.50 cal goodness ATK business Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Co. LLC in Independence, MO recently received a pair of firm-fixed-price contracts under DAAA09-99-D-0016 for small arms ammunition from the US government. The Alliant Lake location dates back to...
Carothers Construction Inc. in Water Valley, MS received a $10.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a diagnostic imaging center radiology oncology clinic at Keesler Air Force Base. This project will provide an elevated one-story steel frame and...
Purple Heart(click to view full) DID has covered the USA's Base Realignment and Closure process before, a fairly unique effort whereby a commission draws up a list of bases to be closed, and the Congress must vote yes or no to the entire list. The result is that it...
Meindl boots(click to enlarge) The dreaded Ankle-height ammunition ("ammo") boots with nailed soles were worn by generations of British Army soldiers, and as recently as the 1982 Falklands War, British soldiers were still using puttees - strips of cloth wound round...
KC-X options(click to view full) In January 2007, the big question was whether there would be a competition for the USA's KC-X aerial tanker RFP, which will cover 175 production aircraft and 4 test platforms. The cost for this first phase alone is likely to reach $35+...
F-35A(click to view full) Back in 2006, when it was time for partner nations to sign on to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's production definition phase, the Dutch came aboard relatively early. That appears to be true again. A Dutch MvD leap year release indicates that...
RB-M(click to view full) MarineLog reports that the Manitowoc Marine Group has been awarded an additional $35 million delivery order for 18 RB-M vessels by the U.S. Coast Guard. The new vessels are part of a $600 million Coast Guard contract for up to 250 Response...
India's defense industry has some measure of transparency due to the country's democratic structure and rule of law, but a powerful bureaucratic tradition contributes a parallel level of obfuscation that makes information less forthcoming than it is in countries like...
Scorpene construction(click to view full) Infodefensa relays a Negocios newspaper report [Espanol] that Navantia has submitted its S-80 Class currently under development for Spain, in response to an Indian Navy RFP for a follow-on submarine purchase. The purchase...