Hot on the heels of the USAF re-releasing a draft RFP for its KC-X tanker replacement program, Northrop Grumman has opened the possibility of boycotting the competition due to what it says are faulty draft bidding rules and because it claims Boeing received an unfair advantage when it was given costing information on Northrop’s previous
The United States is in danger of losing the capability to sustain its own military aerospace sector, according to a leading US think tank. Speaking at a conference in Washington on October 29, Rebecca Grant, director of the Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, said the US is reaching “the end of the road” in being
South Korea is looking at upgrading many of its KF-16C/D fighters with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars as it seeks to maintain a qualitative edge on the Korean Peninsula, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports. Both Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have ‘drop in’ AESA offerings in the form of Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR)
US President Barack Obama has said he will sign the US Defense Authorization Bill for FY2010, a bill which includes US$680m (A$760m) funding for the JSF’s alternative Rolls-Royce/GE F136 engine. The funding had been in jeopardy after various interest groups had called for the second engine to be dropped, while President Obama and Defense Secretary
Malaysia will retire its MiG-29s next year due to rising maintenance and operational costs, according to a report in local media. The report says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the aircraft will be drawn down over the next 12 months and will be phased out by December 31 next year. Malaysia
The Australian Army’s Darwin based 1st Aviation Regiment has relinquished the last of its Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters in favour of its new Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH). “It changes the unit from a battlefield support role to a true combat role,” Regiment executive officer Major Brett Whitcombe told local media. In a low key event,
