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CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

by | May 29, 2023 | Airbus, Avionics, BAE, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Delivery & Task Orders, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Expeditionary Warfare, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Forces - Marines, France, GE, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Transformation, United Technologies, USA

CH-53K concept (click to view full) The U.S. Marines have a problem. They rely on their CH-53E Super Stallion medium-heavy lift helicopters to move troops, vehicles, and supplies off of their ships. But the helicopters are wearing out. Fast. The pace demanded by the...
CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availability

by | May 26, 2023 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Heavy Bombers, Industry & Trends, Northrop-Grumman, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Support Functions - Other, USA

All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where...
CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys

by | May 25, 2023 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Elbit Systems, Engines - Aircraft, European Union (EU), GE, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - Political, Japan, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rockets, Rolls Royce, Spotlight articles, T&C - SAIC, USA

(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...
CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed’s Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles

by | May 22, 2023 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Russia, Spotlight articles, USA

JASSM-ER from B-1B (click to view full) The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR (Global Positioning system/ Imaging InfraRed) guided cruise missile. It’s designed to attack...
CH-53K: The U.S. Marines’ HLR Helicopter Program

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

by | 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....