USAF KC-10(click to view full) The KC-10 Extender is a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Series 30CF variant converted to the aerial tanker role. It beat Boeing's Model 747 aerial tanker variant to win Advanced Tanker Cargo Aircraft competition in 1977, and 60 of them were...
French C-130H(click to view full) Thales and Sabena Technics have won a EUR 40+ million (about $60 million) contract from the French DGA(Délégation Générale pour l'Armement) procurement agency to design, develop and deliver avionics upgrades to France's 14 C-130H...
Lockheed Martin Government Services, Inc. in Seabrook, MD received a 7th year option of $27.1 million as part of contract MDA220-01-D-0002 for management of the Retired and Annuitant pay service. The service was formerly managed by the Defense Finance and Accounting...
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New UK CBRN(click to view full) The UK Ministry of Defence recently placed a GBP 6.6 million (about $13.1 million) order for 44,000 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) suits. The suits guard against biological or chemical attacks, and provide some...
AUTEC, Bermuda: MH-60R and ALFS,(click to view full) Jan 28/08: CSC Applied Technologies, LLC in Fort Worth, TX received a $25.5 million modification under previously awarded contract (N66604-05-C-1277) to support requirements for increased base operations at the...
(click to visit) Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. in McLean, VA received a $10.5 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-06-C-0003), exercising an option for an estimated 149,760 man-hours of technical, engineering, professional and...
6L16 EOG(click to view full) Submarines travel underwater, but they all need oxygen. Diesel-electric submarines need it for their engines, and must surface to get it, though modern AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) supplemental systems allow one to cruise at moderate...
Tiger HAD w. Spike(click to view full) The Spike missile family is designed around 2 key principles: low life cycle cost, and simple but reliable operation. Low life cycle cost comes from keeping prices down for all components by using "good enough" solutions that...