by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2006 | Corporate Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Forces - Air, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA
In its search to improve aircraft maintenance turnaround and improve quality, The US Air Force spliced elements of several civilian efficiency programs to develop “Smart Operations 21” (AFSO 21). The program is based on both Lean and Six Sigma business...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2006 | Bombs - Cluster, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Transformation, USA
F-16 with 4 CBU-97s(click to view full) Textron Systems Corp. in Wilmington, MA received a $108.1 million firm-fixed-price contract modification for 332 Full Rate Production (FRP) Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW), in support of the F-16 aircraft. Work will be complete by...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2006 | Coastal & Littoral, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Sensors - Aquatic, USA
ADS Concept(click to view full) In December 2005, DID described the Advanced Deployable System (ADS), a set of fast-deploying sensor nets that could be laid to detect advanced submarines in shallow littoral waters. This variant of the ADS is designed for deployment...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, USA
ATFLIR on F/A-18C DID has covered the AN/AQ-228 ATFLIR pod’s success in theater over Iraq, and how it has changed the roles of the F/A-18 aircraft fitted with it. Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) combines three pods into one: a targeting...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2006 | Asia - Central, C4ISR, Domestic Security, Field Innovations, Field Reports, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
Calling NMCC…(click to view full) In Afghanistan, most Afghan National Army (ANA) units use either VHF radios that have a maximum range of 40 kilometers or standard cell phones to contact each other. At present, messages are sometimes relayed from operator to...
