by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2023 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Strategic, L3 Communications, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Submarines, Training & Exercises, USA
E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA’s E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) “survivable airborne communication system” airplanes support their Navy’s SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces....
by Emily Erhold | May 18, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Rolls Royce Marine North America won a $66.7 million deal in support of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the global engineering and technical support of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) Freedom Variant MT30 gas turbine engines. This contract...
by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2023 | Airbus, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, IAI, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Sensors - Aquatic, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, Transformation, USA, UUVs & USVs, Warfare - Trends
Austal Team Trimaran LCS Design (click to enlarge) Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy’s idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet....
by Emily Erhold | May 17, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas US Hardware Supply ($12.6 million) and Worldwide Equipment ($12,3 million) each won a deal for M1A1 Abrams tank parts kits. These are three-year contracts with no option periods. This was a competitive acquisition with three offers received. The performance...
by Joe Katzman | May 17, 2023 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M1A2 SEP (click to view full) America’s M1 Abrams tanks come in a number of versions. In addition to the M1A1 that is now standard, the US Army is beginning to field its M1 TUSK for urban warfare. It also operates the M1A2 System Enhancement Program (SEP),...
