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Japan’s MOD requesting $88 million for high-speed glide weapon research

Posted on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 by alert5

Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has put in a request of $88 million in next year’s budget for research into high-speed glide weapon.


Graphic: MOD Japan

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Posted in Research

USAF selects Boeing MH-139 to replace UH-1N

Posted on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has decided that the UH-1Ns guarding its intercontinental ballistic missile fields will be replaced by the Boeing MH-139.


Photo: Boeing
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Posted in Air Force

Germany wishes to sell its Eurohawk to Canada

Posted on September 25, 2018 by alert5

The Associated Press is reporting that Germany wants to sell its sole Eurohawk unmanned aerial vehicle to Canada.

Luftwaffe 99-01 RQ-4B EuroHawk ILA 2012 1
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, UAV

60th anniversary of AIM-9 Sidewinder’s combat debut over China

Posted on September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 by alert5

The AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile made its combat debut on Sept. 24, 1958 over Wenzhou, China.


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Posted in Heritage

France to accelerate delivery of 12 A330 MRTTs

Posted on September 24, 2018 by alert5

France has made a commitment to have all twelve Airbus A330 MRTTs delivered to the French Air Force by 2023.

A330 MRTT PNENIX GRV-2-91 Bretagne, 3 Mirage 2000 D, 3e escadre de chasse (4)
By Ibex73 [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force, Industry

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