japan's model of a concept low RCS fighter jet. Hat tip: Alert 5 and Ishida, Shinichi

Published Mon, Oct 13 2008 8:30 PM by ELP

Filed under: Japan
DOD's Nohari Window

DOD has crashed through the Nohari Window . What U.S. weapons system programs will survive after the economic downfall? The USAF is in extremely poor shape in the area of paying for new stuff. Other parts of the DOD aren't much different even if the...

Published Sat, Oct 11 2008 9:20 AM by ELP

Filed under: U.S. Military Budget
Bell's ARH-Preparing for the end

The Bell U.S. Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter project is preparing for death row. Army officials acknowledged Tuesday that they are weighing alternatives to Bell Helicopter Textron's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter in anticipation of an upcoming Defense...

Published Thu, Oct 9 2008 9:23 PM by ELP

Filed under: U.S. Army
South Korean Air-to-Ground Weapons Video

Here is a good video of South Korean live fire training showing SLAM-ER, AGM-142, JDAM, and GBU-24.

Published Mon, Oct 6 2008 6:47 PM by ELP

Filed under: South Korea
Fake Chinese Chips In U.S. Weapons Systems

"I am very frustrated with the leadership's inability to react to this issue." There are several U.S. weapons systems that have been corrupted by counterfeit computer chips. How? Read the following article in Business Week , Dangerous Fakes...

Published Sat, Oct 4 2008 10:16 AM by ELP

Filed under: Avionics, MRO, Industry Problem, Supply Chain Problem
Israeli F-35 Briefing Slides and the M.E. Question

Here are some F-35 briefing slides from last year that were used to amaze Israeli journos. Undoubtedly, some or all of these slides (except the last one) were used to show decision makers at all levels of the Israeli F-35 deal. What is interesting is...

Published Fri, Oct 3 2008 11:15 PM by ELP

Filed under: F-35, Arms Sales
The Sale That Isn't

The Sale That Isn't How money laundering of U.S. taxpayer funds return back to help a troubled aircraft program. The F-35 program needs cash. Major JSF partner nations aren't buying yet and expenses are getting high. Failure to manage and estimate...

Published Wed, Oct 1 2008 10:03 PM by ELP

Filed under: F-35
USAF under-reported C-130J Cost?

I saw the early adoption of the C-130J. While a good plane now, it was a disaster the way that it got into service. Real slight of hand stuff. Create a commercial variant (snort guffaw ) so LM can sell it to the DOD as COTS (commercial off the shelf)...

Published Wed, Oct 1 2008 8:57 AM by ELP

Filed under: C-130J
Nov. Osprey Fire Caused by Hydraulic Failure

Christian over at DefenseTech has a great story about that mishap last November... - Ouch - I've gotten my hands on an investigation report into the fire that nearly destroyed an MV-22 back in November during an NVG training flight near New River...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 10:06 PM by ELP

Filed under: Osprey
Flanker Development Forks

So what will the Pacific air power threats look like in the coming years? One answer is that the Flanker has taken a fork in it's development with the Chinese adding some home equipment for their J-11B. What has started as a knock-off is moving forward...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 8:09 PM by ELP

Filed under: Pacific, Flanker
Talk of UK F-35 Pull-Out is no Surprise

The Times Online is reporting that the Ministry of Defence and Parliament are up to no good again: Cutting the UK military to the bone. Is that being fair? Yes and no. Yes the MOD and Parliament have shown a trend of cutting the military for a very long...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2008 7:50 PM by ELP

Filed under: F-35, UK
Possible AIM-9X, Link-16, Radar Upgrades for Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Defense Department has notified the U.S. Congress of the possibility of more mil hardware sales to Saudi Arabia. Link-16 for Saudi Arabia's Typhoons . (PDF here ) The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign...

Published Sun, Sep 28 2008 4:10 PM by ELP

Filed under: Arms Sales
Meet DAS

Cool NG video on the DAS that will be on the F-35. There are some serious holes in the video, but hey it's the seller hyping their stuff. Fun to watch.

Published Sun, Sep 28 2008 3:13 PM by ELP

Filed under: F-35
C-17 For Europe Moves Ahead

Via Robert Wall and Douglas Barrie of Aviation Week , NATO will go ahead with an agreement to get C-17s . NATO will base the aircraft at Papa air base in Hungary. -The 12 participants so far are: Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands...

Published Sun, Sep 28 2008 3:04 PM by ELP

Filed under: C-17
JASSM Survivability, JASSM Cost

Around 87% now in scripted range events for the JASSM . Sounds good. But now with the supposed fix of failures from 2007, the JASSM won't be all that affordable. It was supposed to be around $400-500,000 per missile however paying for the fixes and...

Published Sun, Sep 28 2008 2:57 PM by ELP

Filed under: JASSM

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Japan's Stealth Fighter Concept (photos)

DOD's Nohari Window

Bell's ARH-Preparing for the end

South Korean Air-to-Ground Weapons Video

Fake Chinese Chips In U.S. Weapons Systems

Israeli F-35 Briefing Slides and the M.E. Question

The Sale That Isn't

USAF under-reported C-130J Cost?

Nov. Osprey Fire Caused by Hydraulic Failure

Flanker Development Forks

Talk of UK F-35 Pull-Out is no Surprise

Possible AIM-9X, Link-16, Radar Upgrades for Saudi Arabia

Meet DAS

C-17 For Europe Moves Ahead

JASSM Survivability, JASSM Cost