Blog Profile / The DEW Line
| URL : | http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Military / Australian Military | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1615 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6 | |
| Archived Since: | April 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Drone stats: how the UK has adjusted Reaper weapons use
Thanks to Chris Cole at the Drone Wars UK website for providing The DEW Line with the most detailed stats we've seen so far about the Royal Air Force's use of armed Reapers in Afghanistan over the last half-decade. Here's a Crown Copyright...Show More Summary
Friday fun: an egg-xtra special fighter
We like a bit of Friday eccentricity here on The DEW Line, so this image of a full-size Supermarine Spitfire replica constructed from egg boxes seemed like an, ahem, "cracking" opportunity. On show at the fabulous Imperial War Museum...Show More Summary
Up close with a Grizzly; first flight on an A400M
The UK's signature of two new contracts linked to its A400M acquisition prompted Airbus Military to fly development aircraft "Grizzly 4" to the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on 1 March. This was good news not only...Show More Summary
America's secret efforts to acquire foreign weapons technology
C4ISR Journal/Defense News's Aram Roston has written this outstanding piece on the Pentagon's efforts to secure foreign hardware for analysis. Roston shines a spotlight onto the secretive world of the Pentagon's Foreign Materiel Acquisition...Show More Summary
Eglin Marines fly first F-35B post-grounding sorties
US Marine Corps pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida, led by 33 rd Fighter Wing vice-commander Col Arthur Tomassetti flew four sorties with their Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. Meanwhile,...Show More Summary
Boeing Phantom Eye: Second take-off, first successful landing
Yesterday, Andrew Mallow, Boeing Phantom Work's program manager for the Phantom Eye hydrogen-powered high altitude demonstrator and Brad Shaw, the project's chief engineer, held a press conference about their aircraft's recent second flight. Show More Summary
A-29 Super Tucano wins LAS tender
Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano has won the US Air Force's Light Air Support contract to supply Afghanistan with an initial batch of 20 aircraft. But compared to the last go-around for this tender (it was originally awarded in December 2011,...Show More Summary
Could sequestration herald the rebirth of the Raptor?
There are few who would dispute that the Congressional sequestration, set to go into effect on 1 March, will be seriously damaging for the US Air Force and the other services. But could it also herald the rebirth of the Lockheed Martin...Show More Summary
Was there ever a YF-24?
Was there ever a YF-24? The US Air Force says no. "Our historians said there is no record of there ever having been a YF-24," says Lt Col Max Despain, an Air Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon. "Perhaps it's being mistaken for an X-24 which wasn't a fighter?"
That said, this old bio for a former test pilot, Colonel Joseph A. Show More Summary
Europe's Transall turns 50
Thanks to my Air & Cosmos buddy Guillaume Steuer for reminding me that today is the 50th anniversary of the Transall's first flight. The phrase "venerable" probably doesn't do justice to the European-designed transport, which remains...Show More Summary
Boeing's upgraded F-15E Strike Eagle model at AFA
Boeing had a very small presence at the Air Force
Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. But the company did bring this
model of an upgraded F-15E Strike Eagle to the show.
Most immediately noticeable is that the aircraft has...Show More Summary
USAF may have to take drastic actions under sequester
If the Congressional sequester goes into effect on 1 March
as is now expected, the US Air Force may be forced to take drastic actions
which will severely impact the readiness of the combat air forces for years to
come.
Those draconian...Show More Summary
AFA Air Warfare Symposium: Beechcraft, BAE show-off AT-6 and T-X sims respectively
This year's Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in
Orlando was understandably downbeat. Fewer US Air Force officials and their
industry counterparts showed up due to the current fiscal climate. But some
contractors did show off their hardware. Show More Summary
More details about Lockheed's Cuda missile
Lockheed Martin displayed a model of its prospective Cuda
air-to-air missile at the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in
Orlando earlier today. The company had some additional details about their new
weapon, but the display itself was actually tucked away in a distant corner of
heir booth. Show More Summary
VIDEO: Up close and personal with Norwegian F-16s
Our friends at the Norwegian MoD sent us this link to a recent video showing cold-weather ops at Orland air base, involving six Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters from the air force's 338 Sqn. I'm told that the caption asks whether you've ever wondered what it's like to stand 10m away from an F-16 on take-off, so if you have, then give it a spin. Show More Summary
A400M nears delivery, but what about those engines?
The coming issue of Flight International includes a two-page news focus on Airbus Military's A400M programme, which looks at the company's delivery and production schedules, expected transport performance and near-term export prospects. Show More Summary
Cameron pushes 'Tycoon' on Indian tour
Either the folks at The Independent are being brilliantly tongue-in-cheek, or the web headline below is an epic Freudian slip. Yes, UK prime minister David Cameron's three-day trade tour of India included a fresh attempt to derail Dassault's...Show More Summary
Ton in the sun: milestone C295 in Seville
This future C295 was being moved from the "light and medium" final assembly line at Airbus Military's San Pablo site over the runway while I was in Seville late last week, and the "100" sticker beneath the cockpit caught my eye. Hopefully...Show More Summary
Raptors and Typhoons train together during Razor Talon
US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors and UK Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons (FGR4) are participating in Exercise Razor Talon prior to their deployment to the massive Red Flag war-game at Nellis AFB, Nevada, later this month.
These...Show More Summary
First production US Navy F-35C flies
The first production model Lockheed Martin F-35C carrier variant flew its first sortie Thursday, 15 February, 2013. When it is delivered later this year, the aircraft will be assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron-101(VFA-101), which is stationed with the US Air Force's 33 rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida. Show More Summary