by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, Spotlight articles, T&C - SAIC, USA
Latest updates: Major update to the article, which now offers a complete timeline and new materials. DSP Satellite(click to view full) The USA’s “SBIRS High” missile launch early-warning satellites, which aim to replace the existing DSP fleet, have...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 4, 2010 | Airbus, Forces - Special Ops, France, Helicopters & Rotary
EC725, Le Bourget 2007by David Monniaux(click to view full) France’s approach to economic stimulus has had a decidedly military component, with buys ranging from VBCI wheeled armored personnel carriers to a Mistral Class LHD ship. /In April 2009, France added...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, Forces - Marines, Grenades, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, USA
No worse enemy…(click to view full) While high-tech weapons items get a lot of billing, the Global War on Terror is very much an infantry war. Firepower overmatch matters in those situations, which explains the corresponding popularity of 40mm grenade systems on...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Israel, New Systems Tech, Radars
Iron Dome radar(click to view full) Fresh off of a small contract to provide its EL/M-2112 ground tracking radars to coalition forces operating in Afghanistan, IAI ELTA recently announced a $50 million export contract for the radar component of Israel’s...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 2, 2010 | Lockheed Martin, Logistics Innovations, Specialty Aircraft, USA
Truckin'(click to view full) As part of Taiwan’s much-reported military modernization program, it’s ordering 12 P-3C Orion sea control aircraft to monitor its sea lanes, hunt enemy submarines, and make life dangerous for any ships in an invasion force....
