Top Air Force officials last week made it clear that they want to merge the efforts to buy a new fleet of rescue choppers and utility helos to patrol the nation’s ICBM fields and ferry VIPs around Washington, D.C. Right now the service uses a fleet of roughly 20 year-old HH-60 Pave Hawks to fly […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2011
I’ve just returned from a visit to Embraer’s headquarters and aircraft manufacturing facilities in Brazil where the company was, among other things, pitching the features of its Super Tucano light attack/trainer aircraft. Yup, the same bird that’s currently in the USAF’s light attack contest that’s set to wrap up in June. That effort calls for a maneuverable, armored, twin […]
By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarfare Correspondent Most experts have expressed the need for a partnership between the DoD and the private sector when it comes to cyber defense. Equally as important many experts and security firms have openly supported the efforts to create a cooperative network that has been talked about for a […]
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, BRAZIL — Embraer officials today said they are interested in offering up one of their business jets as a replacement for the E-8 JSTARS ground surveillance fleet, should the U.S. Air Force decide that it wants to replace the 707-based E-8s with a smaller fleet of business jets for the ground […]
Ok, so I’m currently stranded in Caracas, Venezuela with Flight Global’s Steve Trimble. It’s a long story involving an emergency landing, a sick Haitian soccer coach and a flat tire. We were supposed to be in Brazil hours ago for a press junket after sleeping through the night on a red-eye from Miami. Instead, we’re […]
