by Joe Katzman | Dec 2, 2021 | Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Engines - Aircraft, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies, Projects, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
F135 Engine Test (click to view full) Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have successfully performed the first start of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft test engine, using an integrated power package (IPP) that the functions traditionally performed by the...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 11, 2021 | Airbus, Boeing, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Force Structure, IAI, RFPs, South Korea, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Trends
KAL A330-200 (click to view full) South Korea is moving to buy 4 long-range aerial refueling tankers with secondary transport capabilities, with a budget of WON 2 billion (about $1.8 billion). That capability isn’t a huge priority on the Korean peninsula itself,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 8, 2021 | Asia - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Events, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Issues - International, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Radars, South Korea, Spotlight articles
KODEF ’11 slide (click to view full) South Korea has been thinking seriously about designing its own fighter jet since 2008. The ROK defense sector has made impressive progress, and has become a notable exporter of aerospace, land, and naval equipment. The idea...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 28, 2021 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
Air Force One (click to view full) The USA’s fleet of 2 “VC-25” 747-200 derivatives is unique in several respects. It’s more popularly known as the latest incarnation of the “Air Force One” fleet that transports the President of the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2021 | Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Events, Fighters & Attack, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, USA
AN/APG-79 AESA Radar (click to view full) The AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar began life as a replacement. Initial F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet production batches installed Raytheon’s all-weather, multimode AN/APG-73, but the APG-79 has...
