by Joe Katzman | Mar 16, 2012 | Africa - Other, Daily Rapid Fire, Official Reports, Science - Basic Research, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs, USA
* The Pentagon’s DOT&E office updated its Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) guidebook [PDF] to reflect the latest guidance on information assurance, the design of experiments (DOE), and reliability growth. * The US Department of State plans to resume...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 12, 2012 | Airbus, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, France, Fuel & Power, Official Reports, UAVs, WMD Detection
* The US Department of Defense published an implementation plan for the operational energy strategy [both PDFs] it released last year. Energy considerations will be made part of modeling/simulation and requirements, and acquisition plans will have to incorporate Fully...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2012 | Alliances, Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Issues - International, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Precision Attack, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Russia, Warfare - Lessons
* The US Air Force made its FY13 force structure announcement [PDF] to reflect its strategic guidance [PDF] in how its manpower is allocated. Its reserve is to change about 3,000 jobs in FY13. * An F-35A Lightning II made – in the words of Team Eglin Public...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2012 | Airbus, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Other Corporation, Radars, Rumours, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, Trucks & Transport
Latest updates: Civil war ends; Hydrocarbon output back up; Post-Gadhaffi, France to refurbish Mirage F1s. SU-35 flight, 2008(click to view full) After a long hiatus in major arms purchases, and an equally long fall from its status as an ultra-modern Soviet arms...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 1, 2012 | After-Action Reviews, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Policy - Procurement, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Latest updates: 25mm ammo handling systems. AC-130U & flares(click to view full) In 2006 GD was contracted to repackage A-10 ammo for AC-130 Gunships. As is so often the case, there’s a story behind the story. The USA’s fearsome AC-130U...
