Land Warrior(click to view full) In the Pentagon's April 2007 Selected Acquisition Report, the US Army's $4 billion "Infantry-21" program - Land Warrior - lists as terminated. Which is true; Federal Computing Weekly has more. Noah Shachtman at WIRED's Danger Room...
Business 2.0, in its June 2007 article "The 50 Who Matter Now" about trends transforming business: "It started as a rebellion against overwrought, Dilbert-style software development projects. Today the set of practices known as agile software development is reshaping...
463L, loaded(click to view full) AAR Manufacturing, Inc., doing business as AAR Mobility Systems of Cadillac, MI received a firm-fixed-price contract for a maximum of $138 million to provide depot-level repair of 463L pallets. The contract covers a maximum quantity of...
SSN Swiftsure Class(click to view full) In 2003, Thales UK received a 10-year contract to support the Royal Navy's major sonar systems worth about GBP 100 million over the first 5 years. Over that period, equipment readiness rates have improved, and some overall...
EMB-145 Erieye(click to view full) As Southeast Asia's growing prosperity and political challenges filter down to it military buys, equipment in the region continues to become more sophisticated. An influx of modern submarines around critical ocean chokepoints has...
As India rises to become a key defense market, and a future market player, a number of DID features have examined various aspects of its industry and procurement structure. To become a future market player, however, and to hold pace with rivals like China who are...
AH-64A Apache(click to view full) America's AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has seen heavy use in recent years, because it's one of the few platforms capable of flying slowly enough to escort battlefield helicopters through dangerous areas. American, Dutch, and British...
GBU-39 test Israel was the first non-US customer for JDAM kits, which turn ordinary bombs into GPS-guided precision smart weapons. In August 2007, they submitted a request for thousands more JDAMs through official channels. They also build their own GPS-guided...
US Amy UH-60, 1983(click to view full) The UH-60M Black Hawk is the US Army's newest utility helicopter, with a number of upgrades over earlier models. To date, orders have been placed by the US Army, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. On Sept 9/08, the USA's...