by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Boeing, Budgets, Field Reports, Forces - Marines, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Failures, Testing & Evaluation, USA
V-22 Osprey The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has been a champion of some defense programs (vid. the A-10), an opponent of others that it believes to be wasteful and/or ineffective, and an opponent willing to reconsider on still other programs (vid. the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, USA
Basic Nuclear Propulsion(click to expand) Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA is being awarded a $279.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Schenectady, NY (50%) and Pittsburgh, PA (50%)....
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, IT - Software & Integration, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AV-8B VTOL(click to view full) DID has covered the changes made to the USA’s AV-8B Harrier IIs, which turned them from the most accident-prone aircraft in the fleet to a much safer jet whose hover capability and LITENING surveillance and targeting pods proved...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Events, Fighters & Attack
GR7A at Kandahar(with Paveway bombs) On August 12, 2005, DID covered the performance and operations of the RAF’s GR7 Harrier II jets in Afghanistan. Now Britain’s Telegraph reports that one RAF Harrier was destroyed on the ground and another has been...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, DARPA, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, UAVs, USA
X-47B Concept(click to view full) DID recently covered DARPA’s Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) and its complex operating system, and also detailed some system design innovations Lockheed was using to test the basic X-47B design at its Helendale...
