The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress May 21 of a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea (ROK) for weapons in support of a possible Direct Commercial Sale of F-15 SE aircraft. Included are also associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $ 823 million. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) has requested a likely sale of weapons in support of a possible Direct Commercial Sale of F-15 SE aircraft. These aircraft weapons include here: 274 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) 6 AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM Guidance Sections 362 Joint... Read More »

What does a commander do when the unit has a mission in Afghanistan, and they’re partnering with nation’s greater than 6,000 miles away? The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also referred to as 10th SFG(A), of Fort Carson, Colo., met Special Forces units from four European nations at Grafenwoehr Training Area, April 16-28, to arrange for an upcoming mission in Afghanistan. “It’s very unique that a U.S. based 10th Special Forces Group battalion can come to Grafenwoehr Training Area from stateside to fulfill with their European partners for his or her culminating keep fit exercise just before deploying to Afghanistan... Read More »

The Euro Hawk remains making waves in Germany, even after the defense ministry pulled the plug at the surveillance drone project last week. The issues were obvious long before the debacle. The German representatives all in favour of the Euro Hawk project still sounded confident back in December of 2012. “The project has reached a degree of maturity that enables the Euro Hawk conditional entry into European airspace,” the German delegation said on the International Aerospace Conference in Montreal on the time. Three months later, the German defense ministry’s undersecretary of state didn’t sound as convinced when questioned in Germany’s... Read More »

The first in a batch of Su-34 production frontline bombers to be delivered in 2013 to the Russian Air Force under the State Defense Order for the year was delivered by the Sukhoi Company. Following the handover ceremony on the airfield of the Novosibirsk-based V.P. Chkalov aviation plant of Sukhoi, the aircraft departed for its assigned home base. Several more Su-34 bombers can be dropped at the Russian Air Force shortly. The work to meet the 2013 State Defense Order is in full swing on the Novosibirsk aviation plant. The plant management confirms a high level of production readiness of... Read More »

Pulling the plug on Germany’s Euro Hawk project won’t have consequences for NATO’s surveillance program using “Global Hawk” models. But critics argue a joint European drone project would was better. The canceled German Euro Hawk drone project will usually not have consequences on the same project by NATO. The alliance plans to make use of five drones of the worldwide Hawk Block 40 type for its “Alliance Ground Surveillance” (AGS) system. According to NATO, plans is not suffering from the German decision. The worldwide Hawk drone built by US company Northrop Grumman is essentially the version the system’s in accordance... Read More »