by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2019 | Field Reports, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Sensors & Guidance, USA
Sniper XR Targeting Pod (click to view full) In a recent address to Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control employees in Orlando, FL, USAF Aeronautical Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. William R. Looney praised Lockheed Martin’s Sniper XR Advanced Targeting...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 1, 2019 | Airbus, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Logistics, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Rumours, Spotlight articles, Transport & Utility, USA, Warfare - Lessons
C-27J Spartan (click to view full) When the WALRUS super-heavy cargo airship was canceled, combat commanders complained that front-line airfields were often too short for the C-130 Hercules that make up the USAF’s tactical transport fleet. Delays in buying a...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2019 | Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Marines, France, Germany, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation, USA
A Viking comes ashore The BvS10 is the successor to the wildly popular Bv206, 11,000 of which have been sold to 40 countries around the world – including the USA (M978). Readers may have seen these vehicles elsewhere, too, as a number of Bv206s have...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2019 | Airbus, France, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, RFPs, Rumours, Spotlight articles, USA
Austrian Alouette-III (click to view full) How safe are the Indian Army’s aging fleets of Chetaks (Aerospatiale SA316 Alouette III) and Cheetahs (SA315B Alouette II/III mix)? These old designs have consistently proven themselves in high altitude operations, and...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 26, 2019 | Africa - Other, Boeing, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Russia, Thales, Turkey, United Technologies, USA
T129 ATAK (click to view full) Turkey has been looking to modernize its attack helicopter fleet since the mid-1990s, but the process has mostly served as an object lesson in how not to buy defense equipment. This competition faced many difficulties; after numerous...
