by Joe Katzman | Sep 10, 2007 | Events, USA
Sept 11, 2001 Six years ago, the attacks of 9/11 ushered in a new global conflict, and began an accelerated series of changes to militaries and defense industries around the world that are not even close to running their full course. The US Department of Defense has...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 10, 2007 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, MBDA, Missiles - Air-Air
Tiger HAP & armament(click to view full) As “France & Spain Order New Eurocopter Tiger HAD (updated)” noted, the Eurocopter Tiger is something of an odd duck whose two initial versions (French HAP, German HAC-UHT) each seemed to each be missing a...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 10, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN-74, Pearl Harbor(click to view full) Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Seattle Division in Seattle WA received a $26.7 million modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-4152), exercise an option for performance of the Dry Docking Ship Planned...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 9, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, United Technologies, USA
CH-53K concept(click to view full) It has been a good couple of weeks in the defense sector for Fortune 500 firm Goodrich Corp. Their night vision camera project with DARPA continues to go well, the proactive monitoring systems for helicopter drive trains et. al. on...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 6, 2007 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Blimps & LTA Craft, Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Corporate Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - General, Japan, Laser & EM Weapons, Logistics Innovations, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Surface-Air, Official Reports, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Remote Weapons Systems, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Shells & Mortar Rounds, Simulation & Training, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
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