New, field-installable GPS technology integrates quickly with minimal mission interruption.
By Todd Peterson, BAE SystemsPaul Livingston, chief executive of Lockheed Martin UK, suggested a lack of urgency on the part of the government can lead to delays in programs.
By Tim MartinBAE Systems sees two significant trends in radiation-hardened and tolerant solutions in space, and they’re the opposite of each other.
By Breaking DefenseThe service’s investigations found “significant differences between the safe operating procedures of the ACV and its predecessor, the Assault Amphibious Vehicle,” according to a Marine Corps statement.
By Justin KatzWith the delivery of the first set of prototypes, “the pendulum is swinging back to onshoring our own domestic capabilities,” Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, told reporters.
By Jaspreet Gill“If the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concluded that a purchase of additional Typhoon aircraft, or an upgrade to their current fleet, matched their capability needs, then we would fully support that and work closely with our Eurofighter Partner Nations,” said a UK MoD spokesperson.
By Tim MartinIf certain requirements mandated by the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act are met, the new performance-based logistics contract “could be awarded by the end of 2023,” a Joint Program Office spokesman told Breaking Defense.
By Michael MarrowAssembly of the Army’s new self-propelled howitzer program is moving out of the York facility to make way for an AMPV and ACV “Center of Excellence.”
By Ashley RoqueIf approved, the US Army will lean on BAE Systems to ramp up production from 12 vehicles per month to 16 over the next two years.
By Ashley RoqueA hybrid, tandem wing, multi-domain and multi-role UAS capability, STRIX could be used for a variety of missions including air to ground strike against hostile targets and persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
By BAE SystemsThe Marine Corps has stopped and restarted waterborne ACV operations over the past two years due to various training incidents.
By Justin KatzThe goal of the CRANE program is to pioneer the use of active flow control (AFC) techniques, that allow a pilot to change the aerodynamics of the plane and thus its performance.
By Theresa HitchensBefore the Army launches a competition next year to select an ERCA platform integrator, Congress wants to know if a new howitzer is a better option.
By Ashley Roque“Considering Japan’s enormous economy and unambiguous [fighter] requirement because of its proximity to China and all that that implies, the [GCAP] agreement is one of the only practical ways – given the status of UK, German and French relations – to get toward more viable levels of funding,” said Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute.
By Tim Martin