by Joe Katzman | Dec 27, 2007 | DID site
With the coming of the holiday season, Defense Industry Daily’s publication schedule has slowed somewhat. Both December 25 & 26 were non-publishing days, and DID will not publish on Mon Dec 31/07 or Tues Jan 1/08 either. 2007 has been a year of growth for...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 27, 2007 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Consulting Firms, Finmeccanica, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Rolls Royce, T&C - Big 5 Firms
A proper send-off(click to view full) On Dec 25th, UK servicemen and women posted overseas in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Falkland Islands receive a Christmas box filled with gifts. Inspired by a tradition that dates back to the First...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 27, 2007 | Contracts - Modifications, Fighters & Attack, Raytheon, Sensors & Guidance, USA
ATFLIR imagery(click to view full) Dec 26/07: Raytheon Co. in El Segundo, CA receives a $77.5 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0310), exercising an option for 27 Full Rate Production Lot 6 AN/AAQ-228 Advanced...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 19, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Trends
The BULL concept(click to view full) “More MRAPs: Navistar’s MaxxPro,” covered the growing threat of EFP (Explosively-Formed Penetrator) land mines in Iraq, which fire into the side of a vehicle like a tank round. PVI & RAFAEL’s MRAP...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 18, 2007 | ABM, Alliances, Boeing, Events, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Surface-Air, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Testing & Evaluation, Transformation, USA
JS Kongo into Pearl(click to view full) In December 2003, Japan decided to upgrade their 4 existing Kongo Class AEGIS Destroyers and their SPY-1D radars to full AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense capability. Installations are scheduled for 2007 through 2010, and each...
