ERJ-145 ACS: no(click to view full) In January 2006, "$8B ACS Spy Plane Program Shot Down By Pentagon" described the demise of the joint Army/Navy Aerial Common Sensor program. ACS intended to replace the King Air derived RC-12N Guardrail, Dash-7 derived RC-7B "Crazy...
MLP demo, 2005-09(click to view full) MacGREGOR USA Inc. in Cedar Knolls, N.J., is being awarded a $19.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the detail design, fabrication, installation, and documentation of the Test Article Vehicle Transfer System (TAVTS). The...
F110-GE-129 testing(click to view full) The USA's F-16 fleet is an aging fleet that is exceeding its "design life" of 8,000 Total Accumulated Cycles by an average 485 TACs. While most of the original F-16s were fitted with the Same Pratt & Whitney F100 engine that's...
SEP: tracked, or wheeled(click to view full) Sweden's SEP (Spitterskyddad Enhets Platform, a.k.a. THOR/ Alligator) is a truly innovative land vehicle design. Wheeled or rubber band-track versions offer strong commonality benefits, provide short term tactical options...
THEL/Skyguard concept(click to view full) Detachment 8 of the US Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM is funding research to better understand and predict "the effects of lasers on various threat targets." This is useful from a number of...
Vector Aerospace Corporation of Toronto, Canada has signed a definitive GBP 17 million (about $34 million) purchase and sale agreement with the British Secretary of State for Defence, through its that Vector Aerospace International Limited subsidiary. They will...
CH-53E at work(click to view full) Stop us if you've had a laptop and heard this refrain before: your battery draws down when not being used. If it's recharged, it may "remember" the level it was at and can't be brought back to full capacity. The maximum level of...
DARPA's "Tango Bravo" project, aims to break a number of fundamental submarine design constraints, and create much smaller submarines via breakthrough technologies. In contrast, the Concept Formulation (CONFORM) contract is aimed at a more evolutionary set of...
DDG-1000 Destroyer Alion Science and Technology in Chicago, IL received a $9.8 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract for research and development activities associated with the development of Integrated Power Systems Advanced Modules and Conceptual Engineering/Ship...