Keshef fires Cardom(click to view full) In September 2011, Elbit Systems announced a 4-year, $40 million Israeli contract for its Soltam Systems Ltd. subsidiary's "Cardom" (Eng. "Hatchet") 120mm mortar systems. Built around Soltam's 120mm recoil mortar system, Cardom...
Minehound VMR2 W.M. Robots, LLC in Colmar, PA already supplies their Vallon GmbH subsidiary's hand-held mine detectors to the US military, and in September 2011 they added a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the...
* ST Kinetics announces a S$ 68 million (about $57 million) contract from Singapore's MINDEF for its new Spider LSV wheeled scout/ special ops vehicles. Delivery will take place during 2013-14. * BAE is partnering with Northrop Grumman for the USA's T-X trainer...
* Did the White House lobby military officials to downplay concerns that the broadband satellite firm Lightsquared, owned by a major campaign donor, would disrupt GPS signals within its coverage? See Daily Beast article, House Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing...
AH-64D Apaches(click for full view) Boeing in Mesa, AZ receives a $60 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification, which will finance efforts to improve the attack helicopters' existing reliability rate, ease of maintenance, and sustainability...
In September 2011, Six 3 Systems in McLean, VA received a $6.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for "the single-source fusion center effort", supporting the overall mission in Iraq. Work will be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Sept 13/12. The...
* Leadership. At last. As USMC Sgt. (then Cpl.) Dakota Meyer receives the Medal of Honor, a follow-up report affirms that his compatriot, Army Capt. William Swenson, has now been submitted as a Medal of Honor candidate for his own actions at the Ganjigal engagement....
The USAF's Global Combat Support System is their internal web portal, supporting over 800,000 registered users and usinga services-oriented I.T. architecture to deliver everything from information to mission applications and collaboration tools. See this Power Point...
* The US Army is looking to change its physical fitness test (shorter but harder), and may add a combat readiness test before deploying. Army readers, you may want to adjust your PT. * Leadership failure: A Marine Corporal and a US Army Captain charge together into...