Apaches need arrowheads(click to expand) As an all-weather, day/night attack helicopter, the AH-64 Apache depends on its integrated targeting optronics for both safe flying and maximum battlefield effectiveness. The TADS/PVNS chin turret was fielded in 1983, however,...
QF-4 UAV takeoff(click to view full) BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions in Austin, TX received a $26.5 million firm-fixed-price with time and material and cost contract modification for production lot 13 of QF-4 Full-Scale Aerial Targets (FSAT) and associated...
Buffalo, aka “The Claw”(click to view larger) On Nov 9/06, DefenseLINK announced that Force Protection Industries, Inc. in Ladson, SC had received a $125 million letter contract for 100 Joint EOD(Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Rapid Response Vehicles...
Blue screen of death When everything is computerized, managing your weapons starts to look a lot like managing computers, complete with versions, common configuration needs, et. al. ATK Missile Systems Co. in Clearwater, FL received a $10.5 million firm-fixed-price...
The new RG-33L(click to view full) Most corporate mergers and acquisitions fail. Measured over 5 years, with the defining criterion as financial results, the failure rate is between 50-75% in most studies. A recent BAE OMC release, however, indicates that BAE may have...
