USMC LCpl Cheema & AK(click to view full) In September 2006, "Up to $750M in Weapons & Support for Iraq" described Iraq's order for a number of American small arms, as well as helicopters and blast resistant vehicles. A subsequent update to that piece shed more light...
RQ-4: High flight(click to view full) In March 2006, "Australia Rushes AIR 7000 HALE UAV Project, Considers Multi-National Global Hawk Pacific "Pool" discussed US proposals to create a common regional pool of Global Hawks based in Guam. The proposal before Australia,...
Norway's new ship...(click to view full) Salt water is one of the most corrosive substances on earth. Most people don't think of it that way because it doesn't burn them when they touch it, but in terms of the number of substances it can dissolve, salt water has few...
A $450 million, 5-year contract announced by the Pentagon on August 31, 2006 was issued for activation in response to "natural disasters, humanitarian efforts, contingencies and other requirements (i.e. due to non-performance by an incumbent contractor or instances...
(click to view full) SAIC in San Diego, CA was awarded on Sept. 25, 2007, a delivery order amount of $13.6 million as part of a $64.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance of the Biometrics Automated Toolset and Detention Management...
Big Green Lizard(click to view full) "2007-08: Israel Looks to Replenish Bomb Stocks" discussed the dilemma Israel faced, between buying systems that would support its own world-class defense industry, and using American aid money to buy somewhat comparable American...
Cobra HMDc. Gripen International(click to view full) Heads-up displays (HUD) are all well and good, but displays that move with the pilot's head are even better. Our JHMCS articles have covered the way helmet-mounted displays (HMD) change the game in close air combat,...
SMArt cutaway(click to view full) Australia's new artillery from the LAND 17 project is going to need modern ammunition. Come to think of it, their existing M198 155m artillery pieces need modern ammunition as well. Those ammunition purchases can influence artillery...
T-6A JPATS(click to view full) In 2007, Raytheon aircraft was spun out in a $3.3 billion sale as the Hawker Beechcraft Corp. of Wichita, KS. Now that firm has received a framework contract modification for $3 billion that will be used to buy Lots 14 through Lot 20 of...