by Fred Donovan | Nov 28, 2018 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Sensors & Guidance, Spotlight articles, USA
AH-64 & Arrowhead (click to view full) For much of the post-WWII era, US helicopter pilots have been trained to fly “low and fast.” This was based on combat experience in Korea and Vietnam. In the urban environments of Iraq and Afghanistan, however,...
by Fred Donovan | May 23, 2018 | Blimps & LTA Craft, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, USA
PTDS Aerostat (click to view larger) $142 million to Lockheed Martin for additional PTDS. (June 8/10) The US Army is using tethered aerostats with multi-mission sensors to provide long endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications in...
by Fred Donovan | May 11, 2017 | ABM, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Ballistic, Northrop-Grumman, USA
Monitors went black Sell everything! C2BMC puts the “system” in the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System. At least that’s how the US Missile Defense Agency describes the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) element....
by Fred Donovan | Apr 10, 2017 | Britain/U.K., General Dynamics, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear
Bowman radios(click to view full) The UK’s Bowman tactical communications system, which replaced the aging Clansman system, has encountered some problems with troops deployed in Afghanistan. The Bowman radios carried by the soldiers have a short battery life and...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 17, 2017 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Field Innovations, General Dynamics, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance
ATK’s PGM(click to view full) The US Army is pushing to get precision mortars developed and deployed to the field in Afghanistan as soon as possible. Mortars are lighter and can be towed by a HMMWV or MRAP, or carried and fired from inside M113 or Stryker APCs,...
