by [email protected] | Jul 14, 2011 | Americas - Other, Bombs - General, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, RAFAEL, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, University-related
* A European Defence Agency (EDA) official is confident that member states will have identified potential pilot cases for its Common Off The Shelf Procurement initiative by the end of 2011. * Diehl BGT and Israel’s RAFAEL have unveiled the PILUM long-range glide...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2011 | Ammunition, ATK, Contracts - Modifications, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA’s new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army’s M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy...
by [email protected] | Jul 13, 2011 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Daily Rapid Fire, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Israel, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Personnel, Russia, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
* Chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, J Randy Forbes (R-VA), has outlined a number of shortfalls in US Navy programs. Concerns focus upon increased inspection failures for naval vessels, the deployment of ships lacking essential equipment or...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2011 | Force Structure, Guest Articles, Iraq, Policy - Procurement
IA line battalions,July 2011(click to view full) Guest Article by DJ Elliott Recently, I saw a comment that claimed the Iraqi Army (IA) is the best Arab army in the Mid-East. That it had been trained by the US in Corps- and Division- level operations, and thus was...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 12, 2011 | Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Sensors - Aquatic, USA, UUVs & USVs
Slocum Glider(click to view full) Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, AL recently received approval from the U.S. Navy to move into the Full Rate Production (FRP) Phase on the underwater Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) Program. The first Full...
