KC-135 over Mt. Rushmore(click to view full) It has been a long road for the USA’s aerial tanker replacement competition. After the Darlene Druyun scandal and the linked but separate withdrawal of Boeing’s KC-767 lease proposal, the USA continues to...
ScanEagle returns(click to view full) Boeing contractor support personnel like the one pictured above have been involved in front-line support for their ScanEagle UAVs for some time now, and those UAVs have proven useful in campaigns like Fallujah and al-Anbar,...
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Launch(click to view full) Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems in Portsmouth, RI received a $13 million firm-fixed-price contract for the fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery of 52 MK 20 MOD 1 canisters on behalf of the Governments of Japan...
L-3 Communications has completed the acquisition of British firm TRL Electronics plc. On May 18, 2006, the two firms announced agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by L-3 agents Lehman Brothers of GBP 3.60 (US $6.78) in cash per share, which valued the...
M1A1, making tracks(click to view full) Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) in Plymouth, MN received a $17.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M1002 120mm cartridges. The M1002 TPCSDS-T 120mm Cartridge is a Training Cartridges for the tactical M830A1...