Mi-35M Pirana(click to view full) Brazil's Defesanet reports that Rusia's Rosoboronexport expects to double or triple its defense industry contracts with Venezuela, which currently amount to around $4 billion for 24 SU-30MK fighters, 50 helicopters (Mi-17, Mi-35...
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, the guns ceased. Today, the British Commonwealth countries remember those who came before, and those who came after, and all who have given in their nation's service. A number of European countries know it as...
Dr. Gansler(click to view full) On Sept 4/07, "$5B in CENTCOM Contracting Under Scrutiny" discussed ongoing investigations related to the wartime staple of contracting fraud. In mid-September 2007, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren appointed the "Special Commission on...
(click to view full) Analyst firm Vector Strategy recently released a report that provides a forecast of materials required to meet the Department of Defense's annual procurement rate of armor for military ground vehicles. The forecast covers a time horizon of...
C-130J(click to view full) The Hill magazine reports that Lockheed Martin is lobbying the US Air Force to buy an additional 120 C-130J aircraft, under an offered multi-year contract worth more than $6 billion. The USAF has about 20% of its C-130E/H Hercules fleet on...
ParaLander prep(click to view full) "JPADS: Making Precision Air-Drops A Reality" covered efforts underway in America and elsewhere to create and use systems that used advanced guidance and flight control software to turn paradropped supplies into precision-targeted...
OH-58D over Tal Afar(click to view full) DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems - Optronics Division in Melbourne and Palm Bay, FL recently announced $48 million (36 + 12 million) in orders from U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL....
Baroness Taylor(click to view full) Lord Paul Drayson was an accomplished man when he entered government. The founder of the needle-free vaccination firm PowderJect reaped over GBP 80 million, rose to a seat in the House of Lords, and went from an under secretary...
DDG-51 modernization(click to view full) The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, DC has issued a cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price incentive/ firm-fixed-price hybrid, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts for the Phase II development,...