by Joe Katzman | Oct 19, 2023 | Americas, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Geographical Focus, Industry, Military Overall, Naval Equipment, Northrop-Grumman, Policy - Procurement, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
DDG-110 Construction (click to view full) In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy’s surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 16, 2023 | Airbus, Aircraft, Americas, Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Intent, Corporation, Europe, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, France, GE, Geographical Focus, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Military Overall, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, Thales, United Technologies, USA
MH-60Rs fire Hellfire (click to view full) Australia’s AIR 9000, Phase 8 project aimed to buy 24 modern naval helicopters to 16 existing S-70B-2 Seahawks, along with the disastrous A$1.1 billion, 11-helicopter SH-2G “Super Seasprite” acquisition...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2023 | Aircraft, Americas, Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, DID site, Europe, Europe - Other, Geographical Focus, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry, Military Overall, Policy - Procurement, Spotlight articles, United Technologies, USA
US Army HH-60Ms (click to view full) In July 2012, the US military signed another huge contract with Sikorsky. With production of the Army’s HH/UH-60M, and the Navy’s MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters, all in full swing, there’s no question about the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 10, 2023 | Americas, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Geographical Focus, Industry, Missiles - Precision Attack, Ordnance & Guns, Project Successes, Projects, Raytheon, USA
Block IV Cutaway (click to view full) Block IV Tomahawk is the current generation of the Tomahawk family of cruise missiles. The BGM-109 Tomahawk family began life in the 1980s as sub-sonic, low-flying nuclear strike weapons, before being developed into long-range...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 9, 2023 | ABM, Americas, Asia, Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Electronics & IT, Europe, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Industry, Israel, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Middle East & Africa, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Radars, Raytheon, USA
Patriot system The USA’s MIM-104 Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept On Target (PATRIOT) anti-air missile system offers an advanced backbone for medium-range air defense, and short-range ballistic missile defense, to America and its allies. This article covers...
