CH-47F, Ft. Irwin(click to view full) On February 1/08, the Pentagon's DefenseLINK announced "a large firm-fixed price contract [for 10] CH-47F new build production helicopters." This new variant of the CH-47 Chinook incorporates a slew of improvements, and was...
Anibal Spain's armed forces have recently placed a wide range of orders for vehicles, radios, ammunition, and other supplies and services, which are worth about EUR 250 million (currently $363 million) taken together. Items include: Note that all linked notifications...
G6 SP Howitzer(click to view full) In September 2005, "South Africa's Denel Forced Into Strategic Shift" examined the changed business landscape for the firm, which was suffering from the collapse of its domestic arms market as a source of guaranteed funding, and a...
C-130 "Karnaf"(click to view full) Some of the most famous and respected combat aircraft in Israel's Cheyl Ha'Avir have never shot down an enemy plane, and never dropped a bomb. The C-130 Hercules ("Karnaf" or Rhino to the IAF) achieved fame by being the transport...
US Congressional Government Accountability Office auditors, in "GAO-08-294: Best Practices: Increased Focus on Requirements and Oversight Needed to Improve DOD's Acquisition Environment and Weapon System Quality": "A Senate report related to the National Defense...
FN SCAR w. Grip Pod(click to view full) In the Close Quarters Battle that characterizes urban warfare, jungle warfare, and other "close encounters" terrain, the ability to quickly and accurately point a weapon can determine who lives and who dies. If you've ever...
Savi Technology, Inc. of Mountain View, CA, which became a Lockheed Martin subsidiary in an May 2006 acquisition, recently received time and ceiling extension to its US military RFID contract. The firm has provided RFID solutions to the DoD for more than a decade, and...
LPD-18 New Orleans(click to view full) InnovaSystems International LLC in San Diego, CA received a $14.1 cost-plus-award-fee contract to support the Defense Readiness Reporting System - Navy. Work will include system engineering, system design/development,...
X-48B BWB(click to view full) The US Aerospace industry remains one of America's strong export successes, and serves as an important core of the nation's high-tech manufacturing workforce. An improved set of aerospace industry tax incentives in 2005 was a start, but...