by Joe Katzman | Apr 15, 2019 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, DCNS, Europe - Other, France, Indonesia, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, RFPs, Rosoboronexport, South Korea, Submarines
KRI Cakra (click to view larger) Indonesia sites astride one of the world’s most critical submarine chokepoints. A large share of global trade must pass through the critical Straits of Malacca, and the shallow littoral waters around the Indonesian archipelago....
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2019 | Contracts - Intent, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Saudi Arabia, United Technologies, USA
Latest updates: Fleet upgrades to UH-60L; Final helis make Saudi Arabia one of the last UH-60L customers. UH-60L: Leaving the LZ (lick to view larger) On July 20/06, the US DSCA announced Saudi Arabia’s official request to buy 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2019 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Rockets, Sensors & Guidance
ADF training (click to view full) Guided, portable anti-tank weapons have become a ubiquitous feature of the modern battlefield, but there’s still a role for good old fashioned panzerfaust rockets. For a soldier who needs to take out light vehicles at close...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 9, 2019 | BAE, Canada, Force Structure, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Power Projection, Project Methodologies, RFPs, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, T&C - CSC, Thales
HMCS Protecteur (click to view larger) As part of its spate of military modernization announcements issued just before Canada Day (July 1) 2006, the Canadian government issued an RFP that began the process of defining and building 3 “Joint Support Ships.”...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 8, 2019 | Airbus, Avionics, BAE, Brazil, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, Events, France, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Pre-RFP, Rumours, Russia, Spotlight articles, Transformation
FAB JAS-39E (click to view full) As Brazil started boosting its defense budgets in past years, its Navy and Army received funds to replace broken-down equipment, while new fighters will be a critical centerpiece of the Forca Aerea Brasileira’s (FAB) efforts....
