Peter Johansson, Author at DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Finland Pulls Its Special Forces Together Under One Flag

Finlands defence chiefs took a bold step in early 2022. They shifted every special-operations unit into one, single chain of command. Many officers cheered the plan straight off; others worried it might cramp service-level culture. Yet, the Commander of the Finnish Defence

October 20, 2024

Contracts & Deals

Cubic Secures Long-Term $468 Milion Boost for Joint Readiness Training Center

Cubic Corporation has picked up a hefty, fresh slice of work at Fort Polk. A new extension, capped at about 468 milion dollars, keeps its teams locked in with the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center for up to ten more years. The

September 19, 2023

AI & Autonomy

Z-20 Helicopter Pushes Ahead in PLA Service

China’s medium-lift Z-20 is no longer a paper plan. Pilots in several PLA brigades now fly the grey-green machines every week. Beijing says the type is home-grown, tuned for thin air over Tibet, and ready for sea duty as well. Western watchers

August 4, 2023

Finland extends Thales radar support deal, keeping key surveillance systems active through 2023 with NATO integration updates in 2025.

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

Agreement on Maintenance of Long-Range and Medium-Range Surveillance Radars Extended

Finland has decided to keep its backbone air-surveillance radars in shape for another five years. Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö authorized the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign an extension with Thales LAS France S.A.S.

July 2, 2018

Aircraft

Lockheed’s F-35 Still Falls Short, Pentagon’s Chief Tester Says

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is America’s most expensive weapons project. After fifteen years in development, the jet is still not ready for the fight the services expect. A confidential memorandum dated Aug 9 from Dr. Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s Director of Operational

August 24, 2016

Aircraft

USAF Plans for Radical F-35 Upgrade Reveal Obsolescence

Foreign air forces that bought the F-35A woke up this week to a blunt statement from Major Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, the U.S. Air Force officer who runs the program. He told Reuters on April 7 that engineers had started scoping a new

April 8, 2015

Peter Johansson

Finland Pulls Its Special Forces Together Under One Flag

Cubic Secures Long-Term $468 Milion Boost for Joint Readiness Training Center

Z-20 Helicopter Pushes Ahead in PLA Service

Agreement on Maintenance of Long-Range and Medium-Range Surveillance Radars Extended

Lockheed’s F-35 Still Falls Short, Pentagon’s Chief Tester Says

USAF Plans for Radical F-35 Upgrade Reveal Obsolescence

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