GD’s AHED Cutaway(click to view full) February 2007 has been an eventful month for the FRES program. Some important milestones were reached, political controversy over the MoD’s medium armored vehicle strategy erupted in the Parliamentary Defence...
TransProtec Cutaway(click to view full) EADS, in cooperation with the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) of Munich, has developed a multifunctional container for protected personal transport that can accommodate up to 18 people including equipment. TransProtec has...
MQ-1 MTS turret(click to view full) Raytheon Co. in McKinney, TX received a $70.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for production 60 Multi-spectral Targeting System-As (MTS-As) for MQ-1 Predator UAVs, and 5 upgraded MTS-Bs for use on its hunter-killer derivative the...
Speck Systems of Hyderabad, India, recently decided to build on its expertise in GIS(Geographic Information Systems) and software, and formed an alliance with Flying Robots of France to manufacture mini and micro UAV solutions. Then their Baaz man-portable, mini...
Back in the saddle…(click to view full) Textron Marine & Land Systems in New Orleans, LA received a $28.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Phase II of the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort for the Armored Security Vehicle Program. This...