by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2013 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Procurement Innovations, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance
VC10 & Tornado F3s(click to view full) As of 2002, the RAF had 19 of its 4-engined VC10 aerial tankers in service. These sleek aircraft with the unusual engine arrangement form the backbone of its aerial tanker fleet, and continued to do so for about another...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 22, 2013 | Contracts - Awards
HMS Astute &HMS Dauntless(click to view full) On May 20/13, the UK MoD’s Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray talked about the Astute program experience during a Public Accounts Committee hearing concerning carrier strike. Actually, he talked about the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 18, 2013 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Industry & Trends, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA
Goo goo g’joob!By John MacNeill The Walrus heavy-transport blimp (“heavy” as in “1-2 million pounds”) was among a range of projects on the drawing board in the mid ’00s. It offered the potential for a faster and more versatile...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 17, 2013 | Contracts - Intent, France, MBDA, Singapore
SAMP/T Aster-30(click to view full) Singapore’s Minister for Defence Dr. Ng Eng Hen has confirmed that they’ve picked MBDA’s SAMP/T Aster-30 missile system as their upper-tier air defense system on land. Singapore already uses the missiles at sea,...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 16, 2013 | ABM, Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Radars, Support & Maintenance, USA
The Alaska Radar System’s 15 remote radar sites (primarily AN/FPS-117 SEEK IGLOO and AN/FPS-124 SEEK FROST radars), serve aviation needs, and also act as the North Warning System for the USA. Upgrades are underway to keep FPS-117s running until 2025. Keeping...
