by Joe Katzman | Jan 11, 2022 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, Issues - Political, IT - General, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Failures, Project Methodologies, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Other, USA
LPD-17 cutaway (click to view full) LPD-17 San Antonio class amphibious assault support vessels are just entering service with the US Navy, and 11 ships of this class are eventually slated to replace up to 41 previous ships. Much like their smaller predecessors, their...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 6, 2022 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Events, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, France, GE, Germany, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Failures, Project Methodologies, Project Successes, Projections & Assessments, Public Partnering, R&D - Contracted, Rolls Royce, Simulation & Training, Testing & Evaluation
NH90: TTH & NFH (click to view full) The NH90 emerged from a requirement that created a NATO helicopter development and procurement agency in 1992 and, at almost the same time, established NH Industries (62.5% EADS Eurocopter, 32.5% AgustaWestland, and 5% Stork...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 30, 2021 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, General Atomics, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Small Business, Specialty Aircraft, Surface Ships - Combat, Transport & Utility, University-related, USA
EMALS Components (click to view full) As the US Navy continues to build its new CVN-21 Gerald R. Ford Class carriers, few technologies are as important to their success as the next-generation EMALS (Electro-MAgnetic Launch System) catapult. The question is whether...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 7, 2021 | Asia - Other, Avionics, BAE, Britain/U.K., Canada, China, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, GE, General Dynamics, Helicopters & Rotary, Japan, L3 Communications, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Sensors & Guidance, Support & Maintenance, Testing & Evaluation, United Technologies, USA
CH-148 Cyclone (click to view full) Canada’s Maritime Helicopter Replacement Program has been a textbook military procurement program over its long history. Unfortunately, it has been a textbook example of what not to do. While Canada’s 50-year old Sea...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 3, 2021 | Airbus, Ammunition, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), FOCUS Articles, France, Germany, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Helicopters & Rotary, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Rockets, Rolls Royce, Sensors & Guidance
Tiger HAP & HAC (click to view full) Eurocopter’s Tiger had always had a very odd setup in that it came in two seemingly incomplete versions (HAP scout and HAC/UHT anti-tank), whose respective deficiencies severely limited multi-role flexibility and hence...
