Mastiff, Afghanistan(click to view full) UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Oct 8/07 that Britain will buy another 140 (170?) blast-resistant Mastiff vehicles for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MoD intends to finalize the deal for this additional set...
(click to apply) The December 2007 issue of Britain's Soldier Magazine highlights some recent winners under the UK MoD's Gems program, which provides cash rewards for clever solutions to operational problems. Royal Engineers LCpl Tom Glinn, Spr "Cookie" Cook and Spr...
It's well understood, and long-practiced - but not usually well integrated. The transition from product design to production can often be the most expensive, time-intensive aspect of delivering products. The complexities and extreme specifications of military products...
I protest, you protest, we all protest ITES. So it seemed after the US Army chose 11 of the 17 bidders as winners, eligible to compete for $20 billion worth of defense-related IT contracts under the ITES-2 umbrella vehicle. Northrop Grumman is probably glad that it...
AN/APG-68v9(click to view) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Linthicum Heights, MD has received an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity and firm-fixed price contract for $730 million covering up to 514 AN/APG-68v9 radar systems. These mechanically-scanned array...
Sniper ATPs(click to view full) On Dec 7/07 the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Saudi Arabia's request for 40 of Lockheed Martin's AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER Advanced Targeting Pods, which would replace the older LANTIRN twin-pod systems installed on...
Translators on the ground are an often-overlooked but critically important aspect of US operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, et. al. Indeed, when L-3 Communications acquired Titan Corp. in a $2+ billion June 2005 deal, one of the strengths it was buying was Titan's status...
Basic Nuclear Propulsion(click to expand) In October 2006, the US Navy awarded over $1 billion in contracts related to naval nuclear propulsion, some of which echo a set of contracts issued in October 2005 that were worth about $898.5 million. DID has provided related...
C-27J Spartan(click to view larger) After a competition that saw the Alenia Aeronautica's C-27J Spartan/ "Baby Herc" face off against EADS-CASA's C-295M, Alenia Aeronautica announced on Dec 1/06 [PDF] that Romania's Ministry of Defence has began exclusive final...