by Philipp Schramm | Nov 30, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Sikorsky is being contracted for upgrades to the helicopters used by Marine Helicopter Squadron One. Awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, the deal is worth close to $15 million and modifies the previous terms of an IDIQ for executive helicopter special...
by Philipp Schramm | Nov 29, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Army is ordering another batch of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles from Oshkosh. Oshkosh will deliver 6,017 JLTVs at a cost of $1,7 billion. The JLTV program started in 2006, with the aim to develop a successor platform to the Humvee. The new platform...
by Philipp Schramm | Nov 28, 2018 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Boeing is being contracted to support the DoD’s Protected Tactical Enterprise Service program. Awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, the $383 million contract provides for development of a ground system that protects tactical satellite...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 28, 2018 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Sensors & Guidance, Spotlight articles, USA
AH-64 & Arrowhead (click to view full) For much of the post-WWII era, US helicopter pilots have been trained to fly “low and fast.” This was based on combat experience in Korea and Vietnam. In the urban environments of Iraq and Afghanistan, however,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 28, 2018 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, GE, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Sensors & Guidance, Spotlight articles, Transformation, USA, Warfare - Trends
F/A-18F w. IRST F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block IIs fighters are beginning to enter service with the US Navy and Australia, carrying significantly improved AN/APG-79 AESA radars and other electronic upgrades. Recent years have seen another spreading improvement within...
