by Joe Katzman | Mar 26, 2019 | ABM, ATK, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, RFPs, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
GMD launch, 2001 (click to view full) The USA’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program uses land-based missiles to intercept incoming ballistic missiles in the middle of their flight, outside the atmosphere. The missiles are currently based at 2 sites in...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 19, 2019 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, USA
G550 CAEW The US Navy is replacing its 2 NP-3D “Billboard” range monitoring aircraft with a new plane, which will use the same core design as the modern AWACS aircraft bought by Israel, Italy, and Singapore: “a Gulfstream G550 long-range business jet...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 11, 2019 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Force Structure, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Policy - Doctrine, R&D - Contracted, Rumours, Russia, Spotlight articles, Submarines
SSN Akula Class (click to view full) According to GlobalSecurity.org, India’s ATV (advanced technology vessel) program to build a nuclear-powered submarine began in 1974, and became a serious effort in 1985. The Federation of American Scientists’ December...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 7, 2019 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, General Dynamics, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, USA, Warfare - Trends
MUOS concept (click to view full) Lockheed Martin recently announced a $339.6-million contract option from the U.S. Navy for the 5th and final planned satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation. Under the current plan, the 5th satellite would...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 5, 2019 | Airbus, Budgets, C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporate Innovations, Electronics - General, Events, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Partnerships & Consortia, Polar Regions, Project Methodologies, Raytheon, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, USA
WMSL-750 Bertholf (click to view full) The Legend Class National Security Cutters were the largest ships in the The US Coast Guard’s massive $25 billion Deepwater meta-program, and served as its flagship in more ways than one. The 418 foot, 4,400 ton ships will...
