by Fred Donovan | May 9, 2011 | ABM, Americas - Other, Ammunition, Asia - Central, Asia - Other, Boeing, Budgets, China, Conferences & Events, Daily Rapid Fire, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, IAI, Israel, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Projections & Assessments, Radars, Rockets, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
* House Armed Services Committee releases full committee markup of the FY 2012 defense authorization bill, which revives the F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. * Peru’s $1 billion SIVAM Amazon basin surveillance program attracts IAI interest,...
by Fred Donovan | May 8, 2011 | Africa - Other, Alliances, Asia - Central, Bombs - Smart, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Intelligence & PsyOps, IT - General, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Northrop-Grumman, Russia, Surface Ships - Combat, UAVs, USA
* US intelligence pores over Al Qaeda materials retrieved from Osama Bin Laden’s compound. * RAF Tornado fighters destroy Libyan FROG-7 mobile rocket launchers and missiles as well as Scud missile containers south of Sirte. NATO release * Qadaffi’s regime...
by Joe Katzman | May 8, 2011 | Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporate Innovations, Design Innovations, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, People, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Spotlight articles, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, UAVs, USA
X-45C, F/A18F, F-15E(click to view full) In 1998, Boeing began a revolutionary development program: create an unmanned aircraft that was about the size of the USAF’s F-117 stealth fighter, with similar performance, better stealth, and better range. DARPA’s...
by Fred Donovan | May 5, 2011 | Ammunition, Asia - Other, ATK, Bombs - Smart, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Electronics - General, Events, Forces - Special Ops, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Russia, Satellites & Sensors, Testing & Evaluation, Trucks & Transport, USA
* Surviving tail wreckage of the H-60 Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid reveals unique “stealth” features. Bill Sweetman discusses the limits of helicopter stealth, and here’s a link to both tail wreckage photos and some derived conceptual...
by Fred Donovan | May 4, 2011 | Airbus, Alliances, Ammunition, ATK, Australia & S. Pacific, Boeing, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Europe - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Fuel & Power, Launch Vehicles, Legal, Lockheed Martin, Official Reports, R&D - Private, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, Soldier's Gear, Support Functions - Other, USA
* Boeing charged the US Army $13 million more than the “fair and reasonable” price for 18 parts, the DoD Inspector General concludes [PDF]; so far, Boeing has refunded $1.6 million. * House Armed Services Committee panels release details of FY 2012...
