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NATO to continue Baltic Air Policing Mission for another year
NATO is to continue its enhanced Baltic Air Policing Mission for at least another year, a senior Estonian Air Force officer said on 17 December, the defence publication Jane’s is reporting. Here is...
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Dutch to sign contract for first eight of its F-35s in April
The Dutch government says it will sign a contract in April 2015 for an initial eight Lockheed Martin F-35s, the defence publication, Janes, is reporting. In total the Netherlands is planning to buy 37...
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More questions about F-35 performance
Flawed software will hobble the first of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighters to be called combat-ready, limiting the plane’s ability to drop bombs, share data with other aircraft and track enemy radar,...
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Irving Shipbuilding named as prime contractor for Canadian Surface Combatant
Days after signing a contract to build its long-anticipated Arctic patrol ships, the Harper government has quietly indicated it will designate Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding as the prime contractor...
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Lockheed Martin in final stages of new generation helmets for F-35
Eliminating the head-up display and relying instead on a helmet-mounted display (HMD) was only one of the bolder design decisions for the Lockheed Martin F-35, writes Graham Warwick of Aviation Week...
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Photos: F-35 put into deep freeze for testing
In advance of the U.S. Marine Corps’ plans to declare initial operational capability for its F-35B, program officials from the F-35 program have begun to test the single-engine, stealthy jet in extreme...
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Stealth on fighter jets may be overrated says senior U.S. officer
A top U.S. Navy officer, whose service is spending billions of dollars buying the stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, now says “stealth may be overrated,” writes David Larter of the U.S. publication,...
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Canada’s fixed wing search and rescue aircraft contest down to three contenders
By David Pugliese Defence Watch Stamina seems to be a key ingredient for companies who want to take part in Canadian military procurement programs. Take for instance the firms that have been for at...
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Lockheed Martin-Korea Aerospace team only bidders for fighter jet program
The mega-competition to build South Korea’s indigenous fighter jet, dubbed KF-X, kicked off on Feb. 9. But the first round of bidding in the country’s largest-ever arms procurement deal failed due to...
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U.S. needs a new spy aircraft
The U.S. Air Force’s current plans for high-altitude surveillance, keeping the decades-old U-2 flying while upgrading the new RQ-4 Global Hawk drone, will not meet the demands of the military for...
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New laser weapon burns a hole into car engine from more than a kilometre away
Defence officials got a glimpse of the future of war recently when Lockheed Martin successfully tested its 30-kilowatt fiber laser weapon system. The device was able to disable the engine of a small...
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First F-35 assembled outside U.S. rolls off assembly line
The first F-35 assembled outside the U.S. rolled off an assembly line in Italy last week. My Defense News colleague Tom Kington has more details from his article: The aircraft, designated AL-1, was the...
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Industry expects request for proposals to soon be issued for RCAF’s Fixed...
After more than a ten-year delay the Canadian Forces is hoping to proceed with its purchase of a new search-and-rescue aircraft fleet sometime in the spring. That was the article I had written back in...
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Bids open for new search-and-rescue planes
After more than a 10-year delay, the process is underway to purchase a new fleet of search-and-rescue aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Public Works and Government Services Canada issued the...
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CAE outlines details on $220 million worth of new military simulation contracts
CAE today announced that is has won approximately $220 million worth of defence contracts during its fourth quarter. More from CAE: Some of the key contracts include providing a C-130J simulator to the...
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South Korea could get a satellite in exchange for buying F-35s
My Defense News colleague Andrew Chuter has some more details on the offset agreement that Lockheed Martin is putting in place with South Korea for its purchase of the F-35. Lockheed Martin has agreed...
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First F-35 ready for combat won’t be able to protect ground forces as well as...
The first F-35 jets ready for combat won’t be able to protect forces in ground combat as well as the nearly 40-year-old A-10s the Pentagon wants to retire, write Anthony Capaccio and David Lerman of...
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The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Designer: Howard Hughes Entered service: 1951 No. built: 259 commercial, 320 military variant Last commercial flight: 1993 Length: 34.62 metres Wingspan: 37.49...
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Ottawa firm gets support for its development of military technology
Lockheed Martin Canada Mission Systems & Training (LM Canada MST) announced it awarded research and development funding to Ottawa-based Maritime Way Scientific Inc. The funding will support...
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F-35 and other future aircraft – not older planes – will handle electronic...
The U.S. Air Force has said it aims to meet electronic warfare needs using next-generation aircraft such as Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter and a new long-range bomber, rather than older planes...
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