by Joe Katzman | Aug 10, 2008 | Design Innovations, Israel, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Testing & Evaluation, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
Patriot PAC-2(click to view full) David Eshel reports that Israel is evaluating an electro-optical add-on system called “Sniper” that can scan for, find, and magnify targets out to the Patriot missile’s full range. As David explains, many surface-air...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, Helicopters & Rotary, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Support & Maintenance, USA
Testing, testing…(click to view full) Perhaps you’ve had this experience with your car. A warning light goes on intermittently, or another system doesn’t seem to operate reliably. The car goes in to the mechanic, where it may or may not display any...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Nuclear Weapons, Testing & Evaluation, USA, WMD Defenses
Nuclear airbust L-3 Services, Inc. in San Leandro, CA received a $7.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, integration and production of a form, fit and function, environmentally sealed, state-of-the-art Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Pulser...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 5, 2008 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, Events, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, USA
PAF F-16A drops Mk.82s(click to view full) On June 30/08, “US GAO Criticizes CSF Aid to Pakistan” discussed some of the tensions inherent in US aid to Pakistan, which has totaled several billion dollars since 2001. In addition to accounting and...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Intent, Engineer Units, Iraq, USA
USACE(click to visit) Over the past couple of weeks, billions of dollars of potential sales to Iraq have been announced: M1117 armored cars, LAV family wheeled armored personnel carriers, M1 Abrams tanks, armed reconnaissance helicopters, and more. All of which, to...
