David Cameron tells MPs he will do everything he can to persuade India to place a major air force order with British companies rather than French.

The latest tranche of UK defence cuts will reduce the Royal Navy by 300 members, the Army by 2,900 and the Royal Air Force by up to 1,000

Whilst I am working a private contractor cyber-defence job for a large financial conference, it seems apropos to summarise some recent intel from Janes. The DOD is selling two THAAD missile interceptor batteries to the United Arab Emirates, This is the first international sale. I wonder who they are defending against.. US chooses Super Tucano for Afghan Air Force Sierra Nevada and Embraer have bee...

Now that President Obama has finished his labors on our behalf, it's time for yet another vacay. This 17 day idyll is estimated to cost the American tax payer a cool $4 million plus, over $235,000 per day.Ain't no recession here, bubba! First let's start with the travel expenses: The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a c...

Says the Robbster: Over half of Air Force UPT (undergraduate pilot training) grads are now assigned to pilot drones rather than a real aircraft.* The big question is why are drone pilots, guys that fly robots remotely from a computer...

To free up more money for its domestic agenda, the Obama Administration has been mandating huge cuts and reduction of forces. The latest example is the arbitrary termination of 157 Air Force majors who are near retirement being terminated without pension or medical benefits. All are within six years of the 20 years of service required to qualify for these benefits: The Chapman University of Milita...

The invasion of Somalia by the military forces of Kenya does involve western help, and no matter what the reporting to date has suggested - I am fairly confident the US was not surprised this action took place. No one wants to describe what kind of help Kenya is getting from foreign powers, nor who exactly is providing the help, but US officials have been quick to highlight what our help is not. A...

Courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the good folks at Judicial Watch finally got the expense records and passenger manifests from the United States Air Force related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family and her entourage to South Africa and Botswana. The results are absolutely appalling, give America's economic challenges. The Air force pr...

There might be a very interesting hearing in the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces today. The hearing on Sustaining GPS for National Security starts at 11:30am and will feature the following line up: General William L. Shelton Commader U.S. Air Force Space Command Ms. Teresa M. Takai Chief Information Officer U.S. Department of Defense The Honorable Julius Genachowski Chairman ...

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the arrival of the first activists at the then US Air Force base of Greenham Common. This event heralded the start of one of the most iconic anti-nuclear protests of the Cold War and was a defining experience for a whole generation