by Joe Katzman | Jun 20, 2019 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Events, FOCUS Articles, Industry & Trends, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, Singapore, Submarines, Support Functions - Other
A26 SOF concept (click to view full) Submarines remain the ultimate maritime insurance policy, which is why so many countries treat the ability to build or design them as a strategic capability. Sweden is trying to recover from a disastrous pair of assumptions in the...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 19, 2019 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, India, Israel, Other Corporation, Russia, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility
AN-32 over Taj Mahal (click to view full) The Antonov AN-32 “Cline” builds on the general design of the widely-used AN-26 light transport plane, but high placement of the engine nacelles above the wing allow bigger propellers, driven by 5,100 hp AI-20...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 17, 2019 | Asia - Central, Boeing, Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, Israel, Issues - International, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, South Korea, Support & Maintenance, Transformation, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA, Warfare - Lessons
B-2 drops JDAM (click to view full) Precision bombing has been a significant military goal since the invention of the Norden bomb sight in the 1920s, but its application remained elusive. Over 30 years later, in Vietnam, the destruction of a single target could...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 17, 2019 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Signals Radio & Wireless, UAVs
Skylark-I launch (click to view full) Elbit’s Skylark-I mini-UAV has become a popular choice for portable “over the hill” surveillance, as nations like Israel, Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, et. al. adopt it for battlefield use....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 14, 2019 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Missiles - Ballistic, New Systems Tech, Submarines, USA
SSBN Vanguard Class (click to view larger) The USA’s Ohio/ Henry M. Jackson Class and Britain’s Vanguard Class SSBNs (i.e. nuclear missile submarines) will begin experiencing age-related risks by the late 2010s, and military programs of this type can...
