by Joe Katzman | Aug 24, 2017 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Events, France, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat
Gowind-200 (click to view full) DCNS’ 103m, 1,950t (338 ft., 2,150 ton) Gowind corvettes are directly derived from the design and technological lead advances of the new Franco-Italian FREMM multi-mission frigates. Following his October 2006 meeting with French...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 8, 2017 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Intent, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Lockheed Martin, USA
F-35 mockup (click to view full) Australia’s new Liberal Party government has announced that they’ll buy up to 58 F-35s, raising the RAAF’s approved fleet size to the 72 aircraft mentioned in the Labor Party’s May 2013 White Paper....
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2017 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Events, France, Issues - Political, Legal, Other Corporation, People, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines
Malaysian Scorpene (click to view full) The Franco-Spanish Scorpene diesel-electric attack submarine competes on the global market against an array of competitors, especially ThyssenKrupp HDW’s U209/212/214 family. In June 2002, the Malaysian government signed a...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2017 | BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, FOCUS Articles, General Atomics, Guns - Naval, Laser & EM Weapons, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - SAIC, University-related, USA
The concept (click to view full) Back in March 2006, BAE Systems received a contract for “design and production of the 32 MJ Laboratory Launcher for the U.S. Navy.” Some hint of what they are talking about can be gleaned from the name. BAE isn’t the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 3, 2017 | Australia & S. Pacific, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Issues - International, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other
PB Lata Australia’s Pacific Patrol Boat program solves a regional problem. Australia needs stability, but many of its neighbors are island sets with vast territories to cover, small populations, and small economies. Australia’s regional Defence Cooperation...
