Sniper on F-16 (click to view full) At the end of September 2010, the USAF dropped something of a bombshell. Under their $2.3 billion Advanced Targeting Pod - Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) contract, the service that had begun standardizing on one future surveillance and...
Americas The Navy awarded Timken Gears and Services a $147.4 million contract modification for Main Reduction Gear shipsets for Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers. The gear is designed to transfer power from a pair of main gas turbine engines to propulsion shafts...
Americas Saab’s T-X production facility in West Lafayette, Indiana will become one of the Swedish company’s major sites according to CEO Hakan Buskhe. The T-X is an American/Swedish advanced jet trainer. It was announced on September 27, 2018 that the aircraft would...
Harfang UAV, DGA (click to view full) France is wondering what to do about its next high-end UAV buy. They bought mini-UAVs off the shelf, but turned to a build-in-partnership approach for their current set of Predator-class Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE)...
Americas United Launch Services won a $149.4 million modification in support of National Security Launch delta IV heavy launch services. The modification is for the National Reconnaissance Office mission NROL-68, the second of three missions awarded to ULA under the...
Boeing Delta IV Heavy (click to view full) The EELV program was designed to reduce the cost of government space launches through greater contractor competition, and modifiable rocket families whose system requirements emphasized simplicity, commonality,...
F-16IQ (D) (click to view full) Iraq's military has made significant strides in recent years, and the country is ordering more advanced military equipment to match. A slew of 2008 requests aimed to spend over $10 billion to buy advanced armored vehicles, strengthen...
India is looking to place a $2B contract for up to 400 155mm towed howitzers. The competitors are Denel’s G5, Israel’s Soltam, and Bofors’ FH-77B05. Each competitor has issues to overcome, however… and so does the competition as a whole.
"Grand Slam" (click to view full) During the Second World War, attacking heavily protected targets like U-boat pens and protected "V-weapon" facilities was a key challenge. Enter a brilliant British engineer named Barnes Wallis, fresh off the dam-busting "Upkeep"...
FAB JAS-39E (click to view full) As Brazil started boosting its defense budgets in past years, its Navy and Army received funds to replace broken-down equipment, while new fighters will be a critical centerpiece of the Forca Aerea Brasileira's (FAB) efforts. Boeing's...