by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2023 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Elbit Systems, Engines - Aircraft, European Union (EU), GE, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Japan, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rockets, Rolls Royce, Spotlight articles, T&C - SAIC, USA
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...
by Joe Katzman | May 22, 2023 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Russia, Spotlight articles, USA
JASSM-ER from B-1B (click to view full) The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR (Global Positioning system/ Imaging InfraRed) guided cruise missile. It’s designed to attack...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2023 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Strategic, L3 Communications, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Training & Exercises, USA
E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA’s E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) “survivable airborne communication system” airplanes support their Navy’s SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces....
by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2023 | Airbus, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, IAI, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Sensors - Aquatic, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, Transformation, USA, UUVs & USVs, Warfare - Trends
Austal Team Trimaran LCS Design (click to enlarge) Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy’s idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet....
by Joe Katzman | May 17, 2023 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M1A2 SEP (click to view full) America’s M1 Abrams tanks come in a number of versions. In addition to the M1A1 that is now standard, the US Army is beginning to field its M1 TUSK for urban warfare. It also operates the M1A2 System Enhancement Program (SEP),...
