by Joe Katzman | Mar 8, 2011 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, USA
P-3P Orion(click to view full) Covering the Atlantic side of Europe out of the Azores, and sitting near the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, Portugal has a lot of maritime territory to patrol. The FAP has received a number of upgraded P-3 Orion aircraft over the...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 2, 2011 | Asia - Central, Bombs - General, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Guns - Personal Weapons, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Trucks & Transport
Cypriot Mi-35P(click to view full) As Rosvertol General Director Boris Slyusar announced the firm’s 2010 trading figures, he revealed that a fall 2010 deal had been signed with Azerbaijan for 24 Mi-35 attack helicopters. That would more than double the current...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 2, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, Germany, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Transformation
IdZ-ES components(click to view full) The German Bundeswehr’s 21st century IdZ (Infanterist der Zukunft, or “Infantryman Of The Future”) project, is part of a wider global trend in advanced militaries: fully integrated sets of weapons, computing, and...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 2, 2011 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Soldier's Gear
Swiss militia(click to view full) A number of countries are currently developing “future soldier” kits that attempt to give soldiers the same kind of advanced technologies now going into vehicles, aircraft, etc., including wearable computers, helmet...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2011 | Ammunition, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Explosives, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Thales, USA
Mulwala plant(click to view full) Although single base propellants have been around for over 100 years, production of this type of propellant only began in Australia during World War 2, when appropriate equipment and know-how were provided under the USA’s Lend...
