by Fred Donovan | Mar 8, 2010 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Issues - International, New Systems Tech, Surface Ships - Combat, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* Incoming US Coast Guard Commandant Papp’s honest memo [PDF] re: operational impact of their 2011 budget causes a stir. * The US Navy commissions the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer DDG-105 Dewey at the Naval Weapons Station in Seal Beach,...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 8, 2010 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Other
‘Tugs of the Future’at Portsmouth Naval Base(click to view larger) By the end of 2010, the UK expects to receive faster, more maneuverable, and more powerful tugs to guide destroyers and aircraft carriers in and out of British ports, under the GBP 1...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 8, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
HET w. M1 tank(click to view full) The M1070 Heavy Equipment Transport/Tractor (HET) lives up to its name, towing trailers that can carry tanks, armored vehicles or heavy construction equipment and their crews, in order to minimize wear and maximize speed. Egypt has a...
