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Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense

by | Aug 23, 2023 | ABM, Americas, Asia, ATK, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Electronics & IT, Geographical Focus, IAI, India, Industry, Israel, Issues - International, Lockheed Martin, Logistics & Support, Middle East - Other, Middle East & Africa, Military Overall, Missiles - Surface-Air, Ordnance & Guns, Other Corporation, Politics, Project Methodologies, Projects, 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...
KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Tanker Completes Firsts

KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Tanker Completes Firsts

by | Aug 22, 2023 | Airbus, Aircraft, Americas, Asia, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Canada, Corporation, DID site, Europe, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Finmeccanica, Force Structure, GE, Geographical Focus, Industry, Innovation, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Logistics & Support, Military Overall, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Politics, Power Projection, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, RFPs, Rumours, Russia, South Korea, Specialty Aircraft, Spotlight articles, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, United Technologies, USA

KC-135: Old as the hills… (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS articles cover major weapons acquisition programs – and no program is more important to the USAF than its aerial tanker fleet renewal. In January 2007, the big question was whether there...
Ships Ahoy! The Harpoon Missile Family

Ships Ahoy! The Harpoon Missile Family

by | Aug 17, 2023 | Americas, Asia, Asia - Central, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Electronics & IT, Europe, FOCUS Articles, Geographical Focus, Industry, Innovation, Israel, Japan, Middle East & Africa, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Ordnance & Guns, Sensors & Guidance, Singapore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA

Harpoon in flight (click to view full) The sub-sonic, wave-skimming GM-84 Harpoon is the US Navy’s sole anti-shipping missile, with the minor exception of small helicopter-borne AGM-119B Penguin missiles. The Harpoon has been adapted into several variants, and...
The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

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

by | Aug 15, 2023 | Aircraft, Americas, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, DID site, Finmeccanica, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Strategic, Geographical Focus, Industry, L3 Communications, Logistics & Support, Military Overall, Naval Equipment, 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....
The US Army’s Bradley Remanufacture Program

The US Army’s Bradley Remanufacture Program

by | Aug 2, 2023 | Americas, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Corporation, Field Reports, Geographical Focus, Industry, Land Equipment, Logistics & Support, News, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA

M3A3 Bradley CFV: Charge! (click to view full) In the 1970s, middle eastern wars demonstrated that tanks without infantry screens were vulnerable to infantry with anti-tank missiles. Unfortunately, armored personnel carriers were easy prey for enemy tanks, and...