KC-135: Old as the hills... (click to view full) DID's FOCUS articles cover major weapons acquisition programs - and no program is more important to the USAF than its aerial tanker fleet renewal. In January 2007, the big question was whether there would be a...
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Raytheon Tapped For TOW 2B Missiles | Brazilian Army Requested Self-Propelled Artillery System | Netherlands, Denmark Provide Ukraine With F-16s
Americas Raytheon has clinched a $323-million contract to produce tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) 2B top-attack missiles for the US Army. The weapons will reportedly be used in anti-armor, anti-bunker, anti-fortification, and anti-amphibious...
US Army Develops Deep Orange 14 | Sweden Extended Gripen Offer To Philippines | Patriot Malfunctioned According To Philippines
Americas The US Army is developing a new off-road, high-speed unmanned ground vehicle prototype for urban reconnaissance and natural disaster relief missions. Called the “Deep Orange 14,” the robotic vehicle will be produced in collaboration with South Carolina-based...
Boeing Tapped For Harpoon Support | UVision Tested Hero-120 In Arctic | Australian Coating Facility For F-35
Americas Boeing won a $12.8 million order, which provides for the rework, repair, and overhaul of 16 Harpoon capsules and six all-up round encapsulated Harpoon missiles for the Navy. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri; and Burnley, Lancashire, England,...
Ships Ahoy! The Harpoon Missile Family
Harpoon in flight (click to view full) The sub-sonic, wave-skimming GM-84 Harpoon is the US Navy's sole anti-shipping missile, with the minor exception of small helicopter-borne AGM-119B Penguin missiles. The Harpoon has been adapted into several variants, and...
Avioss Tapped For V-22 Support | Luna NG For Ukraine | New Zealand To Create Intelligence Agency
Americas Avioss won a $15.7 million deal, which procures organizational and intermediate level peculiar and common support equipment for the V-22 program in support of the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in...
US Navy Seeks Diver And UUV Tracking Tech | Keel-Laying Ceremony For F-110 | Taiwan Develops Tien Chien V
Americas The United States Department of the Navy is seeking diver and unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) detection and tracking technologies. The department wants the technologies to augment seabed and port security, supporting detection, tracking, and fire control, a...
The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!
E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...
Huntington Ingalls Tapped For DDG-51 Construction | Indonesia Acquires Rafales | 3rd C-130J Arrived In Indonesia
Americas Boeing won a $12 million task order, which procures one wide band satellite communications Radome A-kit, to include installation; one platform integration kit, to include lower lobe structural and electrical (auxiliary bus 1 components) components; and one...