by Fred Donovan | Jan 19, 2017 | Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Surface-Air, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, South Korea, USA
SM-2 salvo(click to view full) North Korea’s recent aggressive actions, including abrogation of the 1953 ceasefire, nuclear detonation, and testing of short and long-range missiles, has increased international tensions and directly threatened its southern...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 29, 2016 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Simulation & Training, UAVs, USA
QF-16: 1st flight(click to view full) QF-16s are former F-16 fighters that will be fitted with equipment for remote-controlled flight, and used as aerial targets and decoys for testing against air-air missiles, radars, surface-air missiles, etc. Could they be used for...
by Fred Donovan | May 6, 2016 | BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Finmeccanica, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Soldier's Gear, Spotlight articles, T&C - SAIC, USA
Night raid(click to view larger) A USA Today article, dramatically demonstrates the advantage night vision capabilities provide to US troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was Christmas Eve 2007, and US Army Rangers were searching for suspected Al-Qaeda...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 20, 2016 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Army IBCS Concept(click to enlarge) Interim design review for IBCS completed. (April 26/10) The US Army awarded a Northrop Grumman-led team a $577 million, 5-year, cost-plus-incentive-fee/ cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 29, 2015 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Modifications, ECM, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Radars, Raytheon, USA
AN/ALR-67 V3(click to view full) Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems in Goleta, CA received an $89.5 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0052) for 96 Lot 12 full-rate production AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers...
