by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2008 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, Procurement Innovations, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport
SA-2 firing, 2007(click to view full) The Ceausescu regime was a poor performer even by communism’s low standards, which has left Romania with a long and difficult modernization task as it seeks to integrate into NATO. Romania certainly isn’t one of...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2008 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Rockets, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized, Testing & Evaluation, Warfare - Lessons
UK M270+(click for before & after) The 2006 controversy over the quality of Harrier support notwithstanding, close air support has proven to be a valuable asset to British forces in Afghanistan. When available and on-station, it provides a high-end counter to the...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2008 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
Incoming fire…(click to view full) The right-wing Heritage Foundation recently published an in-depth paper that addresses the destroyer shipbuilding debate in Congress. The USA’s reconciled FY 2009 defense budget approves $2.5 billion to...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2008 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, USA, Warfare - Trends
ATFLIR pod imagery(click to view full) The proliferation of UAVs and fighters equipped with stabilized, high-magnification video pods and imaging radars has a number of corollary consequences. Bandwidth has become a key battlefield constraint. Specialized...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 9, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, USA
MV Beluga SkySails(click to expand) “USA Broadening Conservation Focus to Weapons Systems” discussed a number of items, including April 2006 testimony from Ronald O’Rourke [PDF] of the Congressional Research Service, which looked at the rising cost...
