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The C-130J: New Hercules & Old Bottlenecks

The C-130J: New Hercules & Old Bottlenecks

by | Nov 1, 2023 | Aircraft, Americas, Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Electronics & IT, Engines - Aircraft, Europe, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Marines, Forces - Special Ops, Geographical Focus, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry, Innovation, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Military Overall, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Politics, Procurement Innovations, Simulation & Training, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Transport & Utility, USA

RAAF C-130J-30, flares (click to view full) The C-130 Hercules remains one of the longest-running aerospace manufacturing programs of all time. Since 1956, over 40 models and variants have served as the tactical airlift backbone for over 50 nations. The C-130J looks...
P-8 Poseidon MMA: Long-Range Maritime Patrol, and More

P-8 Poseidon MMA: Long-Range Maritime Patrol, and More

by | Oct 31, 2023 | Airbus, Aircraft, Americas, Americas - Other, Asia, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Boeing, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, Delivery & Task Orders, DID site, Electronics - General, Electronics & IT, Europe, Europe - Other, Field Innovations, FOCUS Articles, GE, Geographical Focus, India, Industry, Innovation, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Project Failures, Projects, Radars, Raytheon, Small Business, Specialty Aircraft, USA

P-8A Poseidon (click to view full) Maritime surveillance and patrol is becoming more and more important, but the USA’s P-3 Orion turboprop fleet is falling apart. The P-7 Long Range Air ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) Capable Aircraft program to create an improved...
Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

by | Oct 31, 2023 | Airbus, Aircraft, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporation, DID site, Engines - Aircraft, Europe, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Germany, Industry, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Politics, Rolls Royce

Italian Eurofighters (click to view full) The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine “teen series” fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15, continued with the emergence...
LCS: The USA’s Littoral Combat Ships

LCS: The USA’s Littoral Combat Ships

by | Oct 25, 2023 | Airbus, Americas, Asia, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, Design Innovations, DID site, Electronics & IT, Eng. Control Systems, Expeditionary Warfare, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Naval, General Dynamics, Geographical Focus, IAI, Industry, Innovation, Interoperability, Israel, Issues - Political, IT - Software & Integration, L3 Communications, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Materials Innovations, Middle East & Africa, Military Overall, Missiles - Precision Attack, Missiles - Surface-Air, Naval Equipment, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Doctrine, Politics, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, Projects, 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....
Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)

Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)

by | Oct 23, 2023 | ABM, Americas, Asia, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, DID site, Electronics & IT, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Industry, IT - Software & Integration, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Missiles - Surface-Air, Naval Equipment, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Politics, 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...