by Editorial Staff | May 31, 2012 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Canada, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Northrop-Grumman, UAVs
* Northrop Grumman is pitching a fleet of 3 to 5 modified Global Hawks Block 30s to Canada. The call it “Polar Hawk”. It’s a good thing Microsoft is not in charge of their branding: “Global Hawk Cold Proof Starter Edition” doesn’t...
by Joe Katzman | May 30, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
M-ATV w. Q-Net(click to view full) No vehicle “cage armor” provides 100% protection, but even 50% effectiveness will save lives. QinetiQ’s Q-Net uses high-tech fabrics to replace metal cage armor, and protect against incoming rockets. In May 2012,...
by Editorial Staff | May 30, 2012 | Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, Israel, Issues - Political, T&C - Booz Allen, USA
* Rafael is trying to increase the range of its Iron Dome rocket shields. The US plans to provide military aid to Israel to buy more of these counter-rocket systems, though so far numbers fluctuate widely between the Administration, the House and the Senate. * House...
by Joe Katzman | May 29, 2012 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Engines - Aircraft, GE, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Power Projection, Procurement Innovations, Public Partnering, Rolls Royce, Spotlight articles, Support & Maintenance, Transport & Utility
Latest updates: Major deal adds HIOS segment to 2015. UK C-130 C5(click to view full) In mid-2006 the UK MoD added another platform to the expanding list of long-term, performance-based, public-private, “contracting for availability” maintenance solutions...
by Joe Katzman | May 29, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Private, Radars, UAVs, USA
NanoSAR on ScanEagle(click to view full) In May 2012, ImSAR, L.L.C. in Salem, UT received a $24 million firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to build, test, and assess a lightweight ultra wide band synthetic aperture (ground-looking) radar for use on...
