by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Reports, Forces - Marines, Guns - Personal Weapons, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, R&D - Private, Soldier's Gear, USA
ACOG TA31RCO Major General J.N. Mattis, Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom, called them “the biggest improvement in lethality for the Marine infantryman since the introduction of the M1 Garand in WWII.” The USMC...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2005 | Airbus, European Union (EU), Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, Issues - International, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Project Failures, RFPs, Russia, Turkey, United Technologies, USA
S-70 Seahawk Helicopters are a hot field right now. The USA’s $2.2 billion Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program has been awarded to Bell, which is also competing with Eurocopter for India’s $500-600 million light helicopter program. The USA’s own...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Logistics, Medical, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, Simulation & Training, USA
Karta Technologies, Inc. of San Antonio, TX has reeled off a series of defense-related contract successes for its consulting, IT, and e-learning services. The contracts, worth between $500 million – $2.3 billion, make Karta a company to notice among mid-range...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Special Ops, Guns - Personal Weapons, Materials Innovations, Other Corporation, USA
5.56mm Mk46 MOD0(click to view full) FN Manufacturing, LLC in Columbia, SC received a potential $9.8 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, to provide a maximum quantity 1,100 (ea) MK46 MOD 0 Light Machine Guns (LMG) and auxiliary...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 15, 2005 | Ammunition, Contracts - Modifications, Corporate Innovations, Delivery & Task Orders, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, USA
DID has covered the U.S. military’s small caliber ammunition shortages before, and explained the manufacturing, outsourcing, and modernization efforts under way to address it. As a follow-up, Alliant Techsystems subsidiaries have recently received $38.1 million...
