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China Naval Modernization: Implications for US Navy Capabilities
The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. The question is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy’s [...]
Austerity Measures to Delay Soldier Modernisation Efforts
Many soldier modernization programs have been delayed or reduced in scope due to budgetary pressures and technology issues. Despite such obstacles, there still exists significant growth opportunities, particularly in many untapped European and Asian programs. The genesis of soldier modernization programs began in the early 1990s when military forces sensed the need to reposition their [...]
Boeing to Modernize Flight Deck and Avionics for US and NATO AWACS
The Boeing Company has received a $368 million Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract to develop a design that modernizes the flight deck and avionics of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft fleet. The contract, awarded by the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is [...]
The Global Soldier Modernization Market 2012-2022
Why was the report written? The Global Soldier Modernization Market 2012–2022” offers the reader detailed analysis of the global soldier modernization systems market over the next ten years, alongside potential market opportunities to enter the industry, using detailed market size forecasts. What is the current market landscape and what is changing? Rapid technology advancement in [...]
Tactical Aircraft: Comparison of F-22A and Legacy Fighter Modernization Programs
The F-22A and legacy modernization programs GAO reviewed were rooted in different development strategies. The F-22A began as a single-step program and did not anticipate the need for future modernization, while the legacy programs each began with the expectation that their aircraft would be incrementally upgraded over time. F-22A modernization began in reaction to a [...]
Lockheed Martin Delivers Last Amp C-5 To Air Force
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] completed delivery of the 79th and final C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the current Avionics Modernization Program at a ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., on April 27. “We are very proud of our AMP team,” said Greg Ulmer, vice president of the C-5 program, “This delivery continues the ever-growing legacy [...]
India’s Procurement of Artillery Guns and Modernization of Armed Forces
The artillery equipment procured / upgraded in the past two decades includes Pinaka Rocket System; Smerch Rocket System; BrahMos Missile System and Upgradation of 130mm gun to 155mm/45 calibre. Procurement of new-generation artillery is in consonance with Artillery Profile 2027. This profile has a mix of 155mm/39 calibre, 155mm/45 calibre and 155mm/52 calibre gun system. [...]
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities
The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. The question is of particular importance to the U.S. Navy, because many U.S. military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy’s [...]
G-8 debunks Army myths, lists top modernization priorities
The Army G-8 addressed the status of the service’s top modernization portfolios, ground combat vehicle, aviation and the network and reiterated the number-one priority would remain Soldier protection. Speaking to members of the Association of the U.S. Army at its March Institute of Land Warfare breakfast, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Lennox first grabbed the audience’s [...]
