LCS-1, Pre-launch(click to view full) Back on July 24/07, in a statement to Congress, the Congressional Budget Office had this to say [PDF] about the Littoral Combat Ship program: “The first FFG-7, including its combat systems, cost a total of about $650 million...
CH-47F, Ft. Irwin(click to view full) On February 1/08, the Pentagon’s DefenseLINK announced “a large firm-fixed price contract [for 10] CH-47F new build production helicopters.” This new variant of the CH-47 Chinook incorporates a slew of...
Anibal Spain’s armed forces have recently placed a wide range of orders for vehicles, radios, ammunition, and other supplies and services, which are worth about EUR 250 million (currently $363 million) taken together. Items include: Note that all linked...
G6 SP Howitzer(click to view full) In September 2005, “South Africa’s Denel Forced Into Strategic Shift” examined the changed business landscape for the firm, which was suffering from the collapse of its domestic arms market as a source of guaranteed...
C-130 “Karnaf”(click to view full) Some of the most famous and respected combat aircraft in Israel’s Cheyl Ha’Avir have never shot down an enemy plane, and never dropped a bomb. The C-130 Hercules (“Karnaf” or Rhino to the IAF)...
