Bell 412EP(click to view full) Bell's 412 series helicopters represent the latest evolution of its famed "Huey" design that can be sold to civilians. Militarily, it lags behind the newer UH-1Y, which is just entering service with the USMC. The 412 family was available...
Environmental Leader covers the US Navy's i-ENCON program, which helped US Navy ships save more than $79 million in fuel costs during Q1-Q2 2009. That's the largest 2-quarter cost savings since the fleet-wide conservation program was implemented in FY 1999. The...
General Dynamics has agreed to pay $643 million to acquire Axsys Technologies, the world's leading diamond turning optical manufacturer and a supplier of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensors and stabilized cameras to the U.S. military and homeland security...
AN-70(click to view full) RIA Novosti recently quoted Lt. Gen. Viktor Kachalkin, commander of Russia's 61st Air Army,as saying that Russia intends to step up buys of modern military transports beginning in 2012. Meanwhile, the current strategic fleet of AN-22 "Cock"...
Afghanistan(click to view full) EOD Technology (EODT) in Lenoir City, TN received a $99.9 million indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract to provide security services to the coalition's Task Force Duke. TF Duke operates in the north-eastern provinces of...
Base infrastructure contracts are a quietly substantial portion of defense spending in any country, including the USA. Which is why DID covers them on a semi-regular basis, and notes trends in key areas, even though this coverage are only a fraction of the contracts...
Ol' blue planes,flyin' low...(click to view full) CACI International received a $30 million contract to provide support for Naval aviation training, part of the Naval Aviation Production Process-Sustainment (NAPP-S) program. Sponsored by the Chief of Naval Air...
DID has reported extensively on research contracts related to Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, which offer significantly higher power and performance. Now CompoundSemiconductor.NET offers an excellent overview of the GaN wide-bandgap semiconductors program and DARPA’s goals….
HH-47 Concept(click to view full) The $10-15 billion CSAR-X competition aimed at replacing the USAF's HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search-and-rescue helicopters has seen many twists and turns. From profiles of the original options, to transfers of program responsibility...