by Joe Katzman | May 29, 2014 | Bombs - Cluster, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, South Korea, Textron, USA
WCMD Launched In June 2012, the US DSCA announced South Korea’s formal request to buy up to 367 CBU-105D/B Wind Corrected Munition Dispenser (WCMD) Sensor Fuzed Weapons and associated parts, equipment, logistical support and training, for an estimated cost of up...
by Joe Katzman | May 28, 2014 | Alliances, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, France, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Submarines, Thales, United Technologies, USA
S-80 cutaway, labeled(click to view full) The CIM-2000 Scorpene class diesel-electric attack submarine partnership was just the first step for Spain’s Navantia, as it joined with France’s DCNS to enter the global submarine market. Now Navantia is building...
by Joe Katzman | May 28, 2014 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Specialty Aircraft, USA
F/A-18 with test JASSMs(click to view full) In March 2005, Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (or JASSM) cruise missile won the competition with Boeing’s SLAM-ER and the Taurus KEPD 350 for the AIR 5418 Follow-on Standoff...
by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2014 | DID site, Memoriam, USA
Monday, May 28th is Memorial Day in the USA. As we mentioned on Friday, DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service, and will not be publishing. Readers are reminded that in America, the Memorial Day moment of silence takes...
by Joe Katzman | May 22, 2014 | Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, ECM, Engines - Aircraft, FOCUS Articles, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Radars, Rolls Royce, Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Thales
Nimrod MR2 at work(click to view full) British naval theorist Sir Julian Corbett saw the navy’s proper role as “directly or indirectly either to secure the command of the sea or to prevent the enemy from securing it.” Airpower plays a prominent role...
