Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

The Force Of The Future

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Bahrain's new AH-1Z attack helos matter as much for politics as firepower While it's comforting to imagine that US hardware will only be directed at terrorists and Iranian threats, "Bahrain's history of suppressing internal dissent with external weaponry suggests that these choppers may end up serving a police function during times of crisis, as well."

Israel launches new inflatable missile tracking system Large aerostats have a bad rap in military circles, but one Israeli source described the new radar capability hosted on the HAAS as "phenomenal."

Israel, US step up direct actions against Iranian drone production "This is not a new front, but now the actions will be more frequent and more aggressive," an Israeli defense source told Breaking Defense.

Trick or Treat: Japan accepts its first KC-46 tanker Boeing became the first international operator of the KC-46 on Oct. 31.

Navy projects $300M annual savings in new aviation plan Navy aviation's future "vision" sees China as dominant threat to be countered.

General Electric bests Pratt & Whitney in $1.6B F-15EX engine competition General Electric, which produced the GE F110-129 engines for the first lot of eight F-15EX aircraft, will continue manufacturing the propulsion system for the rest of the program of record.

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