by Fred Donovan | Nov 23, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, USA
TOW Launch(click to view full) LaBarge in St. Louis, MO received a $7.3 million order from Raytheon Missile Systems to provide complex wiring harnesses for the US Army’s TOW (tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided) weapon system. TOW is a long-range,...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 23, 2009 | Alliances, Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Small Business
Afghan Army Mi-17s(click to view full) In July 2009, The Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) bought 4 more Mi-17 variant helicopters and related tool kits from Defense Technology Inc. (DTI), who provides military hardware from the former Soviet Union to the U.S....
by Fred Donovan | Nov 23, 2009 | C4ISR, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Materials Innovations, Small Business, USA
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, CA awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to 4 small business qualifiers for advanced technology products in support of NAWCWD’s Weapons Prototype Division....
by Fred Donovan | Nov 22, 2009 | Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Sensors & Guidance, UAVs, USA
RQ-4: High flight(click to view full) The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have provided invaluable intelligence to US troops in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan over the years. In its first year of use in Afghanistan, the RQ-4 provided [pdf] more...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 22, 2009 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Surface Ships - Other, USA
Invasion of Inchonduring the Korean War(click to view larger) Pushed to the edge of the Korean peninsula by a massive and sustained invasion by the North Korean army, South Korean, US, and UN troops dug in at a perimeter around the city of Pusan. It was the summer of...