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National Defense
July 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Urban Fighting Highlights Need for Smaller Weapons The U.S. military services spend billions of dollars on precision-guided bombs, missiles and artillery shells, which, for the most part, have proved inadequate for urban fighting in Iraqi cities.   |
National Defense
November 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Gen. Keys: USAF Should Curb Appetite for Designer Weapons The pursuit of the perfect precision weapon may have gone too far, said a senior Air Force official. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2008
John McHale |
Incoming! Precision Guidance Keeps Munitions on Target Lasers, global positioning systems, and other modern technologies have made hitting fixed targets with missiles and bombs extremely efficient. Now defense experts are designing systems to hit targets on the move and beyond line of sight. |
Defense Update
March 2007 |
Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
4 New High-Tech Weapons Pack Small Shells, Big Boom New improved small missiles, guns, bombs, and decoys will be used by the United States Armed Forces |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2006 |
In Brief Boeing Awards data link contracts for Small Diameter Bomb... BAE Systems Software selected for airport mapping project... General Dynamics Amphibious Systems achieves SEI software capability maturity Level 3... etc. |
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004 |
Modern Bombers Applications for Conventional Warfare Future bombers could be an evolution of current platforms, including a modification of the F/A-22 stealth fighter. |
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population. |
National Defense
July 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Seeking Funds to Connect Weapons in Flight The Air Force expects to get approval later this year to begin a two-year $30 million program to evaluate the use of communication devices aboard precision-guided missiles and bombs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2007 |
In brief Boeing awarded Laser JDAM contract... Raytheon ships ARTEMIS sensor for on-demand surveillance from space... Air Force awards Lockheed Martin weather systems contract... |
National Defense
February 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Upgrades Will Keep F-15's, F-16's In Combat for Two More Decades The Defense Department and the fighters' overseas customers have a long list of upgrades in the works. |
National Defense
July 2011
Eric Beidel |
Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
John Keller |
Lockheed Martin Set to Build Laser-Guided Practice Rounds for U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin is performing the work under terms of a $26 million contract. The laser-guided training round helps pilots train to use laser-guided bombs, but without the resulting destruction and hazards. |
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Reaper Drones Accomplishing Traditional Fighter Jet Missions Since they were first deployed as reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Predators have been credited with helping to change the tide in counterinsurgency operations. |
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005 |
Israeli Study Recommends Revolutionary Air-Borne Re-Arming Concept for strike aircraft and UCAVs The Air-Borne Re-Arming (ABRA) system could increase the yield from any fleet of strike aircraft. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2009
J.R. Wilson |
The Future of Precision-Guided Munitions Smart bullets for infantry weapons, GPS receivers built into the soldier's boot, eliminating enemy snipers before they have a chance to shoot, and counter-RPG systems are the future of weaponry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010 |
In Brief Team K-MAX demonstrates unmanned helicopter cargo re-supply to U.S. Marine Corps... Rockwell Collins advances next-generation GPS by tracking new military signal... Sonoscan expands counterfeit identification menu... etc. |
National Defense
September 2014
Dan Parsons |
Fifth-Generation Fighters Will Determine Air Dominance in Future Conflicts The Raptor is the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighter in the world. Its thrust-vectoring engines, sensor fusion technology and stealth are what define it as a generational leap from previous fighter designs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005 |
Boeing picks Smiths computers for J-UCAS Smiths Aerospace will provide mission management processing and memory storage for the X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS). |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007 |
In Brief Boeing awarded JDAM contract... DRS Technologies to develop high-speed electric generator for navy... Lockheed Martin's 100th Aegis weapon system ready for duty... Altera and White Electronic Designs partner on specialized FPGA packaging... etc. |
National Defense
March 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Poor Intelligence Hampers Precision Weapon Performance Despite the widely publicized success in precision strike operations during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the U.S. military lacks the intelligence and sensor capability to assess its targets and battle damage, according to a top Defense Department weapons expert. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009 |
U.S. Air Force Adopts Boeing Training Enhancements at F-15E Mission Training Centers Boeing engineers delivered the company's F-15E Suite 5 upgrade to the U.S. Air Force's F-15E MTCs. |
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004 |
Precision Attack in Urban Warfare Air forces are seeking new, specialized weapons which are designed to penetrate buildings and bunkers, and localize the effect inside the specific target, while avoiding risk to friendly forces or collateral damage. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008
J.R. Wilson |
Avionics Enter the 5th Generation Advanced military aircraft such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 air-superiority jet fighter and the E-2D Hawkeye carrier-based maritime patrol and radar surveillance aircraft, will have powerful avionics systems like never seen before. |
National Defense
May 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Time on the Ground In Iraq Pays Off For Naval Aviators The aviators of Carrier Air Wing Three---just back from the Persian Gulf---found that, when it comes to flying close-air support missions, there is no substitute to spending time on the ground. |
Defense Update
July 2008 |
Raptor Displays Super Aerodynamics at Farnborough 2008 In a breathtaking demonstration of aerodynamics and power, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter claimed an uncontested position as a 'superfighter'. |
National Defense
September 2011
Eric Beidel |
Lasers to Aid Machine Guns Aboard Ships Sailors soon may have a new weapon to use on the high seas, one that combines the precision of directed energy with the lethal power of a machine gun. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John Keller |
Navigation and guidance meets sensor fusion Knowing where you are and where you are going no longer involves only the Global Positioning System (GPS); systems designers are integrating a growing number of sensors and data-fusion algorithms to create fool-proof, jam-proof, real-time positioning information. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2002
Jim Wilson |
Flexible Flier The Joint Strike Fighter puts the best of every 20th century warplane into one nimble and stealthy package... |
National Defense
September 2009
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Program Terminations Invariably Have Unintended Consequences One of the most controversial decisions was to end the F-22 fighter program at 187 aircraft. Some pundits, defense intellectuals and even government officials have contended that the F-22 is a Cold War weapon that is not needed for today's world. |
National Defense
October 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Bomb Squads Need the Best Tools Available Bomb squads -- both military and civilian -- deserve and need the very best technologies the nation can offer them. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 16, 2012 |
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed? Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs have the motivation and skill to control them. This phenomenon is analyzed during 50 years of US military overspending. |
National Defense
March 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Message to Weapons Buyers: Make it Cheaper and Faster Robert Gates concluded that the only way to deploy hardware quickly enough to war zones was to circumvent the traditional buyers and create ad-hoc "rapid procurement" teams. |
