by Joe Katzman | Jul 19, 2022 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Weapons, Pre-RFP, RFPs, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
MK 41s in action (click to view full) The naval MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) hides missiles below decks in vertical slots, with key electronics and venting systems built in. A deck and hatch assembly at the top of the module protects the missile canisters...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 13, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons
MC-12 arrives (click to view full) Despite all of the high-tech fighter hours flown in theater, Hawker Beechcraft’s twin-propeller King Air 350 continues to gain traction as an affordable, long-endurance option for light cargo delivery in remote areas –...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 5, 2022 | Fighters & Attack, Support & Maintenance, Training & Exercises, United Technologies, USA
Top Gun, redux (click to view full) In the 1980s movie Top Gun, the revolutionary “MiG-28s” operated by the enemy air force were actually painted F-5E Tiger IIs, derived from a family of fighters whose design concept dates back to the mid 1950s. The F-5...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 1, 2022 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Radars, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Arabian/Persian Gulf (click to view full) In November 2009, Saab announced a 1.5 billion SEK (about $220 million) contract from the United Arab Emirates for 2 of its Saab 340 regional turboprops, equipped with Erieye active-array radars that can scan large airspace...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 20, 2022 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, R&D - Contracted, Submarines
Successor Class (click to view full) “We are committed to working towards a safer world in which there is no requirement for nuclear weapons… However, the continuing risk from the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the certainty that a number of other...
