by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 6, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Aircraft, Avionics, Forces - Air, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Specialty Aircraft, UAVs
RQ-5A Hunter:to be replaced Military & Aerospace Electronics reports that General Atomics awarded AAI Corp. a $30 million subcontract to develop the ground control components of the Army’s new Warrior UAV program. The army wants all development work done in...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 5, 2005 | Budgets, Force Structure, Issues - Political, Transformation
Yes Mr. Stevens, er, Santa,I’d like a BRAC exemption A tiff arising over where to place a slew of relatively non-controversial amendments and a stalled defense authorization bill has Senate majority committee chairs at loggerheads, stymieing both the...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 5, 2005 | Airbus, Aircraft, Contracts - Awards, European Union (EU), Forces - Air, L3 Communications, Partnerships & Consortia, Power Projection, Raytheon, Transport & Utility
EADS’ CN-235 & C-295 Raytheon and its European partner EADS are hoping that the Army’s Future Cargo Aircraft program will be decided with an emphasis for cargo space – something their CN-235s and C-295s have in great abundance. Competitor L-3...
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 5, 2005 | Avionics, Electronics - General, Fuel & Power, Materials Innovations, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air
The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB awarded a $10 million cost plus fixed fee contract to Enser Corp. of Pinellas Park (FA8650-04-C-5705), FL to create over the next six years a manufactory to produce cobalt disulfide base thermal batteries....
by Tig Tillinghast | Oct 5, 2005 | Aircraft, Boeing, Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Air, Forces - Marines, Forces - Naval, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman
F/A-22 Raptor(click to enlarge) AFA reports on Gordon England’s upcoming new air power review that seems designed to provide the analysis needed to make further cuts in the F/A-22 and F-35 programs. England, who awaits confirmation to be deputy secretary of...
