by Joe Katzman | Nov 9, 2020 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Forces - Strategic, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, R&D - Contracted, Spotlight articles, Submarines, USA, Warfare - Trends
SSBN-X concept (click to view full) The US Navy needs new SSBN nuclear missile submarines. Their existing Ohio Class boats will begin to retire at a rate of 1 hull per year, beginning in 2027, as they reach the end of their 42-year operational lifetimes. Hence SSBN-X,...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 1, 2020 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA
T-38A Talon (click to view full) In mid-September 2011, DynCorp International, LLC in Fort Worth, TX received a $36 million firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft maintenance and related services in support of Euro-NATO joint jet pilot training; maintaining T-38...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 26, 2020 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA, UUVs & USVs
REMUS 100 (click to view full) In October 2013, Kongsberg Defence subsidiary Hydroid, Inc., of Pocasset, MA received a maximum $36.5 million, 5-year, sole-source award for its unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from the US Navy’s Naval Explosive Ordnance...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 13, 2020 | Americas - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Project Management, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Transformation, University-related, USA
AEHF concept (click to view full) The USA’s new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites will support twice as many tactical networks as the current Milstar II satellites, while providing 10-12 times the bandwidth capacity and 6 times the data rate...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 31, 2020 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Transport & Utility, USA
PAF C-130H (click to view full) The Philippine Air Force has devolved in many ways since the 1980s, but China’s ongoing pressure is finally focusing high-level attention on the need to rebuild it. A country of islands means a special premium for sea and air...
