G2 Solutions @ August 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
U.S. Air Force test pilot Lt. Col. Hank “Hog” Griffiths believes he may have flown faster in an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter than anyone else.
Griffith says in June he took the F-35A to 583 KCAS (exceeding Mach 1.2). “I may be the first to fly this fast in the jet so [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 13, 2010 # No Comment Yet
As the dust settle and facts emerge, Take a good read at Shiv’s morning MMRCA update, he brings up very strong points:
Sick of hearsay and rumours? Well, here’s some stuff that’s confirmed true, authoritative, new, and potentially explosive for contenders in the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition. Let me just start [...]
G2 Solutions @ December 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
This story from Graham Warwick:
Afghan ISR Airship Gets the Nod
and this from avweek archives:
Lockheed Martin’s Secretly Built Airship Makes First Flight
G2 Solutions @ December 1, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Courtesy of Liberation Newspaper
Previous AvWeek story
Beast of Kandahar Stealthy UAV
G2 Solutions @ November 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The contracts concern the planned purchase of an unspecified number of US Hercules transport aircraft, an ammunition factory and up to 28 French-made Rafale warplanes.
G2 Solutions @ November 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
As we said during one of the IAF podcast about Rafale: “We would probably recommend getting out altogether of that market”. Unless the Indian acquisition process can be improved, we are still reserved as to the actual profitability of the initial contract.
Hardnews Article
As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War [...]
G2 Solutions @ August 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
First it was Sen Daniel Inouye (D-HI) who recently has decided to somewhat rebuke the President on the issue of the F136 engine; now DoD Buzz brings us another good story; this time it highlights how forcefully the White House and SecDef appear to have come down on F136 proponents… to be continued for sure.
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G2 Solutions @ August 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Lockheed Martin completed the first aerial refueling tests for BF-2, a short-takeoff and vertical landing prototype of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
G2 Solutions @ June 1, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Source: DoD
The Navy today announced that it will terminate the VH-71 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program contract. The announcement follows a Department of Defense (DoD) decision to cancel the existing presidential helicopter replacement program.
The VH-71 was intended to replace both the VH-3D and VH-60N aircraft currently used to conduct presidential support missions. [...]
G2 Solutions @ June 1, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Not really much of a surprise. Aviation Week reports.
G2 Solutions @ May 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Two interesting pieces emerging from Ares on Defense this morning. The first is about the continuing unwillingness of the US government to open up some of the F-35 systems. Since the IAF has a track record of substantially modifying its weapons systems (IAF has a fairly unique CONOPS), the problems described in the [...]
G2 Solutions @ April 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From the Wall Street Journal:
Former U.S. officials say the attacks appear to have originated in China. However it can be extremely difficult to determine the true origin because it is easy to mask identities online.
A Pentagon report issued last month said that the Chinese military has made “steady progress” in developing online-warfare techniques. China hopes [...]
G2 Solutions @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Well, it could very well be that keeping the Marietta line going is a win-win solution, especially from a politician’s standpoint. Amy Butler reports this morning in AvWeek.
G2 Solutions @ January 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Another criticism of JSF has emerged in DoD Buzz, key points are:
- Advances in counter-stealth radar and other technologies have “rendered the concept of the Joint Striker Fighter obsolete.
- JSF would be unable to best future Flanker variants in either beyond visual range or within visual range air combat.
- JSF is not a true stealth [...]
G2 Solutions @ December 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Seems like JSF doubters are loosing ground. No question that, with time, the F-35 will become best in class although we have some reservations about program costs in the short term.
Dew Line Article and Dutch Governemnt Statement
