Navy to swap sonar on new frigate following years of struggles with testing
A senior Navy officer is seeking to dispel notions the changes to the LCS program and the frigate program were connected.
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DRS: Why Air Force Should Buy T-100 For T-X Trainer
PARIS AIR SHOW: With the competition for the US Air Force’s T-X trainer system increasingly seen as a battle between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, it’s easy to overlook perhaps the most intriguing entry: DRS, the US subsidiary of European aerospace giant, Leonardo. Almost everyone who looks at the fairly raucous battle — Northrop was in, […]
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Faster propulsion R&D for modern airpower
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
DRS Unveils Very Small SIGINT Sensor
WASHINGTON: Imagine reconnaissance teams operating in enemy territory being able to hump in their own tiny signals intelligence (SIGINT) sensors, able to gather intel on both electronic emissions (ELINT) and communications (COMINT). Ok, they don’t have to hump them in because each one weighs roughly two-and-half pounds. Sound like science fiction? Well, DRS, the American […]
U.S. Military Superiority Requires Broader Supply Base, Real Acquisition Reform
The U.S. defense industry, being reshaped by declining post-war budgets, globalization, and the increased pace of technological change, must work with the Pentagon and take proactive steps to maintain our historic preeminence on the battlefield. Our industry does not easily embrace change. In fact, history demonstrates that shifts in the defense industry have largely been […]
Bellwethers of the Post-Afghan Defense-Industrial Base
After three years of the “age of austerity” in Western military spending, investors’ imperatives and corporate strategies show one indication of how the defense-industrial base will evolve over the next decade. Investors want public companies that demonstrate an attractive risk-adjusted total return, not just M&A-fueled arbitrage plays. In response, companies are husbanding or harvesting their financial […]
You Gonna Buy That Or What? Industry, Army Fight To Fix NIE
FORT LAUDERDALE: It’s unnerving when you learn your program’s fate from the small print in a presenter’s PowerPoint slides. But that’s how difficult government-industry communications can get in the Army’s ambitious attempt to inject innovative technology into its cumbersome procurement process, the twice-yearly Network Integration Evaluations. “A question we’ve been asked many times over: ‘Have […]
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Modernized Gray Eagle® ER & STOL: The MALE gold standard
In an age defined by rapid technological evolution and operational complexity, GA-ASI’s Modernized Gray Eagle® ER and Gray Eagle® STOL remain the gold standard.