Minotaur I(click to view full) Arms control treaties and other deactivations have left the USA with over 1,400 ballistic missile rocket motors in storage. The USAF's Rocket Systems Launch Program looks at ways to reuse them for missile defense testing or spacecraft...
Nov 30/12: International Development and Resources in Centreville, VA receives a $250 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to provide aviation specialized support services in support of the US Special Operations Command, Technology Applications...
Farewell, Enterprise The world's 1st nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was officially inactivated on Dec 1/12. The US Army will proceed with a new acquisition for an Armed Scout helicopter, according to unnamed sources who talked with Reuters. The...
(click to view full) Australia's 2009 Defence White paper promised a number of programs, including an effort to rationalize the DoD's storage and distribution network. The White Paper's target involved consolidating 24 wholesale sites into 7, supported by 7 specialist...
IOTV: key features(click to view full) When reading about modern body armor one often hears about small arms protective inserts (SAPI) or Enhanced SAPI (ESAPI) ceramic plate inserts. While these inserts are more fragile than past generations of inserts, they offer a...
RG-33 variant(click to view full) The USA's Mine-Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) program has been a long road for BAE Systems. In the wake of the US Army's belated realization that mine protection was critical for vehicles in theater, BAE's designs, long-standing...
Desk Iron Dome. Make it happen.Ash is going to be SO jealous! If you throw pens at Leon Panetta's desk, the small Iron Dome replica he received as a gift from Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak won't shoot to intercept. Panetta hid his disappointment gracefully...
* Sikorsky remains upbeat on the chances that the Pentagon will fund Combat Rescue Helicopters as well as a "Future Vertical Lift" combat helo program. US Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall told investors gathered at a Credit Suisse event that he would indeed like...
Saudi Arabia(click to view full) In late November 2012, Raytheon announced a $600+ million contract to deliver a national-level Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) system to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Raytheon Network Centric Systems...