FBCB2 in HMMWV, Iraq(click to view full) Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Tactical Systems, Inc. in Melbourne, FL recently received a $248.3 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)...
* The UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) reviewed its single-source contracts which account for about 40% of its total procurement. While sole sourcing often does make sense, MOD hopes to get standardized cost data from contractors to increase transparency within that...
On the front lines(click to view full) Your friend is on the ground, bleeding out. If you can't replace the lost circulation volume, he'll die quickly from shock. If the replacement you use hinders clotting, his odds to make it through the Golden Hour aren't good. The...
Tarian close-up(click to view full) Working with Britain's Ministry of Defense, a transatlantic firm named AmSafe has come up with a novel solution to anti-tank rockets: fabric panels mounted on the sides of trucks and armored vehicles. Now, that concept has been...
* Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland, following in BAE's footsteps, will cut up to 375 jobs in the UK. The company's plant in Yeovil manufactures AW159 Lynx Wildcats for the MoD. However, while AgustaWestland's license to manufacture Chinooks as ICH-47Fs that led to sales...
Each of the US military services runs Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) courses for its people, at 3 escalating levels of severity. They aim to teach soldiers the code of conduct they're obliged to follow if captured; how to survive in the wild for brief...
* Early retirement? Defense News says USS George Washington (CVN 73) might be decommissioned in 2016, instead of going through refueling and overhaul. This is based on 2 unnamed Pentagon sources and was not officially confirmed or denied. * Early homeporting?...
CPOF(click to view larger) General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, AZ received a $78 million cost-plus-award-fee indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, to develop the next iteration of their Command Post of the Future computing system. It's actually...
Avenger, firing(click to view full) In fall 2011, Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a $26 million firm-fixed-price contract from Egypt and Turkey for 174 Stinger FIM-92H Block 1 missiles, 10 Electronic Component Assemblies, and spare parts. Work will be...