by Joe Katzman | Nov 2, 2015 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, New Systems Tech, Radars, Raytheon, Spotlight articles, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Before: APG-63 MSA(click to view full) Most F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters use APG-63 radars, passive arrays mounted on a movable swashplate. While upgrades over the years have improved them, a new generation of radar technologies has appeared. With cruise...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 2, 2015 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Industry & Trends, Transport & Utility
C-27J(click to view full) Major purchases that make headline news are few and far between in Peru. How do you top the recent re-opening of the DIFAA UFO investigation department? If you’re the Peruvian Air Force, you buy 2 C-27J light tactical airlifters from...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 2, 2015 | Alliances, Avionics, BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Intent, ECM, Electronics - General, Engines - Aircraft, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, GE, GPS Infrastructure, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Issues - International, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Radars, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, United Technologies, USA
Egyptian Air Force F-16D(click to view full) The Egyptian government wants to buy another 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, associated parts, weapons, and equipment to modernize its air force. The October 2009 request, made through the US Defense Security Cooperation...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 29, 2015 | Blimps & LTA Craft, Contracts - Modifications, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Raytheon, USA
JLENS Concept(click to view full, fixed) Intelligence agencies and analysts believe that the threat of U.S. cities coming under cruise missile attack from ships off the coast is real, sophisticated and evolving. The proliferation of cruise missiles, combined with a...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 29, 2015 | Americas - Other, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, USA
B200 airframe rollout(click to enlarge) The Armed Forces of Malta has signed a contract for the provision of a 2nd Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200 maritime patrol aircraft, under a EUR 9.7 million program that ordered the 1st plane in October 2009. Aerodata at...
