by Joe Katzman | Feb 17, 2025 | Airbus, Americas, Asia, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Europe, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Germany, Industry, Japan, Logistics & Support, Middle East & Africa, Missiles - Surface-Air, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Raytheon, South Korea, Support Functions - Other, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
Mk-44 firing RAM (click to view full) The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) MK-31 guided missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under a NATO cooperative program between the United States and German governments to provide a small, all-weather, low-cost...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2025 | Americas, Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Europe, Europe - Other, Geographical Focus, Industry, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Middle East & Africa, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Ordnance & Guns, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
USN MH-60S test (click to view full) Hellfire I/II missiles are the USA’s preferred aerial anti-armor missile, and are widely deployed with America’s allies. They equip America’s helicopter fleets (AH-64, AH-1, OH-58D, MH-60S/R), AH-64 and S-70...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 3, 2025 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Support Functions - Other, USA
All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 3, 2025 | Aircraft, Americas, Brazil, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Corporation, Electronics & IT, Europe, Fighters & Attack, France, Geographical Focus, Industry, Innovation, Logistics & Support, MBDA, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East & Africa, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Rumours, Support & Maintenance, Thales, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault’s fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company’s past successes – or just “the late Rafale”? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 24, 2025 | Boeing, Events, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Industry & Trends, Spotlight articles, USA
F-15C over DC (click to view full) “Array of Aging American Aircraft Attracting Attention” discusses the issues that accompany an air force whose fighters have an average age of over 23.5 years – vs. an average of 8.5 years in 1967. One of the most...
