AEROSPACE AND MILITARY NEWS
“When it comes to the Russian VKS all you can say sometimes is ‘thank God for shoddy maintenance,’” a NATO-nation military aviation analyst told Breaking Defense. By REUBEN JOHNSON / BreakingDefense.com WARSAW — As the ground war in Ukraine continues to grind ahead of the winter months, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) are experiencing falling availability rates … Read More “Russia’s Air Force ‘eating into’ aircraft lifespans, with no easy solution” »
Factbox-US aircraft carriers – What they bring to the Middle East The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower deploys from Naval Station Norfolk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers — and their supporting ships — to the eastern Mediterranean since the attacks on Israel. The ships are meant … Read More “Factbox-US aircraft carriers – What they bring to the Middle East” »
Curtiss-Wright has secured a five-year, $34 million firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The contract encompasses providing Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based airborne data recorder technology. This technology is earmarked for deployment on both U.S. and Australian manned and unmanned maritime aircraft. A highlight of this … Read More “Curtiss-Wright Awarded $34M Contract for Advanced Airborne Data Recorder Technology” »
As the war with Russia stretches on, so too does a contest to make more and deadlier flying machines. That means a fight over global electronics supply chains that run through China. By Paul Mozur and Valerie Hopkins Surrounded by rooms filled with stacks of cluster munitions and half-made thermobaric bombs, a soldier from Ukraine’s 92nd Mechanized Brigade … Read More “Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China” »
