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Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

by | Sep 15, 2022 | ABM, ATK, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, IAI, India, Israel, Issues - International, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Project Methodologies, Radars, RAFAEL, Raytheon, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, USA

Arrow test concept (click to view full) In a dawning age of rogue states, ballistic missile defenses are steadily become a widely accepted necessity. Iran is widely believed to be developing nuclear capabilities, and Israeli concerns were heightened after Iranian...
Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles

by | Sep 13, 2022 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, FOCUS Articles, Helicopters & Rotary, India, Indonesia, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Radars, Rumours, Saudi Arabia, Signals Radio & Wireless, South Korea, Support Functions - Other, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA

AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army’s primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army’s Armed...
Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

US Navy on the T-AKE As It Beefs Up Supply Ship Capacity

by | Sep 7, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Force Structure, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Issues - Environmental, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Power Projection, Surface Ships - Other, USA

USNS Sacagawea (click to view full) Warships get a lot of attention, but without resupply, an impressive-looking fleet becomes a hollow force. The US Navy’s supply and support fleet has been aging, and needed new vessels. T-AKE is part of that effort, and the...
Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)

by | Sep 6, 2022 | ABM, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, FOCUS Articles, IT - Software & Integration, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Radars, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, USA

AEGIS-BMD: CG-70 launches SM-3 (click to view full) The AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System seamlessly integrates the SPY-1 radar, the MK 41 Vertical Launching System for missiles, the SM-3 Standard missile, and the ship’s command and control system, in order...
Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

LCS: The USA’s Littoral Combat Ships

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Airbus, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Eng. Control Systems, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, IAI, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Materials Innovations, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Sensors - Aquatic, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, Training & Exercises, Transformation, USA, UUVs & USVs, Warfare - Trends

Austal Team Trimaran LCS Design (click to enlarge) Exploit simplicity, numbers, the pace of technology development in electronics and robotics, and fast reconfiguration. That was the US Navy’s idea for the low-end backbone of its future surface combatant fleet....