Alert 5

Aviation News

Category: Industry

Washington blocked Israel’s bid to sell David’s Sling to Switzerland

Posted on by alert5

According to Breaking Defense, Israel has wanted to bid for Switzerland’s air defense missile system tender with its David’s Sling system. However, Washington pressured Israel to keep the system out of the competition.

Jan. 25, 2017 David’s Sling Test-5 test series (2)
United States Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Continue reading “Washington blocked Israel’s bid to sell David’s Sling to Switzerland”

BAE Systems to merge guidance sections of APKWS II into one

Posted on by alert5

Currently, the guidance section of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is split into rotatory wing and fixed wing units.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodrigo Marquez, aviation ordnance system technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39 (MALS-39) gives a period of instruction on the Advance Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) during the first ever Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course (AAMOC) at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 17, 2017. AAMOC will empower Aircraft Maintenance Officers with leadership tools, greater technical knowledge, and standardized practices through rigorous academics and hands on training in order to decrease ground related mishaps and increase sortie generation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Cpl. AaronJames B. Vinculado)

Continue reading “BAE Systems to merge guidance sections of APKWS II into one”

USMC wants its next helicopter to be a tiltrotor

Posted on by alert5

At a panel discussion during the 2019 Sea Air Space expo, the U.S. Marine Corps indicated that it prefer to have a tiltrotor aircraft as the replacement for the H-1 helicopter.

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters past Mount Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, March 12, 2017. The squadron, currently supporting Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force through the unit deployment program, validated the long-range capability of auxiliary fuel tanks on their H-1 platform helicopters by flying 314 nautical miles during one leg of the four-day mission, March 10. These aircrafts’ extended range is crucial to maintaining a stronger, more capable forward-deployed force in readiness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The squadron is based out of Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Continue reading “USMC wants its next helicopter to be a tiltrotor”

Pentagon orders review to see whether CH-53K can be replaced by CH-47

Posted on by alert5

A team from the Pentagon’s independent cost analysis and program assessment group visited Boeing last month to review data on how the CH-47 could be adapted for the U.S. Marine Corps.

The CH-53K King Stallion arrives at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River on June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.
The CH-53K King Stallion arrives at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River on June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

Continue reading “Pentagon orders review to see whether CH-53K can be replaced by CH-47”