by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Airbus, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, France, Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Rumours, Thales
French newspaper Le Figaro announced recently that the French electronics group Thales could link up to French telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel and Finmeccanica, to forge a company capable of competing with the European aerospace giant EADS. “We...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | ABM, Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Intent, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Surface-Air, Protective Systems - Naval, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat
SM-2 (top), SM-3 The government of Australia has requested a possible sale of up to 175 SM-2 Block IIIA Standard anti-air missiles, up to 30 Telemetry missiles, up to 2 SM-2 Block IIIA inert operational missiles, canisters, containers, spare and repair parts;...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Food-related, Middle East - Other, Small Business
AquaSource Bottling Line Small business qualifier American Aqua Source Inc. in St. Joseph, MO won a $150 million firm-fixed-price contract for Independent Purified Bottle Water Plants. Work will be performed in Iraq, and is expected to be complete by May 24, 2009....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Bombs - Smart, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, General Dynamics, Issues - International, Raytheon
GBU-28 Bomb General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in Niceville, FL received a $5.2 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for the first production lot of 71 BLU-122 penetrator warheads. The BLU-122 “bunker buster” warhead is...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 3, 2005 | Industry & Trends, Israel, Scandals & Investigations, Security & Secrecy
Israeli police have arrested 21 people following a six-month investigation into allegations that an A-list of Israeli companies used Trojan horse software to spy on commercial rivals in Israel. The tip-off came when an Israeli author, Amnon Jacont, started to suspect...
