by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2012 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Partnerships & Consortia, People, Policy - Doctrine, Politics, UAVs, United Technologies, USA
* Defense Secretary Panetta removes the F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing) from its 2-year probation, just 1 year in. Rolls Royce is very happy. James Hasik adds some thoughts about the timing. * Panetta also stated the US will keep 11 aircraft carriers. *...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 22, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Radars
AN/TPS-77 Radar One of the problems with wind farms is the effect of their turbine blades on air traffic control and defense radars. Wind turbine blades have extremely large radar signatures, especially when grouped in a farm, and their movement creates doppler...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 22, 2012 | Bases & Infrastructure, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation, USA
Latest updates: Construction underway; Further details. At the end of September 2011, Sunpower Corp. in Richmond, CA, won a $100.3 million firm-fixed-price task order under a previous multiple-vendor award contract, for up to 30 years of electricity from a renewable...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 20, 2012 | Americas - Other, Blimps & LTA Craft, Chemical Weapons, Coastal & Littoral, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Domestic Security, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, Lobbying, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, People, Policy - Doctrine, Science - Basic Research, Soldier's Gear, USA
* Latest on JSF: Reuters and Bloomberg report that Leon Panetta is about to announce that the F-35-B is off probation; Canadian industrial participation; 1st night flight; 3rd F-35B delivered; F-35C tail hook redesign. * Israel’s IDF now believes that unrest in...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Simulation & Training, USA
In January 2012, Lockheed Martin Global Training and Logistics in Orlando, FL received a 5-year, $94 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to continue supporting the USAF’s Distributed Mission Operations Center. The...
