by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2009 | Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Other Equipment - Land, Support & Maintenance, USA
Boeing’s subsidiary McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, MO received a $32.4 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0055) to manufacture, test, and deliver 23 reconfigurable transportable consolidated automated support...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2009 | Australia & S. Pacific, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Policy - Procurement, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat
On March 31/09, The Australian ran a investigative feature titled “Our defenceless force,” and the related “Military not ready for war as fighter jets, choppers and submarines unfit for frontline.” The articles were more measured than their...
by Joe Katzman | May 24, 2009 | DID site, Memoriam
Honor & Reflect(click to view full) Monday, May 25th is Memorial Day in the USA. DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service; we will not be publishing. Readers are urged to peruse the US Department of Defense’s...
by Joe Katzman | May 22, 2009 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Engines - Aircraft, FOCUS Articles, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Specialty Aircraft, United Technologies, University-related, USA
Scramjets explained(click to view full) Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the United States Air Force have signed an agreement to advance research into hypersonic (Mach 5 or higher) flight. The 8-year program has been established...
by Joe Katzman | May 21, 2009 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AGM-158 JASSM(click to view full) Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) was intended as a stealthy, inexpensive cruise missile that would let American aircraft attack well-defended targets – without putting themselves in...
