by Fred Donovan | Feb 10, 2010 | Bombs - Smart, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Fighters & Attack, Missiles - Precision Attack, Raytheon, USA
US Spectrum Chart(click to view full) With the explosion in the number of cell phones and other commercial wireless devices, the US Federal Communications Commission has had to take spectrum used by US government agencies and shift it over to commercial use. To fund...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 9, 2010 | Budgets, Chemical Weapons, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, India, Issues - International, Issues - Political, IT - General, Launch Facilities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Ballistic, Other Corporation, Textron, USA
* Russia’s top military officer says US missile defense in Europe should be curbed in new arms control treaty. * Russia is developing the T50/PAK-FA stealth fighter, but can aircraft maker Sukhoi meet the 2015 deadline? AvWeek DTI analysis. * Commander of...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Other Corporation, Rolls Royce, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility, USA
T56 turboprop engine(click to view larger) The Allison (now Rolls Royce) T56 turboprop engine serves on a number of American aircraft, and must be kept flying via maintenance and spares contracts. Otherwise, the USA’s C-130E/H Hercules tactical transports, P-3...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Small Business, UAVs, USA
Small business qualifier OASYS Technology, LLC, an electro-optical specialty firm in Manchester, NH, received a $10.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an “unmanned airborne multispectral sensor suite for more advanced imaging technology in...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 9, 2010 | Airbus, Avionics, BAE, C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Domestic Security, European Union (EU), Finmeccanica, Industry & Trends, Israel, Issues - International, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Thales, Transformation, UAVs
Hermes 450 -note civil reg. #(click to view full) Joint EDA/ESA contracts for research into UAV/satellite combinations. (Feb 8/10) ‘Swarming’ algorithms currently under development are trying to address the critical issue of ‘deconfliction’....
