by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2014 | Alliances, Britain/U.K., Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Guns - Naval, Iraq, Other Corporation, Remote Weapons Systems, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat
PB-301, Umm Qasr(click to view full) Swiftships’ 35-meter coastal patrol boat (CPB) contracts are part of a larger program that’s also delivering spare parts, guns, ammunition, training, naval simulators and infrastructure to the Umm Qasr Naval Base in...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 24, 2014 | Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Iraq, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Raytheon, Transport & Utility, USA
IqAF King Air 350(click to view full) It has been a long road for the Iraqi Air Force. According to Iraqi figures, the IqAF boasted more than 1,000 aircraft before the 1991 Gulf war – and around 300 after it. More than 6 years after Operation Iraqi Freedom...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 23, 2014 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Awards, DCNS, Europe - Other, France, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales
Gowind Family(click to view full) In October 2010, Malaysia’s Boustead received a letter of intent from their government for 6 “second-generation patrol vessels.” In January 2012, South Africa’s DefenceWeb reported that DCNS and its local...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 21, 2014 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Industry & Trends, L3 Communications, Textron, USA
IqAF C-208B ISR(click to view full) African countries need counter-insurgency and surveillance aircraft, but they aren’t about to buy top-end gear like an AC-130. Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano turboprop trainer and light attack aircraft is about the upper...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 17, 2014 | Airbus, ATK, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, Launch Vehicles, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, R&D - Private, Satellites & Sensors, USA
Boeing CST-100(click to view full) With competition coming at last to American military satellite launches, civilian developments take on new importance. A NASA program called Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) is a major source of potential funds for key...
