by Joe Katzman | Sep 30, 2007 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Guns - Naval, Issues - Political, Missiles - Precision Attack, Northrop-Grumman, Sensors & Guidance, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, USA
LCS diorama(click to view full) The Navy announces that it is moving forward with development of the Littoral Combat Ship’s Surface Warfare (SUW) Mission Package, which it describes as “designed to combat small, fast boat terrorist threats to the...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 30, 2007 | Asia - Central, BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
ANA M113s & trainers(click to view full) BAE Systems Land and Armaments Inc. in York, PA received the full delivery order amount of $10.6 million as part of a firm-fixed-price contract for M113 Family of Vehicles Add-on Armor and Foreign Military Sales Payback....
by Joe Katzman | Sep 30, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Logistics Innovations, Other Corporation, USA
FL Keys Map(click for info.) It’s all about da water, don’t you know Kinja needs da water, da H2O It’s all about da water, it ain’t no lie Widout de water we shrivel up and die – Keys poet Jimmy Buffett “$240M for...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 27, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Issues - Environmental, Lobbying, Partnerships & Consortia, South Korea, Warfare - Trends
In 2005, Republic of Korea (ROK, aka. South Korea) Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung said that he aimed to increase the defense budget from 2.8% of the total gross domestic product to 3.2% by 2008, a 12.5% increase in relative terms even before economic growth is...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 27, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Delivery & Task Orders, Policy - Personnel, Small Business, USA
Small business qualifier Halbert Construction Co., Inc. in El Cajon, Calif. won $5.6 million for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded $100 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract (N62473-07-D-2014)...
