by Joe Katzman | May 1, 2023 | ABM, BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
THAAD: In flight (click to view full) The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is a long-range, land-based theater defense weapon that acts as the upper tier of a basic 2-tiered defense against ballistic missiles. It’s designed to intercept...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 30, 2023 | Americas - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Transformation, University-related, USA
AEHF concept (click to view full) The USA’s new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites will support twice as many tactical networks as the current Milstar II satellites, while providing 10-12 times the bandwidth capacity and 6 times the data rate...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 28, 2023 | Coastal & Littoral, Delivery & Task Orders, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Sensors - Aquatic, Testing & Evaluation, UAVs, USA
RQ-4A Global Hawk (click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV has established a dominant position in the High Altitude/ Long Endurance UAV market. While they are not cheap, they are uniquely capable. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 27, 2023 | Brazil, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, France, MBDA, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Thales, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault’s fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company’s past successes – or just “the late Rafale”? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2023 | Boeing, Events, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Industry & Trends, Spotlight articles, USA
F-15C over DC (click to view full) “Array of Aging American Aircraft Attracting Attention” discusses the issues that accompany an air force whose fighters have an average age of over 23.5 years – vs. an average of 8.5 years in 1967. One of the most...
