by Joe Katzman | Feb 6, 2008 | Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GE, USA
F110-GE-129 testing(click to view full) The USA’s F-16 fleet is an aging fleet that is exceeding its “design life” of 8,000 Total Accumulated Cycles by an average 485 TACs. While most of the original F-16s were fitted with the Same Pratt &...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 6, 2008 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Tanks & Mechanized
SEP: tracked, or wheeled(click to view full) Sweden’s SEP (Spitterskyddad Enhets Platform, a.k.a. THOR/ Alligator) is a truly innovative land vehicle design. Wheeled or rubber band-track versions offer strong commonality benefits, provide short term tactical...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 5, 2008 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Laser & EM Weapons, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, USA
THEL/Skyguard concept(click to view full) Detachment 8 of the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM is funding research to better understand and predict “the effects of lasers on various threat targets.” This is useful from a...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 5, 2008 | Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Helicopters & Rotary, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation
Vector Aerospace Corporation of Toronto, Canada has signed a definitive GBP 17 million (about $34 million) purchase and sale agreement with the British Secretary of State for Defence, through its that Vector Aerospace International Limited subsidiary. They will...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 4, 2008 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Fuel & Power, Helicopters & Rotary, Project Successes, USA
CH-53E at work(click to view full) Stop us if you’ve had a laptop and heard this refrain before: your battery draws down when not being used. If it’s recharged, it may “remember” the level it was at and can’t be brought back to full...
