by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2007 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
NOT the bat-plane(click to view full) “USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availability” described the new support arrangements for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which has historically had availability rates that hovered around 50%....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 18, 2007 | Asia - Other, Europe - Other, France, Legal, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales
Kang Ding w. SH-60(click to view all) Our November 2005 article “Full Steam Ahead for Taiwan Frigate Corruption Investigation” explained the scandal’s background, and noted the beginnings of Swiss cooperation via the unsealing of bank files. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 15, 2007 | C4ISR, Fighters & Attack, FOCUS Articles, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Project Successes, R&D - Private, Radars, Raytheon, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Specialty Aircraft, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, UAVs, USA
F-22 Cutaway(click to view full) The F/A-22 and F-35’s advanced built-in radars and electronics can be levered to turn these planes into electronic warfare aircraft. Meanwhile, some of the key trends in military I/O highlight the increasing need for...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 13, 2007 | Coastal & Littoral, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Transformation
Earth-shatteringKa-BOOM!(click to view full) Naval gunfire support is ultra-quick, unaffected by weather, never worries about enemy air defenses, and has saved the lives of many soldiers and Marines over the years. In Vietnam and engagements like Lebanon in the 1980s,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 13, 2007 | Other Corporation
SURVICE Engineering Co. in Belcamp, MD received a $25 million cost-plus-fixed-fee with cost reimbursable contract. They will handle munitions effectiveness and target delivery schedules for the analysis division of the USAF Air Armament Center. Some of the major...
