by Joe Katzman | Apr 7, 2008 | Asia - Central, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Support Functions - Other, UAVs, USA
ScanEagle UAV(click for alternate view) Boeing has had field representatives in theater for a couple of years now to support and operate the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle UAV from ships and ashore, receiving high praise and a fairly regular stream of contracts like this one...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2008 | BAE, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transformation
LEAPP(click to view full) Digitization and smaller electronics affect the battlefield in a number of ways. In the area of air defense, it has become possible to make small radars quite powerful, while also connecting them in networks that can provide a combined...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, Forces - Marines, Helicopters & Rotary, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
CH-53E lifts UH-60, Iraq(click to view full) DID FOCUS Article “CH-53K: The USMC’s HLR Helicopter Program” notes that: “On average, existing CH-53E aircraft are more than 15 years old, have over 3,000 flight hours under tough conditions, and...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2008 | Alliances, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, Surface Ships - Combat
Italian FREMM(click to view full) The Franco-Italian FREMM (FREgate Multi Mission or FREgata Multi Missione) program is designed to create an affordable and somewhat flexible naval combatant that offers good to very good performance in the 3 key fleet roles of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 3, 2008 | Ammunition, Asia - Central, Europe - Other, Events, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA
AEY Betrayal?(click to view full) Reports surfaced in late March 2008 that a company with several hundred million dollars worth of contracts, acting as the main supplier of munitions to Afghanistan’s army and police forces, has been delivering substandard...
