by Fred Donovan | Jun 28, 2022 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Spotlight articles, USA
LGM-30G Minuteman III (click to view full) For 50 years, land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) have been part of the US primary strategic deterrence capability, the nuclear-armed triad that also includes submarine-launched ballistic missiles and long...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 30, 2019 | Contracts - Awards, ECM, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Surface-Air, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, USA
LAIRCM Concept (click to view full) Defense Support Services (DS2), a Greenville, SC-based venture between Lockheed Martin and Day & Zimmermann, received a $96 million contract to provide support for the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) System....
by Fred Donovan | Jul 3, 2019 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, IT - General, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA
Latest updates: USAF to use RQ-11Bs at bases worldwide. RQ-11B Raven (click to view full) The RQ-11 Raven is a 4.2-pound, backpackable, hand-launched UAV that provides day and night, real-time video imagery for “over the hill” and “around the...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 24, 2019 | Contracts - Awards, Israel, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, Other Weapons, Raytheon, Rockets, USA
David’s Victory (click to view larger) David didn’t need high technology to defeat Goliath, just some stones and a sling. But in the modern world, David is getting some high-tech help from the likes of Raytheon and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who are...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 13, 2018 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, GPS Infrastructure, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Outer Space, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, Sensors & Guidance, Space Warfare, Spotlight articles, Support Functions - Other, USA
SBSS Constellation (click to view larger) In January 2001, a commission headed by then US Defense Secretary-designate Donald Rumsfeld warned about a possible “space Pearl Harbor” in which a potential enemy would launch a surprise attack against US-based...
