by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Europe - Other, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, MPs & Justice, Scandals & Investigations, Tanks & Mechanized
With great power comes… Switzerland Economics Minister Joseph Deiss said on Aug. 15/05 that the country would freeze a deal to send 180 armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Iraq until Baghdad guarantees that the APCs will only be used for “police services,...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Americas - Other, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Intelsat, Ltd. Of Pembroke, Bermuda and PanAmSat Holding Corporation of Wilton, CT, USA have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Intelsat will acquire PanAmSat for $25 per share in cash, or $3.2 billion. Using a combined fleet of 53 satellites, the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Alliances, C4ISR, Forces - Air, India, Issues - International, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Pre-RFP, Signals Radio & Wireless
The Indian Air Force plans to publish a $100 million tender in Sept/05 for a command and control system. Defense News reports that the system is an ambitious attempt to imitate NATO’s command and control network, and that the tender is for more than $100...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, UAVs, USA
RQ-4A Global Hawk Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received $60.2 million fixed price incentive contract to provide for ten RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft and other Low Rate Initial Production Lot 5 items: Five Airborne Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Processor...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 30, 2005 | Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, New Systems Tech, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Project Methodologies, USA
JASSM with F-16 Lockheed Martin has developed a new way to adapt its advanced strike weapons to existing aircraft interfaces, saving money and significantly shortening development times. Instead of creating unique interfaces that require special aircraft modifications...
