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RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Systems: Contracts & Events

RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Systems: Contracts & Events

by | Jul 14, 2023 | Airbus, Americas, Asia, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Europe, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Germany, Industry, Japan, Logistics & Support, Middle East & Africa, Missiles - Surface-Air, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Raytheon, South Korea, Support Functions - Other, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA

Mk-44 firing RAM (click to view full) The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) MK-31 guided missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under a NATO cooperative program between the United States and German governments to provide a small, all-weather, low-cost...
Adir Who? Israel’s F-35i Stealth Fighters

Adir Who? Israel’s F-35i Stealth Fighters

by | Jul 4, 2023 | Aircraft, Alliances, Americas, Contracts - Intent, Corporation, ECM, Electronics & IT, Fighters & Attack, Geographical Focus, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry, Innovation, Israel, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Middle East & Africa, New Systems Tech, Politics, Rumours, Support Functions - Other, United Technologies, USA

(click to view full) In an exclusive June 2006 interview, Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief procurement officer Brigadier-General Ze’ev Snir told Israeli media that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was a key part of their IAF recapitalization plans, and that Israel...
ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army

ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army

by | Jul 3, 2023 | Aircraft, Americas, Budgets, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, Delivery & Task Orders, DID site, Electronics - General, Electronics & IT, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Air, Forces - Land, General Atomics, Geographical Focus, Industry, Innovation, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Logistics & Support, Military Overall, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Politics, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Transformation, UAVs, USA

ER/MP, armed (click to view full) Its initial battles were fought within the Pentagon, but the US Army’s high-end UAV has made its transition to the battlefield. The ER/MP program was part of the US Army’s reinvestment of dollars from the canceled RAH-66...
Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

by | Jun 27, 2023 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Field Innovations, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends

Javelin, firing (click to view full) The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of...
Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

Sikorsky’s $8.5-11.7B “Multi-Year 8” H-60 Helicopter Contract

by | 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...