by Joe Katzman | Feb 20, 2013 | Boeing, Contracts - Intent, Lockheed Martin, Power Projection, Transport & Utility, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
UAE C-17: 1st delivery(click to view full) The biggest news from the 2009 IDEX exhibition was the UAE’s twin selections of medium (12 Lockheed C-130J) and heavy (4 Boeing C-17) transport aircraft. Estimates at the time placed the total value at AED 10.7 billion...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 12, 2013 | Africa - Other, BAE, India, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Trucks & Transport
Casspir Mk6/ MPV-I(click to view full) The global trend toward mine-resistant patrol vehicles actually added India back in the late 1990s, when it began to buy used South African Casspir vehicles. India ended up buying 165 Casspirs from 1999-2001, and they have seen...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2013 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Special forces are even more reliant on excellent communications infrastructure, and on help desk support that can go the extra miles with them. On October 2005, IT consulting firm iGov Technologies, Inc. in McLean, VA received an indefinite delivery/ indefinite...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 31, 2013 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Corporate Innovations, Issues - Political
Through a glass, darkly(click to view full) As part of the current coalition government’s defence reform efforts, the UK Ministry of Defence has begun issuing a bare-bones 10-year equipment plan of expected budgets, and graphics of planned expenditures by...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 29, 2013 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Field Reports, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Scandals & Investigations, Trucks & Transport
LMV in Afghanistan(click to view full) After some bad experiences with its up-armored Mercedes “Gelendevagen” in Afghanistan, Norway decided that they needed patrol vehicles with better protection. In 2006, therefore, they placed an order for 25...
