by Joe Katzman | Aug 9, 2018 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Support Functions - Other, Textron, UAVs, USA
Aerosonde 4.7 from M80 Stiletto (click to view full) It has been a great week for Textron subsidiary AAI. At the end of February, they made a big breakthrough in the US military market, as their Aerosonde-G UAV became 1 of 3 platforms eligible to compete for up to...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 27, 2018 | Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
E-8C JSTARS Connectivity (click to view larger) The USA’s 17-plane E-8C J-STARS (Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System) fleet’s ability to monitor enemy ground movements over very wide areas, while seeing through problematic weather...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2018 | Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Raytheon, USA
AGM-154C, impact (click to view full) In March 2007, Raytheon received a contract to develop the AGM-154C-1 variant of the popular JSOW glide bomb family. This new version would add moving target capability via improved imaging infrared seekers, better seeker...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2018 | BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Forces - Air, Forces - Land, Forces - Marines, Forces - Special Ops, General Dynamics, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, RFPs, Trucks & Transport, USA
Oshkosh M-ATV (click to view full) “The Government plans to acquire an MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV). The M-ATV is a lighter, off-road, and more maneuverable vehicle that incorporates current MRAP level [bullet and mine blast] protection. The M-ATV will...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 3, 2018 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, R&D - Private, Raytheon, Specialty Aircraft, USA, Warfare - Trends
Naval launch (click to view full) As UAVs proliferate, and the demands of counter-insurgency fights force militaries to look at arming new kinds of aircraft, a number of manufacturers and governments are looking to develop precision-guided “mini-missiles”...
