by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, DARPA, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
DARPA’s Robust Surface Navigation (RSN) program will allow American warfighters to geo-locate and navigate effectively when GPS is unavailable due to hostile action (e.g. jamming) or blockage by structures and foliage. After successfully completed Phase 1, Argon...
by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
HET w. M1 tank(click to view full) DRS Sustainment Systems, a unit of DRS Technologies, received a $103.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for 274 M1000 heavy equipment transporter semitrailers. DRS Sustainment will perform the work at its facility in Saint Louis,...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Remote Weapons Systems, Trucks & Transport, Warfare - Trends
Iveco LMV(click to view full) Austria has been a neutral power since World War 2, but contingents from its small armed forces are sometimes made available for international deployment. The growing realization that blast resistant vehicles are an essential piece of...
by Fred Donovan | May 25, 2009 | Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, Other Equipment - Land, Support & Maintenance, USA
Boeing’s subsidiary McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, MO received a $32.4 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0055) to manufacture, test, and deliver 23 reconfigurable transportable consolidated automated support...
by Joe Katzman | May 25, 2009 | Australia & S. Pacific, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - Political, Leadership & People, Policy - Procurement, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat
On March 31/09, The Australian ran a investigative feature titled “Our defenceless force,” and the related “Military not ready for war as fighter jets, choppers and submarines unfit for frontline.” The articles were more measured than their...
