Canadian M777s(click to view full) April 25/11: Raytheon in Tucson, AZ receives an $8.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from Canada for its GPS-guided M982 Excalibur Block LA-2 155mm artillery shells. Canada has been using earlier Excalibur versions in Afghanistan,...
Latest updates: OC2 upgrades: good news, bad news? High-end Hawk(click to view full) In 2006, Great Britain signed a GBP 450 million contract to buy another 28 advanced Hawk trainers, as the first step toward a public-private partnership that would provide military...
* USAF announces acquisition strategy to recapitalize its HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter and to replace the UH-1N fleet with the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform. * Teri Takai, DoD's CIO since October 2010, is cautious about cloud computing and its security...
Final update: article wrap-up as this fiscal period has come to an end. USMC M1A1 settles afirefight in Fallujah(click to view full) The RESET process takes used vehicles apart, inspects the parts, then replaces any defective parts and refurbishes the equipment to...
* Researchers find that helmets with 1/8 inch more foam padding would offer better protection against soldiers' brain injuries. * DoD issues 27 contracts totaling $191 million under the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program for academic research...
* Up to $2.5 billion to 13 companies for mobilization and deployment planning support to the US Army Forces Command under the OPTARSS II contract. * US Army to shut down Accessions Command, which oversees initial entry training programs for recruits. * BAE Systems...
* Russia to invest $2.6 billion in ballistic missile systems with the goal of doubling production from 2013, says Prime Minister Putin. * Aviation Week offers an overview of Russia's planned military helicopter buys over the next few years, and notes an issue with...
* The liberal-centrist hybrid warfare specialists at the Center for a New American Security think-tank release "Crime Wars: Gangs, Cartels and U.S. National Security", and "Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western Hemisphere." They...
* South Korea to spend KRW 2-3 trillion (about 1.8-2.8 billion dollars) on air and missile defense system to counter North Korean missile threat. * DoD tells Congress that 95 weapons programs had $64 billion in net cost increases; 7 major weapons programs are in...