DID would like to wish all of our readers a Happy New Year! * So, what milestones does India's Ministry of Defence want to highlight from 2011? * Dynamint Nobel is still working on its classic Panzerfaust, whose modern versions have proven quite popular. The...
* The Pentagon is to modestly reduce the number of its top-ranked officers, after a decade of "star creep." * How do you squeeze a Merlin AW101 helicopter into a C17? The BBC explains with a timelapse video and helpful charts. * Some British soldiers are complaining...
EO-5C "Crazy Hawk" The US military's Dash-7 derived "Crazy Hawk"/ Airborne Reconnaissance Low aircraft use their short-field takeoff capabilities and array of imaging, signals collection, and radar sensors to monitor developments on the ground. The planes made the...
* Last week the US GAO dismissed Hawker Beechcraft's [HBDC] protest of the Air Force's decision to exclude the company's proposal as "technically unacceptable", in the context of the Light Air Support (LAS) RFP (FA8637-10-R-6000). The agency "fundamentally [disagrees]...
MPLC In December 2011, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense in Simsbury, CT received a $10.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for 3,000 Man Portable Line Charge Systems that can fire rope-shaped plastic explosives for remote detonation, and 206 Inert Training Systems....
* Japan's government decided to ease its arms exports policies set in the 60s and 70s. * The United Kingdom may involve the private sector in running defense procurement. Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray and Minister for Defence Equipment Peter Luff will discuss...
C-23 landing, Kuwait(click to view full) M7 Aerospace became an Elbit Systems of America subsidiary in December 2010. Its 6 integrated business segments include Aerostructures Manufacturing; Government Logistics Support Services; Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul;...
DID wishes our readers a Merry Christmas, and a happy holiday season. The guy below would like to suggest that being good might be a very good idea... Survivable Laser-guided Express Integrated Gift Handling system(Click to view full)
(click to view full) The USAF Medical Service needs qualified health care workers to provide direct patient care services inside military treatment facilities, and to act as extensions of the military treatment facilities within the United States and Guam. The 773rd...