Day: April 12, 2019

Indonesia to replace Hawk with F-16V?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by alert5

According to Angkasa Review, Jakarta is keen to buy 32 F-16V fighters to replace its Hawk 100/200 fleet.

Graphic: Lockheed Martin

Continue reading “Indonesia to replace Hawk with F-16V?”

Pentagon’s contract for 24 E-2Ds includes option for 9 FMS aircraft

Posted on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Department of Defense has given Northrop Grumman a $3.169 billion multi-year fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for 24 E-2D early warning aircraft. The aerospace company said in its press release that the contract includes “an option for nine additional foreign military sales aircraft.”

VAW-121 Public Affairs [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Continue reading “Pentagon’s contract for 24 E-2Ds includes option for 9 FMS aircraft”

THAAD being deployed to Romania as Aegis Ashore system there getting upgraded

Posted on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by alert5

NATO has announced that the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system in Romania is getting upgrades and will be offline during the process. A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will be deployed to Deveselu Base as a stopgap measure.

Continue reading “THAAD being deployed to Romania as Aegis Ashore system there getting upgraded”