Col. Li-Chiang Yuan, Assistant Director, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K., spoke to Defence IQ on the outlook of the island’s military helicopter fleet.
India planning new conventional submarines that fire at least 12 LCAMs
The Indian Navy is planning to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines that can carry at least 12 Land Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM) each.
Indian Navy [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons
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VMFA-314 will be the second F-35C squadron to deploy at sea
The U.S. Marine Corps is on schedule to deploy a F-35C squadron aboard an aircraft carrier and will accelerate the purchase of F-35Cs in order to ensure that units earmarked to receive the carrier-borne variant meet their planned transition and deployment deadlines.
USMC employee from VMFA-314 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch Spanish Air Force C295 landing accident
A Spanish Air Force C295, tail number T.21-10, was badly damaged after it overran the runway after a hard landing at Santa Cilia Airfield on Apr. 4.
Boeing says NATO may buy P-8A to plug gap in maritime surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities
Boeing has engaged NATO in exploratory talks to plug a gap in the alliance’s maritime surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities with the P-8A.
Trevor Hannant [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons