by Joe Katzman | Dec 20, 2024 | Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, France, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, Testing & Evaluation, USA
SM-2 Launch, DDG-77 (click to view larger) Variants of the SM-2 Standard missile are the USA’s primary fleet defense anti-air weapon, and serve with 13 navies worldwide. The most common variant is the RIM-66K-L/ SM-2 Standard Block IIIB, which entered service in...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 17, 2024 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Field Reports, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M3A3 Bradley CFV: Charge! (click to view full) In the 1970s, middle eastern wars demonstrated that tanks without infantry screens were vulnerable to infantry with anti-tank missiles. Unfortunately, armored personnel carriers were easy prey for enemy tanks, and...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 10, 2024 | Africa - Other, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, France, Israel, Japan, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, USA, Warfare - Trends
AIM-120C from F-22A (click for test missile zoom) Raytheon’s AIM-120 Advanced, Medium-Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) has become the world market leader for medium range air-to-air missiles, and is also beginning to make inroads within land-based defense...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 6, 2024 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Germany, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Rolls Royce
Italian Eurofighters (click to view full) The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine “teen series” fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15, continued with the emergence...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 27, 2024 | Asia - Central, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, FOCUS Articles, Israel, Japan, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Sensors & Guidance, Singapore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
Harpoon in flight (click to view full) The sub-sonic, wave-skimming GM-84 Harpoon is the US Navy’s sole anti-shipping missile, with the minor exception of small helicopter-borne AGM-119B Penguin missiles. The Harpoon has been adapted into several variants, and...
