Polish officer at Bagram memorial, Afghanistan(click to view full) In August 2009, Polish Land Forces Commander Lt. Gen Waldemar Skrzypczak dropped a different kind of bomb by resigning, after accusing defense bureaucrats in Warsaw of "serious incompetence" that was...
AN/PLT-5 At the end of August 2012, Sierra Nevada Corp. in Sparks, NV received a $65.8 million contract modification for AN/PLT-5 jamming transmitters, to support the US military's explosive ordnance (EOD) disposal teams under the EOD Counter Radio Controlled...
* Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems announced they would not send WARN Act letters in 2012 in advance of sequestration, in the wake of OMB guidance published last Friday. from LockMart's statement: "DOD anticipates no contract actions on or about 2 January, 2013, and...
* Lagardere released earlier today a statement [in French] claiming the EADS/BAE plan "has not yet demonstrated that it was creating value for EADS." Its CEO Arnaud Lagardere, Chairman of EADS since May 2012, then met with EADS CEO Tom Enders for a private meeting....
For a number of years now, The Aerospace Corp. of El Segundo, Calif. has provided Scientific, Engineering and Technical support for the USAF's Space and Missile Systems Center, and other Department of Defense Programs. The Aerospace Corp. is actually a Federally...
Latest updates: Delivered, but not flying. Aria's airship(click to view larger) In early 2009, Aria International, Inc. announced a contract from the Royal Thai Army to provide in-country surveillance and communications solutions and services, for an aggregate...
* US Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Moore, PEO Aircraft Carriers, reminds the industry that cost overruns feed "right into the hands of the people who question the need for 11 big-deck carriers" and "cutting a ship ... is enticing for the green-eye shade folks." *...
Latest updates: JMATS & JMATS-II Support contracts. MATS WST for SOCOM HC/MC-130J(click to view full) One of the most important components of Lockheed Martin's C-130J medium transport planes never leaves the ground. The best equipment is useless if people aren't...
AEGIS got a full plate The US Navy's AEGIS Program Office, PEO IWS, held an Industry Day last week about its AEGIS Ship Integration and Test Program (SI&T) in preparation of a forthcoming request for proposals. The Aegis Combat Weapon System (ACS/AWS) supports the...