by Joe Katzman | Nov 19, 2007 | Avionics, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support Functions - Other, Transformation, USA
A-10A at Al Asad(click to view full) The A-10C Thunderbolt (aka. Warthog, or Hog) close air support aircraft program has begun fielding aircraft for use in Iraq, where the new SADL data link and targeting pod + ROVER compatibility in particular have made a big...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, L3 Communications, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, USA
L-3 Communications Government Services of Chantilly, VA received an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for $136.5 million, in exchange for for Academic, Training and Exercise Contract Support (ATECS) to to the 505th Command and Control Wing. The 505th...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2007 | Canada, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
LAV-TUA(click to view full) Raytheon Company has just announced a $17 million U.S. Army contract to build 462 TOW-2A RF bunker buster missiles for the Canadian Army., whose fragmenting, high-explosive warhead is combined with a new wireless radio frequency command...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2007 | Airbus, Avionics, Helicopters & Rotary, Testing & Evaluation, USA
UH-72A LUH(click to view full) The UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter is modified commercial EC145 helicopter adapted for military use. To date, it has represented several things. A key spinoff of the canceled RAH-66 Comanche program, representing an acknowledgment that...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2007 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, UAVs
Hermes 450,note civil #(click to view full) Israel pioneered the military use of UAV systems with a drone called, appropriately enough, the Pioneer. It was adopted in the 1980s by the USA, and some of them are still flying. IAI’s Medium Altitude, Long Endurance...
