by Joe Katzman | Nov 22, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, DID site
It’s that time of year again. For those of you celebrating American Thanksgiving, or who just want a feast, the US Defense Commissary Agency has some tips for cooking turkey, and some recipes. Yummly offers some options for your leftovers. Our big...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 19, 2012 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Support & Maintenance, Textron, UAVs, USA
RQ-7 launch, Mosul(click to view full) RQ-7 Shadow UAVs can be launched via runway or catapult, and land on runways. They’ve become the mainstay tactical-class battalion/ brigade level UAS for the US Army and US Marine Corps, and have also been exported to a...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 19, 2012 | Ammunition, Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Budgets, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Germany, Legal, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Submarines, Think Tanks
* The US Army released its 2013 Weapon Systems handbook, a 378-page catalog that gives snapshots covering each system’s mission, description, the program’s status, whether foreign military sales are involved, and projected activities over the next couple...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 18, 2012 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Surface-Air, Thales
STARStreak(click to view full) In November 2012, the Royal Thai Army signed a contract with Thales UK to become the STARStreak air defence missile’s 3rd customer, after Britain and South Africa. Introduced in 1997, the dual-stage High Velocity Missile flies at...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 15, 2012 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
MQ-1 Predator(click to view full) In November 2012, Battlespace Flight Services LLC in Arlington, VA received a maximum $950 million indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract for worldwide organizational level UAV maintenance support. Battlespace is the...
