JAS-39 over Swedish lake(c) Gripen International(click to view full) It has been a good couple of days for Saab. Fresh off a come-from-behind win in Thailand, the firm has signed a SEK 3.9 billion ($600 million) contract with the Swedish Defence Material...
BTR-3(click to view full) Thai Defence Minister Boonrawd Somthas recently suspended a controversial arms deal announced in mid-August 2007 between Thailand and Ukraine, bringing the purchase of 96 BTR-3E1 wheeled armored personnel carriers (APCs) for Bt4 billion...
ALCOA parts(click to view full) Sometimes, a contractor's technical problem is really an opportunity. When the multinational Joint Strike Fighter's F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off, Vertical Landing) variant for the US Marines, Royal Navy, et. al. found itself 3,000 pounds...
Bahrain(click to view full) In addition to its strategic location athwart the Persian Gulf shipping lanes, Bahrain is also the base for the US 5th fleet. In May 2004, the U.S. Marine Corps awarded Lockheed Martin a $43.6 million contract to provide the AN/TPS-59(V)3B...
LAIRCM Concept(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Rolling Meadows, IL received a firm-fixed price contract modification for $15 million, pursuant to a letter contract for foreign military sales case number MO-D-QAD for one Moroccan Head of...
Australia's Defence Materiel Organization's Land Systems Division is hiring quite a few positions at the moment. "We will soon be offering a range of exciting career opportunities for highly motivated people to be part of a challenging and unique work environment."...
SOAR w. AVR-2B(click to view full) Goodrich Corporation's ISR Systems team in Danbury, CT recently announced a 5-year, $187 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract by the U.S. Army for up to 855 AN/AVR-2B(V) Laser Warning Systems. An initial delivery...
Spanish LHD Mockup(click to view full) DID's recent coverage of Australia's Canberra Class LHD project wondered about the overall contract's cost differences between Navantia's EUR 1.412 billion (A$2.2 billion) and the government's A$ 3.1 billion. A chat with the...
P-3C Orion(click to view full) BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services in Rockville, MD recveived a $10.6 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-06-D-0038) for the manufacture...