MTN shipboard VSAT The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded a contract worth up to $50 million to MTN Government Services (MTNGS), a subsidiary of Miramar, FL-based MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), to provide global broadband satellite services....
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Flash, Bang!: Rheinmettall Gets $28.8M Contract for Stun Grenade
MK13 flash-bang grenade American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM), a Stafford, VA-based subsidiary of Germany's Rheinmetall Defence, received a $28.8 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the US Navy for an improved flash-bang...
Rapid Fire 2010-03-16: Canadian Military Procurement
* Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries issues its Report on Military Procurement; recommendations include 1 minister to oversee it, rather than the current 3. * F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter rumored to have beaten the F-35A and JAS-39DK Gripen NG...
Meals on Wheels: Containerized Kitchens Feed US Troops on the Move
Containerized Kitchen(click to view larger) Global Strategies Group North America in Frederick, MD received an $18.7 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (W911QY-05-D-0004) for 103 containerized kitchens and spares. The containized...
Rapid Fire 2010-03-15: JPALS Preliminary Design Review
* USCG acquisition chief warns about declining readiness of cutter fleet [PDF], expects price tag for Deepwater program to reach $27.4 billion. * UK's SSN Trafalgar-class fast attack submarine HMS Triumph sets sail for sea trials after 6-year, GBP 300 million refit...
$326M to GE for 80 F414 Engines, Equipment and Spares
F414-GE-400 engine(click to see in sections) General Electric Aircraft Engines business group in Lynn, MA received a $326 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088), exercising an option for 80 F-414-GE-400 engines and...
LPI Gets $84.1M US Navy Contract for Yellow Gear, HM&E Support
Yellow gear on aircraft carrier Small business qualifier LPI Technical Services in Chesapeake, VA received an $84.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract to furnish repair, maintenance, modernization, logistical, and technical...
Rapid Fire 2010-03-12: Chinese Sea Denial
* CSBA Paper looks at potential US responses to China's sea-denial doctrines: "Why AirSea Battle?" [PDF]. Defense Tech moves to strike up a conversation. * Indian Air Force signs EUR 560 million contract for 12 AW101 VIP helicopters. * Are trans-Atlantic defense...
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark Consider Nordic Alliance
Despite setbacks like Norway's evaluation process during its recent fighter competition, defense cooperation has been such as the Archer artillery project has been growing between Scandinavian countries. Norway, Sweden, and Finland also collaborated as "the Nordic...