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CACI to Upgrade US Army’s ISR Common Ground Systems

CACI to Upgrade US Army’s ISR Common Ground Systems

CACI International in Arlington, VA received a $24 million task order to provide program management and technical engineering services to upgrade the Common Ground Systems (CGS) with subsystems from the US Army's Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) ground...

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ITT’s NexGen to Supply Tactical Radios to US Navy

ITT’s NexGen to Supply Tactical Radios to US Navy

ITT's DTCS-RO tactical radio ITT Corp.'s NexGen Communications in Dulles, VA received a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems-radio only (DTCS-RO) communication devices to the US Navy. The DTCS-RO...

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Peru Looking for Newer Second-Hand LSTs

Peru Looking for Newer Second-Hand LSTs

USS Racine LST(click to enlarge) On Nov 23/09, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Peru's formal request for the 2 Newport Class Tank Landing Ships Fresno (LST-1182, commissioned 1969) and Racine (LST-1191, commissioned 1971) from Navy storage....

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$44.2M to GE for F-16s’ F110 Engine Upgrades

$44.2M to GE for F-16s’ F110 Engine Upgrades

F110-GE-129 testing(click to view full) General Electric Aviation in Cincinnati, OH received a $44.2 million contract modification to provide redesigned High Pressure Compressor (HPC) and High Pressure Turbine (HPT) assemblies, redesigned Aging Engine Upgrade (AEU)...

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IBM & Siemens in Germany Take Up the Labours of HERKULES

IBM & Siemens in Germany Take Up the Labours of HERKULES

Bundeswehr data centre(click to view full) In late December 2006, the German Federal Armed Forces commissioned a consortium consisting of Siemens Business Services (SBS) and IBM to modernize and manage its non-military information and communications technology under...

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