2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — Here’s a video I shot yesterday here to give you a quick run down of the U.S. Marine Corps newest tactical badass, the AH-1Z Venom, a heavily modified version of the venerable AH-1 Cobra. It was delivered to the fleet a few months ago and will see its first deployment […]
From the monthly archives:
June 2011
I was wandering around the U.S. aircraft corral at the Paris Air Show today when I noticed this MQ-9 ‘Guardian’ in Department of Homeland Security colors equipped with a crazy looking Raytheon SeaVue multimode maritime search radar pod attached to the bottom. Here’s U.S. Coast Guard Captain James Sommers explaining the aircraft’s mission.
By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyberwarefare Correspondent As many of you may remember a short time ago the G20 was struck by a cyber attack. The G20 was formed back in 1999 to give developing nations more of a voice in matters related to the global economy and other major issues. Just recently the […]
Check out this panorama I made of the U.S. military aircraft on display at this year’s Paris Air Show. From right to left you’ll clearly see a C-130J Super Hercules, an F-16C out of Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, an F-15E Strike Eagle, a new Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom and a C-5 Galaxy. And no, […]
As sister site DoDBuzz just pointed out the European fighter jet-makers are out in force today. In fact, the only fast jets I’ve seen make aerial demonstrations on this rainy day have been the Rafale about an hour ago, what appeared to be an AleniaAermacchi M346 advanced jet trainer and a Eurofigther Typhoon a half hour ago. Wait a […]
