2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — One of the most interesting parts of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter press conference on Tuesday had to do with the degree of stealthiness possessed by export versions of the JSF. Namely, is the company watering down the low-observable characteristics of planes bound for non-DoD buyers? The question was […]
From the monthly archives:
June 2011
There are more than a few small, civilian-looking planes here equipped with at least one sensor package. I snapped these photos as this plane was being towed through the aircraf display area. You can clearly see the sensor ball mounted under the nose of the plane. This is showing just how compact, and probably inexpensive airborne ISR gear […]
2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — I thought I’d share the breifing slides from Lockheed’s presentation yesterday on the progress of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. It’s pretty standard stuff but it gives a good view of how much progress has been made –especially with the F-35B STOVL-model — sincelast year when the entire program […]
So, NATO, and likely more specifically the U.S. Navy, lost what appears to be an MQ-8 Firescout unmanned helo over Libya this morning. This marks, as far as we know the major combat debut for the unmanned ISR chopper that’s done some work operating off U.S. Navy ships in the Gulf of Mexico. NATO says the bird […]
PARIS AIR SHOW — So in today’s big JSF story at the show Rear Adm. Arne Roksun, Norway’s chief defense planner unveiled the fact that Norway’s parliament just last week gave the green light for the Norwegian air force to buy four F-35As for pilot training for 4.8 billion Norwegian Kroner. The jets will be delivered in 2016 […]
