by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2022 | Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, L3 Communications, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-4B NAOC (click to view full) In December 2005, the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a contract as Product Support Integrator (PSI) for the USAF’s E-4 National Airborne Operations Center fleet. These 4 modified 747-200s were introduced in 1974, and serve as...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Other Corporation, Russia
MiG-29SMT (click to view full) RIA Novosti reports that Russia is buying another 16 MiG-29SMT multi-role fighters, in order to help keep MiG-related technical expertise and infrastructure active until 2016. In August 2013, Russia’s VVS was forced to postpone its...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 1, 2022 | Airbus, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, France, GE, IAI, India, Issues - Political, Missiles - Air-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, RAFAEL, RFPs, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
Tejas LCA (click to view full) India’s Light Combat Aircraft program is meant to boost its aviation industry, but it must also solve a pressing military problem. The IAF’s fighter strength has been declining as the MiG-21s that form the bulk of its fleet...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2022 | BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, ECM, Elbit Systems, GE, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Materials Innovations, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Radars, RFPs, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Specialty Aircraft, Spotlight articles, Testing & Evaluation, USA
EA-18G Growler (click to view full) The US Navy owns the only operational tactical jamming fighters in the world, but the AN/ALQ-99 pods they depend on use analog technologies, are hard to maintain, and have reliability issues. All-digital technologies and modern...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 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...
