by Joe Katzman | Jun 25, 2023 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Policy - Procurement, Spotlight articles, United Technologies, USA
US Army HH-60Ms (click to view full) In July 2012, the US military signed another huge contract with Sikorsky. With production of the Army’s HH/UH-60M, and the Navy’s MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters, all in full swing, there’s no question about the...
by Emily Erhold | Jun 23, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution Wednesday calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to immediately send long-range missiles to Ukraine. The resolution specifically mentioned Lockheed Martin’s Army Tactical Missile System...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 23, 2023 | Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Engines - Aircraft, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies, Projects, Rolls Royce, United Technologies, USA
F135 Engine Test (click to view full) Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have successfully performed the first start of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft test engine, using an integrated power package (IPP) that the functions traditionally performed by the...
by Emily Erhold | Jun 22, 2023 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has upheld the army’s decision to award a $9.7-billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) production contract to AM General instead of incumbent contractor Oshkosh Defense. The decision was released three months...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 22, 2023 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, Israel, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Raytheon, T&C - SAIC, Thales, USA
Ultra APV demonstrator (click to view full) In an age of non-linear warfare, where front lines are nebulous at best and non-existent at worst, one of the biggest casualties is… the concept of unprotected rear echelon vehicles, designed with the idea that...
