MQ-1 MTS turret(click to view full) Raytheon Co. in McKinney, TX received a $70.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for production 60 Multi-spectral Targeting System-As (MTS-As) for MQ-1 Predator UAVs, and 5 upgraded MTS-Bs for use on its hunter-killer derivative the...
Speck Systems of Hyderabad, India, recently decided to build on its expertise in GIS(Geographic Information Systems) and software, and formed an alliance with Flying Robots of France to manufacture mini and micro UAV solutions. Then their Baaz man-portable, mini...
Back in the saddle…(click to view full) Textron Marine & Land Systems in New Orleans, LA received a $28.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Phase II of the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort for the Armored Security Vehicle Program. This...
HMMWV, IEDed(click to view full) Western militaries have have increasingly adopted vehicles designed from the outset for blast-resistance against land mines and even car bombs. A collective realization is sinking in that up-armoring flat-bottomed vehicles which...
IAF: Jaguar, Mirage 2000SU-30K, MiG-27, MiG-21 BiS(click to view full) Replacing India’s rapidly aging military aviation assets will cost at least $35 billion over the next quarter century to bring its air force, army and navy aircraft up to date, according to...