TOW Launch(click to view full) Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ adds more depth to a September 20, 2006 DefenseLINK release, noting that the $18.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for “TOW 2B Aero and TOW 2B Aero Gen 2 Missiles” is actually part of...
The global trend toward “future soldier” infantry ensembles has swept many countries up in its wake, but issues remain. National Defense Magazine examines some of them in a recent article, and the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency has added a...
Norway’s government has proposed a defence budget for 2007 amounting to NOK 31 billion (about $4.65 billion), with increases in a number of areas. DID has covered their upcoming choice of a new fighter, the new hybrid-power patrol vessels being introduced, and...
M1126 Stryker ICV(click to view full) General Dynamics announced that the U.S. Army has placed its FY 2006 order for 306 Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems. The order is valued at $463.9 million, and is an extension of a November 2000...
French Mirage 2000v5s(click to view full) India is currently engaged in a wide-ranging modernization and upgrade of their fighter force. An earlier effort to buy 12 Mirage 2000v5s from Qatar ended up stalling when negotiations failed, but Dassault’s withdrawal...
