by Joe Katzman | Jan 9, 2011 | After-Action Reviews, Asia - Central, Boeing, Budgets, C4ISR, China, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, ECM, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, General Dynamics, Guns - Personal Weapons, Industry & Trends, Israel, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, Medical, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Policy - Personnel, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Lessons
* Pentagon chief Robert Gates warns about China’s J-20 Black Eagle stealth fighter jet, DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile during his first visit to Beijing. * US DoD belt-tightening plan could benefit Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics,...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 8, 2011 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Guns - Personal Weapons, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, USA
M24 sniper system(click to view full) Snipers have become critical assets in the current wars, and enemies who routinely use human shields have changed their profession from a group that was stigmatized even in their own armies, to widely appreciated specialists. In...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 8, 2011 | Alliances, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, ECM, Electronics - General, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, GE, Heavy Bombers, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Rumours, Security & Secrecy, Sensors & Guidance, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA
F-35A: incoming…(click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 6, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Sensors & Guidance, USA
LITENING AT onto B-52(click to view full) “ATP-SE: LITENING Strikes as USAF Splits Future Targeting Pod Orders” covered the USAF’s recent multi-year, dual-buy award of cutting-edge surveillance and targeting pods from Lockheed Martin (Sniper ATP-SE),...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, France, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air, New Systems Tech
Rafale w. Meteors(click to view larger) As 2011 begins, the French DGA made France the 4th customer nation to place production orders for MBDA’s ramjet-powered Meteor missile, after Britain, Spain, and Sweden. The 200 missile order was placed through the...
