by Joe Katzman | Aug 24, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Stryker M1128, Iraq(click to view full) The M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System faced issues since deployment in combat situations began in 2007. The Stryker MGS’ most prominent feature is a 105mm auto-fed gun mounted on its wheeled LAV-III/ Piranha-III APC chassis....
by Joe Katzman | Aug 24, 2008 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Intent, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, UAVs, USA
RU-38 Twin Condor(click to view full) The nature of the current war puts a high premium “persistent, pervasive stare” capability, also known as technical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). America has been reminded (yet again) that these...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 21, 2008 | Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Force Structure, L3 Communications, Official Reports, Transport & Utility
RAF C-130K(click to view full) On Aug 19/08, L-3 Communications announced that its SPAR subsidiary in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada had been awarded a USD $18 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence, under the Royal Air Force’s Hercules Outer Wing...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 20, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, India, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Project Failures, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales
T-90, backside ollie(click to view full) India’s main battle tanks had one been relatively advanced by world standards, but long delays in fielding the indigenous “Arjun” MBT, combined with a successful Pakistani/Ukrainian program for its T-80UD...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 19, 2008 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, USA
APG-77 AESA Test AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars offer a number of improvements over previous-generation technologies. They are more sensitive. They have better operational “uptime” because moving parts are eliminated, and the failure of...
