Poland’s Balancing Act: A Briefing for the Defense Sector – Part 2

by Joe Katzman | Aug 20, 2014 | ABM, Airbus, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Turkey, USA

(click to visit) Guest Article by Christina Balis, Avascent This is a pivotal year for the Polish defense market. Part 1 of this series offers an overview of Poland’s $44 billion military modernization program. This 2nd and final part covers key near-term...

Canada Crafting High-End UAV Requirements

by Joe Katzman | Aug 18, 2014 | Canada, Field Reports, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, UAVs

Sperwer UAV(click to view full) By the time 2005 drew to a close, Canada was pursuing UAV deployments on 3 fronts. The RQ-11 Raven’s early performance in Afghanistan led to purchases of soldier-portable mini-UAVs, which would be joined by older Sperwer tactical...

Poland’s Balancing Act: A Briefing for the Defense Sector – Part 1

by Joe Katzman | Aug 17, 2014 | ABM, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Guest Articles, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Missiles - Surface-Air, Policy - Procurement, Pre-RFP, RFPs

(click to visit) Guest Article by Christina Balis, Avascent This is a pivotal year for the Polish defense market. Russia’s actions in Ukraine have underscored the urgency of Poland’s $44 billion military modernization program, and accelerated planned...

UH-60V: Upgraded Avionics Coming to Legacy Black Hawks

by Joe Katzman | Aug 17, 2014 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Helicopters & Rotary, Northrop-Grumman

UH-60V Cockpit(click to view full) The US military is ordering new UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters at a rapid clip, but it still has a large legacy fleet of UH-60Ls. Upgrading UH-60L performance etc. isn’t cost-effective, but upgrading their avionics to a...

Maintaining Canada’s CP-140 Aurora Fleet

by Joe Katzman | Aug 13, 2014 | Australia & S. Pacific, Avionics, Britain/U.K., Canada, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, L3 Communications, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, USA

CP-140 Aurora(click to view full) The CP-140 Aurora is a ‘Canadianized’ variant of the P-3 Orion aircraft used in the maritime surveillance role by the USA and many other countries. Like their fellow P-3s around the world, however, the Auroras have flown...