by Joe Katzman | Oct 5, 2022 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, USA
C-5 Galaxy (click to view full) When it was introduced, back in 1970, the C-5 Galaxy was the largest plane in the world. It also has the highest operating cost of any US Air Force weapon system, owing to extremely high maintenance demands as well as poor fuel economy....
by Emily Erhold | Oct 4, 2022 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies a $232.8 million deal to procure material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities and unit level support equipment, as well as to provide program administrative support for non-recurring sustainment...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 4, 2022 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Air-Air, Official Reports, Raytheon, USA
AIM-9X test launch, F-18C (click for close-up) Raytheon’s AIM-9X Block II would have made Top Gun a very short movie. It’s the USA’s most advanced short range air-air missile, capable of using its datalink, thrust vectoring maneuverability, and...
by Emily Erhold | Oct 3, 2022 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Rolls Royce won a $20 million delivery order for the procurement of four spare AE 2100D3 engines used on the KC-130J aircraft. All work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana and work is expected to be completed by March 2024. The KC-130J is a multi-role...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 3, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Think Tanks, USA
AMDR testbed (click to view full) The US Navy’s Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon’s X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin’s S-band...
