by Fred Donovan | Feb 21, 2010 | Australia & S. Pacific, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Heavy Bombers, IT - General, L3 Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, Transport & Utility, USA
* US Air Force Chief of Staff warns F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could exceed Nunn-McCurdy limits on unit cost growth. * Iraqi Air Force: development and current state. * Britain, France sign Memorandum of Understanding re: Urgent Operational Request buys. UK MoD |...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 21, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, IT - General, Outer Space, Procurement Innovations, RFPs, Satellites & Sensors, USA
A 2004 study by the Satellite Industry Association found that 80% of all US military satellite communication during the 2003 US invasion of Iraq was carried on commercial satellites. Then-US assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration, John...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 21, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Tanks & Mechanized
M1130 Stryker MC(click to view full) GM General Dynamics Land Systems Defense Group LLC in Sterling Heights, MI received a $176.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for 103 Stryker vehicles. Stryker is a family of 8×8 wheeled armored combat vehicles that can...
by Fred Donovan | Feb 21, 2010 | BAE, Contracts - Intent, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Precision Attack, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Rockets, Signals Radio & Wireless, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, USA
M142 HIMARS(click to view full) HIMARS launcher order goes through. (Feb 19/10) In September 2009, long-time US Middle East ally Jordan submitted an impressive wish list of weapons for its armed forces to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The list...
