LVSR: The Marines’ Heavy Trucks

by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Israel, Logistics, Oshkosh, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA

LVSR comes ashore(click to view full) Why are trucks a big deal? Because they are the unglamorous but very necessary backbone of any mobile military force. The US Marines certainly fit the description of a mobile force, and Oshkosh Defense supplies their MTVR medium...

The F-35’s Air-to-Air Capability Controversy

by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2013 | Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Fighters & Attack, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, T&C - RAND Corp., Transformation, USA

F-35A test flight(click to view full) The $300+ billion, multi-national F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is the largest single military program in history. It’s also reaching a critical nexus. In order to keep costs under control and justify the industrial ramp...

SSOP: Britain Extends Contracting Innovations to Naval Sensors

by Joe Katzman | May 29, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, ECM, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Protective Systems - Naval, Sensors - Aquatic, Sensors & Guidance, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, Thales

HMS Astute & Type 45(click to view full) In late May 2013, Thales UK signed a 10-year, GBP 600 million Sensor Support Optimisation Project (SSOP) with the Ministry of Defence. It extends the 2003 Contractor Logistics Support deal that covered electronic warfare/...

Memorial Day, 2013

by Joe Katzman | May 26, 2013 | DID site, Memoriam

[youtube:v=JKqT0-3JV5E]In Memoriamclick for video Monday, May 28th is Memorial Day in the USA. DID honors those who have given all of their tomorrows in American military service; we will not be publishing. Readers are reminded that in America, the Memorial Day moment...

Peru Moves to Maintain, Modernize its Fighter Fleet

by Joe Katzman | May 22, 2013 | Americas - Other, Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, France, Other Corporation, Russia, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Thales

USAF F-16s, FAP MiG-29Sand Mirage 2000DP(click to view full) Peru’s 12 Mirage 2000C/B and 18 MiG-29S fighters form the backbone of its current multi-role fighter fleet, alongside old SU-22 strike fighters and specialized SU-25 close air support jets. The Mirages...