Xerox 4595(click to view full) In October 2011, US Defense Logistics Agency Document Services in Mechanicsburg, PA issued a 5-year multiple-award, maximum $225 million contract to 4 companies to supply and service digital copiers for the USAF and DLA, with task orders...
Atlantic CommTech Corp. in Virginia Beach, VA received a $12 million firm-fixed-price contract. They'll provide interior intrusion detection systems for protective aircraft shelters, and redundant cable, for the 498th Nuclear Systems Wing. Atlantic CommTech will be...
* Former Secretary of Transport Philip Hammond is replacing Liam Fox as the UK's Minister of Defence, a position that has seen a lot of turnover in past years. Fox resigned under pressure because of the access he gave to his friend Adam Werritty. FT, Guardian, BBC. *...
"Frag 7" HMMWV w. OGPK(click to view full) In early October 2011, BAE Systems Survivability Systems, LLC in Fairfield, OH received a $67.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for Overhead Gunner Protection Kit (OGPK) sub-assemblies. OGPK is an open gunner protection...
* US Army acquisition personnel has updated the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) website several times in recent days to help contractors position themselves for the forthcoming Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the project. JAB has an undisclosed...
Didn't go well(click to view full) In October 2011, Data Solutions & Technology in Lanham, MD received a $9.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Anti-Armor Analysis Program (AAAP) Services Support from the US Army. AAAP's goal is to analyze current and...
FS Foudre(click to view full) When 2010 British budget cuts forced the Royal Navy to sell RFA Largs Bay just a few years into its service life, Chile's need to deliver disaster relief from the sea made them one of the reported bidders. Largs Bay ended up heading to...
* Don't mind me, I'm just the user. Driven mostly by political pressure, defense offsets have grown to 130 countries for an estimated $100B/year. * Russia is likely to continue renewing its aging materiel, at least if oil prices remain high and Putin gets, as widely...
* As expected, Egypt picks Lockheed Martin's Sniper targeting pods to equip its new F-16s. Even as the words "targeting" and "Egypt" seems to refer more often to its Copt Christians. * US Army Top 2010 Inventions: infrared illuminating cartridges (i.e. the target...