by Joe Katzman | Nov 20, 2008 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Trends
SM-3 seeker: target!(click to view full) A lot has been written in recent years about the improvements in air-air missiles. Short-range air-air missiles (SRAAMs) have received particular attention due to their vastly improved wide-angle seekers, computer processor...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 19, 2008 | Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Satellites & Sensors, Trucks & Transport, USA
DMSP: points of light(click to view full) The American military procurement system faces a number of challenges at the moment, and the news isn’t very good on many fronts. There are success stories in the field – some larger, some smaller. but every one...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
Ships, like cars, need maintenance. Some of it is performed onboard by the crew, while other aspects are farmed out to contractors. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Philadelphia, PA are the Navy’s experts for maritime technology and naval...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2008 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, Rumours
French Jaguar(click to view full) Oman has a long history of close relations with Britain, and this carries over into that country’s defense equipment. The al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanat Oman (RAFO) currently has 3 fighter squadrons. RAFO 10 squadron finished...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 17, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, ECM, Electronics - General, Laser & EM Weapons, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Science - Basic Research, Simulation & Training, T&C - SAIC, Transformation, USA
F-22: HPM emitter?(click to view full) Nov 5/08: SAIC Technology Services Co., of San Diego, CA received an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for $16 million for R&D under a Broad Agency Announcement entitled “Electro Magnetic Effects...
