by Joe Katzman | Apr 23, 2007 | Alliances, Asia - Central, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Intelligence & PsyOps, Interoperability, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Project Successes, Small Business, USA
In Afghanistan, there are often overlaps between the people involved in narcotics trafficking, illegal weapons and terrorist activity. Drug lords aren’t always Taliban allies, but opium trafficking is a critical source of funds for the Taliban/al-Qaeda. The US...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 23, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
The Headquarters Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA has broad responsibility for buying military electronics, managing about 200 programs and administering an annual budget of more than $3 billion. Recently, they issued a set of contracts for...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 23, 2007 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Modifications, ECM, Fighters & Attack, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Raytheon, USA
AN/ALR-67 V3(click to view full) Radar Warning Receivers (RWR) are essential to battlefield survival. They pinpoint the locations of friendly and enemy radar emitters, and warn pilots if they are being targeted. Future Super Hornet improvements will go a step further,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2007 | Industry & Trends, Mergers & Acquisitions
InfoBase/DACIS’ “Defense Mergers & Acquisitions” reports that worldwide defense and aerospace companies completed M&A deals worth more than $40 billion in 2006, with a total of 370 transactions completed. The top 5 deals accounted for only...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 20, 2007 | Aircraft, USA
MH-60Rs: $46.1M(click to view full) In “Sticker Shock: Estimating the Real Cost of Modern Fighter Aircraft,” defense-aerospace attempted to establish baseline prices for various Western fighter aircraft. In “Updated US Military Aircraft Prices (Dec....
