by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Thales, USA
AN/PRC-152(click to view full) Radios are vital to US Special Operations Command. Their tactics depend on high levels of training and coordination, and their operations need both high-bandwidth networking and reliable communications when calling for backup. On top of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2012 | Brazil, Budgets, Canada, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - Political, Legal, Official Reports, Think Tanks, UAVs, USA
* The Pentagon’s 2013-2042 annual aviation inventory and funding plan is available via Bloomberg, in a context of aging aircraft. It says 5th generation assets will go from 7% of the current force of manned fighter aircraft to about 25% by FY 2022 based on a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 10, 2012 | Asia - Other, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Surface Ships - Combat
Fearless-75(click to view full) ST Kinetics subsidiary Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd. has won a EUR 534.8 million (about USD $700 million) competitive contract from the Ministry of Defence of the Sultanate of Oman, to bolster that country’s inshore and...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2012 | Africa - Other, Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Avionics, BAE, Britain/U.K., China, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Events, Fighters & Attack, France, GE, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Official Reports, Radars, Russia, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA
* US Navy Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency since November 2011, published his revised 2012 guidance [PDF] that conveniently highlights where the changes are. Among them, improved support for reset and force drawdown processes in...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 30, 2012 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Radars, Raytheon, USA
* The US Army will host [PDF] an industry day on April 24 in Sterling Heights, MI, to present its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program, a potential replacement for M113s with the goal of being both more survivable and more mobile. This one started in FY10 but...
