by Joe Katzman | Oct 5, 2022 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, USA
C-5 Galaxy (click to view full) When it was introduced, back in 1970, the C-5 Galaxy was the largest plane in the world. It also has the highest operating cost of any US Air Force weapon system, owing to extremely high maintenance demands as well as poor fuel economy....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Official Reports, Raytheon, USA
AIM-9X test launch, F-18C (click for close-up) Raytheon’s AIM-9X Block II would have made Top Gun a very short movie. It’s the USA’s most advanced short range air-air missile, capable of using its datalink, thrust vectoring maneuverability, and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
AMDR testbed (click to view full) The US Navy’s Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon’s X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin’s S-band...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 30, 2022 | Air Reconnaissance, Boeing, C4ISR, FOCUS Articles, General Atomics, Issues - International, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, RFPs, Rolls Royce, Transformation, UAVs, USA
BAMS Operation Concept (click to view full) The world’s P-3 Orion fleets have served for a long time, and many are reaching the end of their lifespans. In the USA, and possibly beyond, the new P-8 Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft will take up the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, USA
TOW family (click to view full) Despite modernization that has led to advanced anti-armor weapons like the Javelin and Hellfire fire and forget guided missiles, the wire-guided, operator-controlled BGM-71 TOW missile family remains a mainstay thanks to modernization,...
