As the season moves into high summer, more of our readers are managing to get out of town (in a non-deployed way). DID's staff will be at our parent firm's corporate meetings over the next few days, and will not be publishing during that time. Publishing will resume...
F100 AEGIS Frigate(click to view full) On Aug 3/07, the US DSCA announced Spain's formal request [PDF] for 2 MK 7 AEGIS Weapons Systems. The heart of the AEGIS weapon system is Lockheed Martin's AN/SPY-1D Radar System, a 3-dimensional, air/surface search and tracking...
Envision in Wichita, KS is being awarded a fixed-price requirements type contract to provide plastic T-Shirt Bags at all U.S. commissary store locations. After the $49.8 million one-year base period runs from Sept 1/07 - Aug 31/08, another 4 one-year option periods...
F-15E: 5 targets(click to view full) On Aug 3/07, the US DSCA formally announced Israel's request [PDF] for various US bombs and precision guidance kits. Requested items include 10,000 live MK-84 2,000-lb. bombs; 1,500 live MK-82 500-lb. bombs; 2,000 live BLU-109...
KAI's KT-1(click to view full) The Chosun Ibo newspaper reports that Korea Aerospace Industries has finalized a contract to export 55 of its homegrown XKT-1 light trainers to Turkey by 2013. The deal is valued at $500 million, making it Korea's largest ever aircraft...
Griffon w. hoist(click to view full) On Aug 3/07, the US DSCA announced [PDF format] Bahrain's request for 6 Bell 412 Air Search and Recovery Helicopters configured with PT6T-9 engines and electronic engine control, spare and repair parts, publications and technical...
M109 Howitzer(click to view full) The US DSCA has formally announced [PDF] Morocco's request for 60 M109A5 155mm self-propelled howitzers, 30 HMMWV engines, 233 wheel assemblies, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical...
AAV7s, Somalia(click to view full) The Upgraded M36E3 Thermal Sight System is designed to improve the USMC's AAV7 "Amtracs" amphibious vehicles; as Military Aerospace & Electronics notes, the Amtracs don't have thermal sights. Instead, the current system employs image...
New participants?(click to view full) The USA has moved very slowly to give its forces mine-protected vehicles, but when it finally did move, the move has been dramatic. The $8.4 billion, 7,774 vehicle, 5-service (Army, Navy, USAF, Marines, SOCOM) MRAP Program has...