by Joe Katzman | Dec 30, 2022 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, Forces - Special Ops, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Transformation, UAVs, USA
ScanEagle launch (click to view full) ScanEagle’s base Insight UAV platform was originally developed by Washington state’s Insitu, Inc. to track dolphins and tuna from fishing boats, in order to ensure that the fish you buy in supermarkets is...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 27, 2022 | Alliances, Contracts - Intent, ECM, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Rumours, Support Functions - Other, United Technologies, USA
(click to view full) In an exclusive June 2006 interview, Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief procurement officer Brigadier-General Ze’ev Snir told Israeli media that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was a key part of their IAF recapitalization plans, and that Israel...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 12, 2022 | Airbus, Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Support & Maintenance, Thales, USA
UH-72As: MEDEVAC (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. This is DID’s FOCUS Article regarding the US Army’s Light Utility Helicopter program, covering the program and its...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 8, 2022 | Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Israel, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, USA, Warfare - Trends
Phalanx, firing (click to view full) The radar-guided, rapid-firing MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS, pron. “see-whiz”) can fire between 3,000-4,500 20mm cannon rounds per minute, either autonomously or under manual command, as a last-ditch...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 6, 2022 | Boeing, Force Structure, Heavy Bombers, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Pre-RFP, Project Methodologies, USA
B-52H, B-1B & B-2A (click to view full) The good news? 2006 saw a convergence of opinion within the USAF that a new long-range strike platform was needed. This is understandable given the B-52H Stratofortress fleet’s age (40-50 years), the B-1B...
