Tavor-21 Rifle Headed Into Service With Indian Special Forces

by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Field Reports, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - Personal Weapons, India, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Pre-RFP, Rumours

Tavor C21 demo(click to view full) In late 2002, India signed a Rs. 880 million (about $20 million) deal with Israel Military Industries for 3,070 TAR-21 Tavor assault rifles, a new bullpup design developed for use by the Israeli Defense Forces. The Israelis had just...

Qantas to Service Australia’s KC-30B Tankers

by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2007 | Airbus, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance

RAAF KC-30B concept(click to view full) Australian Minister of Defence Dr. Brendan Nelson announced that Australia’s DoD has signed a 5-year contract with Qantas airlines for the ongoing engineering, maintenance, supply and training support of Australia’s...

Roger, Wellco: $7.3M for Flight Deck Boots

by Joe Katzman | Feb 28, 2007 | Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA

Wellco Enterprises in Waynesville, NC won a maximum $7.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for safety flight deck boots on behalf of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Proposals were solicited using a Bidders List and 8 responded. The contract will end on June...

Britain’s FRES Program has a Full February

by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Tanks & Mechanized, Transformation

GD’s AHED Cutaway(click to view full) February 2007 has been an eventful month for the FRES program. Some important milestones were reached, political controversy over the MoD’s medium armored vehicle strategy erupted in the Parliamentary Defence...

Battle Boxes for the Bundeswehr

by Joe Katzman | Feb 27, 2007 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Germany, Logistics, Logistics Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Equipment - Land, Power Projection, Testing & Evaluation

TransProtec Cutaway(click to view full) EADS, in cooperation with the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) of Munich, has developed a multifunctional container for protected personal transport that can accommodate up to 18 people including equipment. TransProtec has...