by Fred Donovan | Mar 16, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Grenades, Other Corporation, Soldier's Gear, USA
MK13 flash-bang grenade American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM), a Stafford, VA-based subsidiary of Germany’s Rheinmetall Defence, received a $28.8 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from the US Navy for an improved...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 15, 2010 | ABM, Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, India, Issues - International, Rumours, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, Trucks & Transport, USA
* Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries issues its Report on Military Procurement; recommendations include 1 minister to oversee it, rather than the current 3. * F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter rumored to have beaten the F-35A and JAS-39DK Gripen NG...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 15, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, Food-related, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, Trucks & Transport, USA
Containerized Kitchen(click to view larger) Global Strategies Group North America in Frederick, MD received an $18.7 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (W911QY-05-D-0004) for 103 containerized kitchens and spares. The containized...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 14, 2010 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, IT - General, Other Corporation, Outer Space, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, Trucks & Transport, USA
* USCG acquisition chief warns about declining readiness of cutter fleet [PDF], expects price tag for Deepwater program to reach $27.4 billion. * UK’s SSN Trafalgar-class fast attack submarine HMS Triumph sets sail for sea trials after 6-year, GBP 300 million...
by Fred Donovan | Mar 14, 2010 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GE, Specialty Aircraft, USA
F414-GE-400 engine(click to see in sections) General Electric Aircraft Engines business group in Lynn, MA received a $326 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088), exercising an option for 80 F-414-GE-400 engines and...
