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In the wake of EADS’s announcement on March 4 that it would not protest the U.S. Air Force’s award of the KC-46A program to Boeing there has been a lot of talk that the big tanker war is now ...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/tanker-war-not-over-yet/

There has been a persistent drum beat in Europe about a split buy in the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X tanker program. Now, with the Pentagon about to solicit “best and final” offers from Boeing an...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/kc-x-split-buy-is-back-or-is-it/

The Airshow China typically has its collection of interesting models. Here’s a few of the concepts that are perhaps a bit further from representing a real military threat to anyone, but are fun...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/zhuhai-unusual-models-on-display/

The U.S. Air Force recently unveiled the ASQ-236, a previously classified radar pod for the F-15E: (Photo: USAF) What is not quite clear is what special capabilities the system offers beyond the ...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/asq-236-unveiled/

Check out this specially modified Beech 1900C, with two pylons and bomb rack: (Photo: USAF) The C-12J belongs to the USAF’s 586th Flight Test Sq. and is used for weapons testing. The system was...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/unusual-aircraft-c-12j/

Here some early glimpses of what will be flying at this year’s Singapore Airshow:

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/82/

The Iraqi air force recently fired its first AGM-114 laser-guided Hellfire missile from a AC-208 Combat Caravan. Here’s an edited version of the video MNSTC-I (the organization working with the...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/iqafs-hellfire-first/

A few fun memories of the just-ended Dubai Airshow.

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/dubai-airshow-in-pics/

The Brazilian fighter competition is proving how hard it is for the U.S. to make the case it will support technology transfer demands posed by potential buyers of U.S. equipment. Brazil has been ...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/brazil-highlights-u-s-tech-transfer-concerns/

The French government on Thursday launched two satellites designed to serve as demonstrators for an eventual ballistic missile launch warning system. The Spirale spacecraft also should provide Fr...

https://sidelobe.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/french-launch-missile-warning-sats/