ATACMS from M270 Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie, TX receives a $145.5 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to produce 130 ATACMS Block 1A export version T2K "unitary guided missile launching assemblies." In English, that's 130...
IqAF C-208B(click to view full) June 29/11: The US DSCA announces [PDF] Iraq's formal request to buy follow-on support and maintenance for "multiple aircraft systems" that include its Cessna TC-208 trainers and armed AC-208s, Cessna 172s; and HawkerBeechcraft's T-6A...
* The US Congressional Budget Office warns that the DoD's budget plans are too optimistic. The Long Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program [PDF] expects DoD annual costs to be $25 billion higher by 2016. * Russia hopes to sell $11 billion worth of...
* Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's first message to DoD staff emphasizes the importance of discipline in the management of taxpayer resources. This will underpin the DoD's commitment to preserving the 'excellence and superiority' of the military while looking for...
* Oshkosh becomes the latest target of activist investors, after Carl Icahn declares that he owns 9.5% of the armored truck maker. * Brown University releases a report on the costs of the United States' wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. The Costs of Wars Since...
Kilo Class(click to view full) Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped in Indonesia to finalize a $1.2 billion defense agreement and to strengthen economic ties. Indonesia has begun buying Russian equipment, including the recent $335 million purchase of more SU-27/30...
ZBV remote operation(click to view full) June 29/11: The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground's Natick Contracting Division in Orlando, FL recently issued a 7-vendor, multiple-award contract for "non-intrusive" systems that can scan the inside of...
M1 Abrams: Let's Roll(click to view full) Honeywell International Inc. in Morris Township, NJ won a U.S. Army contract to change the way it supports its AGT-1500 turbine engine, used on the M1 Abrams tank and related platforms. Honeywell had forecast that the overall...
Latest updates: ORS-1 satellite launched aboard Minotaur 1 rocket. TacSat-1 Concept(click to view larger) At a time when defense budgets are being cut, the era of the multi-billion dollar military satellite program might be over. Witness the fate of the massive $12...