by Joe Katzman | Jan 12, 2006 | Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Heavy Bombers, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
The end for the U-2?(click to view full) DefenseTech notes that a draft plan from the US Air Force plan (“program budget decision 720”) intends to retire the USA’s 33 U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, its 55 F-117 stealth fighters, 38 of its 76 C-21...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 12, 2006 | Avionics, Boeing, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Testing & Evaluation, USA
MIL-STD-1553 Core In September 2005, DID wrote an article pointing out that the need for data transfer speed was taking military avionics in two directions – one that depended on the old reliable MIL-STD-1553 data bus standard, and another that looked to faster...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 12, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Procurement Innovations, Support Functions - Other, USA
F/A-22 Raptor(click to view full) In November 2005, DID covered over $3 billion in contracts related to the F-22 Raptor, mostly related to production of the Lot 5 batch production of 24 aircraft. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, TX has now been awarded a...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 12, 2006 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, Trucks & Transport
Old (left) and New…(click to view full) DID does its best to cover global developments, but language barriers and less transparency sometimes make it harder to cover certain countries. In July 2005, we covered about $1.2 billion in planned Belgian defense...
