by Fred Donovan | Apr 12, 2011 | Ammunition, ATK, Conferences & Events, Contracts - Intent, Contracts - Modifications, Daily Rapid Fire, ECM, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Policy - Procurement, Raytheon, USA
* Defense industry needs to improve cost, weight, and energy efficiencies in new weapons systems, US defense officials tell US Navy League conference. * Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace says DoD should be in charge of US cybersecurity, not the...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA, Warfare - Trends
Excalibur 155mm(click to view full) April 4/11: Raytheon in Tucson, AZ receives a $172.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for “a block” of M982 Excalibur GPS-guided 155mm artillery shells. They are especially important given restrictive rules of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Finmeccanica, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
(click for explanation) DRS Systems, Inc. in Parsippany, NJ has received a series of contracts for satellite-based internet-broadband service and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network in support of deployed military personnel. Later announcements make a clearer...
