by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2006 | Security & Secrecy, USA
If you work in the industry, you know that navigating the designated layers of classified material can be challenging, and that decisions regarding classification may not always make sense to you. This is also true on a public policy level: the Federation of American...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2006 | Corporate Innovations, Missiles - Air-Air, Project Successes, Raytheon, USA
AIM-120D into F-22A(click to view full) The AIM-120D AMRAAM Production Program Manager was a bit skeptical when he was asked to be team leader on a rapid improvement event under the “Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century” process improvement...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 13, 2006 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, USA
CH-47 offers a helpinghand in Afghanistan(click to view full) Back on June 13, 2005, while covering the “US101” EH-101 variant’s approval as the next US Presidential helicopter, DID noted that the rivals for this bid (Lockheed’s...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Sensors & Guidance
LITENING AT on US F-16C(click to view full) The Royal Netherlands Air Force, which has already selected RAFAEL’s REECELITE pod for aerial reconaissance, recently selected [release in Dutch] Northrop Grumman & RAFAEL’s 3rd-generation LITENING Advanced...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 10, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Turkey, United Technologies
S-70B Seahawk(click to view full) In June 2005 the government of Turkey and Sikorsky signed a Memorandum of Understanding to buy 12-17 S-70 Seahawk helicopters for the Turkish Navy. Sikorsky just announced that it has managed to turn that MoU into a contract with the...
