Americas * The Army awarded General Atomics a contract for 19 Gray Eagle UAVs, as part of a $132m contract which also included SATCOM terminals and support. * The Babcock & Wilcox Company received contract work totalling $169m for naval reactor fuel and...
Americas * The Army released a Sources Sought notice (W15QKN-15-X-7820), looking for one vendor that can bundle together a series of aftermarket improvements to the M4A1 carbine. The package, to be called the M4A1+, includes increased accuracy, rails, mounting...
Americas * Where the Marines had split their Amphibious Combat Vehicle procurement into three spec levels – thinking that to demand everything up front would create a typical gold plated defense program cost death spiral – it turns out that the major...
Americas * Sikorsky, only last week speaking about divesting itself of one if its small helicopter brands, found itself on the block on Wednesday, as the United Technologies board of directors chummed the market by announcing publicly that it was looking for...
Europe * Sweden’s defense minister said the country will not renew its defense cooperation deal – in effect since 2005 – after the left-leaning government saw its relations gradually worsen with the Saudi monarchy. Sweden has been critical of the...