by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Airbus, France, Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia
Emerging clusters, 2005(click to view full) Russia’s aircraft industry remains one of the country’s defense export standbys, and Russian companies are beginning to partner with foreign firms in ways that could increase their reach. In December 2005, Moscow...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Asia - Central, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Force Structure, Issues - International, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Remote Weapons Systems, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Trucks & Transport, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Dutch Bushmasters’first Afghan patrol(click to view full) Despite ongoing US procurement of M1151/M1152 Hummers, the retreat from Jeep-like vehicles is accelerating among Western militaries. Insufficiently protected against land mine threats in modern conflict...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, India, Other Corporation, Russia, Support & Maintenance
IAF MiG-29, top view(click to view full) Until the arrival of the SU-30MKs and SU-30MKIs, India’s MiG-29 fleet was its primary counter to Pakistan’s F-16s. That fleet had a number of problems, the most prominent of which was a low readiness rate given the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 19, 2009 | Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Industry & Trends
Military Embedded Systems magazine recently covered a couple of industry trends worth noting, in a pervasive but frequently overlooked area of military procurement. Despite OpenVPX’s somewhat rocky journey to replace VME, one area is continued progress toward...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 18, 2009 | Americas - Other, Blimps & LTA Craft, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Private, Small Business, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons
Skyhook concept(click to view full) In April 2006, “WALRUS Hunted to Extinction By Congress, DARPA?” dealt with the cancellation of DARPA’s WALRUS ultra-heavy lift program. WALRUS aimed to develop an airship that could lift between 250-500 tons,...
