RU-38 Twin Condor(click to view full) The nature of the current war puts a high premium "persistent, pervasive stare" capability, also known as technical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). America has been reminded (yet again) that these tools...
RAF C-130K(click to view full) On Aug 19/08, L-3 Communications announced that its SPAR subsidiary in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada had been awarded a USD $18 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence, under the Royal Air Force's Hercules Outer Wing Replacement...
T-90, backside ollie(click to view full) India's main battle tanks had one been relatively advanced by world standards, but long delays in fielding the indigenous "Arjun" MBT, combined with a successful Pakistani/Ukrainian program for its T-80UD "Al-Khalid" tanks,...
APG-77 AESA Test AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars offer a number of improvements over previous-generation technologies. They are more sensitive. They have better operational "uptime" because moving parts are eliminated, and the failure of one module...
C-20, ready(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc., of Herndon, VA received a 4-year, $252.3 million firm-fixed-price C-20 Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) follow-on contract. The U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps all operate C-20...
Amazon patrol(click to view full) After a public bidding process, Embraer and the Chilean Air Force (FACH) signed an August 2008 contract for 12 EMB 314 Super Tucano advanced turboprop trainers and light attack aircraft. The Embraer proposal chosen by the FACh...
Doing the drill(click to view full) Small business qualifier and industrial safety and security specialist BriarTek, Inc in Alexandria, VA received a $19 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to install and test Man Overboard Indicator (MOBI)...
The US Navy's lack of a credible plan for its future naval forces has become a growing problem for the service. In Congress, the leadership of the HASC Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee has weighed in from both sides of the partisan aisle, with Navy plans...
Securiguard, Inc. of McLean, VA received a $95.4 million firm-fixed price contract to provide armed security at Cape Canaveral, the US space program's premier launch facility. The contract covers Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, including the Kennedy Space Center,...