by Joe Katzman | Aug 14, 2015 | Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Israel, L3 Communications, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Management, Scandals & Investigations, Simulation & Training, Spotlight articles, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Lessons
(click to view larger) In the 1970s, fighter aircraft began to appear with Head-Up Displays (HUD) that projected key information, targeting crosshairs etc. onto a seemingly clear piece of glass. HUDs allowed pilots to keep their eyes in the sky, instead of looking...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 12, 2015 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Interoperability, New Systems Tech, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, AZ received a $53.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for 81 AN/USC-61C digital modular radios (DMR), DMR 100 and 200 watt power amplifiers, and other ancillary hardware. Currently approximately 300 software-defined radios,...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 11, 2015 | Africa - Other, Europe - Other, Events, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
Darfur refugees(click to view full) The Swiss Pilatus PC-9M was a recent candidate to an RFP for COIN aircraft issued by Iraq. An incident involving the African nation of Chad would appear to have removed this possibility for them, and shrunk Pilatus’ market...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2015 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Special Ops, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, People, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, UAVs, USA
Latest updates: Test crash, funding issues deliver a 1-2 punch to the program. ISR CONOPS(CONcept of OPerationS)(click to view full) The late Dr. Paul McReady’s Aerovironment, Inc. has achieved just renown for the success of its small UAVs like the Army’s...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2015 | Airbus, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, India, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Radars, RFPs, Rumours, Russia, Spotlight articles, USA
IAF: Jaguar, Mirage 2000SU-30K, MiG-27, MiG-21BiS(click to view full) India’s planned multi-billion dollar, 126+ plane jet fighter buy certainly captured the attention of global fighter manufacturers. Boeing’s Mark Kronenberg, who runs the company’s...
