Paveway-IV components(click to view larger) In 2003, Raytheon UK operation won the GBP 120 million pound contract to develop and produce Paveway IV, beating Boeing's INS/GPS guided JDAM. The GPS/INS and laser-guided 500-pound bombs are a British project, and will add...
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UK Availability Contracting: Starstreaks to the End
Starstreak SP HVM(click to view full) In 1997, Britain introduced a unique entry to the world of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Its dual-stage Starstreak High Velocity Missile flies at Mach 4+, uses advanced laser-guidance to home in on fast-flying aircraft,...
NGEN Schedule Re-Compete Timetable Moved Up | RQ-4 Global Hawk Costs Revised Downward | Russia’s Rostec Moving into Commodities Market
Americas * A Request for Information market survey is expected to be released on Wednesday for the re-competition of the Navy's Next Generation Information Enterprise Network (NGEN). With Hewlett-Packard winning the $3.45 billion IDIQ contract in June 2013, consisting...
Skynet 5: UK MoD’s Innovative SATCOM Solution
Skynet 5 satellite model(click to view full) When militaries around the world have wanted to expand their satellite communication (SATCOM) capacity, they traditionally have had 2 choices - either pay a satellite manufacturer billions of dollars to build a satellite...
Pentagon May Kill Destroyer USS LBJ | Boeing to Double F-15 Missile Carrying Capacity| LRS-B to Serve Multiple Purposes
Americas * The final Zumwalt-class destroyer undergoing construction by General Dynamics Bath Ironworks - the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) - is facing the chop by an independent team of Pentagon cost assessors, with the third-in-class vessel already under...
Aging Array of American Aircraft Attracting Attention
The USAF’s aircraft fleet will continue to see its average age rise, even if it gets every aircraft it wants. Many of its planes are now older than their pilots, and in the coming decades many aircraft will pass the 50-year mark. The causes are systemic, and the effects are very serious. This is DID’s Spotlight article, covering some of the measures being taken, and providing in-depth research resources that cover the problem at both a macro level and a front-line level.
Brazil’s Saab Gripen NG Contract Moving Forward | LM Advances EOTS for Coming Year | Czech’s to Spend $104.6M for TITUS from Tatra & Nexter
Americas * Brazil's prosecutor's office has ended its investigation [Portuguese] into possible corruption in the country's procurement process of Saab Gripen NG fighters, finding insufficient evidence of wrongdoing to continue. The investigation centered on possible...
F-35 Speed-up Increases Pressure | BAE Protests NG’s CIRCM Contract | Japanese to Double Intelligence by 2023
Americas * An accelerated F-35 production schedule could stress suppliers, with the program office planning a three-fold increase in the number of Joint Strike Fighters produced each year over the next three years. The pressure on the production line's supply base is...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Bids $2B for United Launch Alliance | Russia Increases SU-30SM Orders from Irkut | Netherlands to Add 14 CH-47F Helis to Fleet
Americas * Aerojet Rocketdyne submitted a bid on Wednesday to buy United Launch Alliance. The Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint venture is competing with SpaceX for US Air Force launch contracts, following the latter's certification in May. The $2 billion bid comes amid...