Other Equipment – Land Articles

ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army

ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army

ER/MP, armed (click to view full) Its initial battles were fought within the Pentagon, but the US Army's high-end UAV has made its transition to the battlefield. The ER/MP program was part of the US Army's reinvestment of dollars from the canceled RAH-66 Comanche...

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EA-18G Program: The USA’s Electronic Growler

EA-18G Program: The USA’s Electronic Growler

EA-18G at Pax The USA's electronic attack fighters are a unique, overworked, and nearly obsolete capability. With the retirement of the US Air Force's long-range EF-111 Raven "Spark 'Vark," the aging 4-seat EA-6B Prowlers became the USA's only remaining fighter for...

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KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Tanker Completes Firsts

KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Tanker Completes Firsts

KC-135: Old as the hills... (click to view full) DID's FOCUS articles cover major weapons acquisition programs - and no program is more important to the USAF than its aerial tanker fleet renewal. In January 2007, the big question was whether there would be a...

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