by Joe Katzman | May 7, 2012 | Canada, Issues - Political, Policy - Procurement, RFPs, Support & Maintenance, Trucks & Transport
MSVS MilCOTS 7400(click to view full) Just before Canada Day 2006, Canada’s minority Conservative Party government outlined a C$ 1.2 billion (USD $1 billion) RFP for new medium-sized logistics trucks and associated equipment. These Medium Support Vehicle System...
by Joe Katzman | May 2, 2012 | ATK, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Design Innovations, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA
MSST concept(click to view full) In order to defend against a threat, you have to be able to simulate it for realistic training and evaluation. Navy ships are increasingly threatened by supersonic anti-ship missiles, which can leave defenders as little as 45 seconds...
by Joe Katzman | May 2, 2012 | C4ISR, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Israel, Other Corporation, UAVs
Orbiter(click to view full) Flight International reports that Finland has picked Aeronautics Defence Systems’ Orbiter 2 UAV as its future tactical UAV, beating BlueBird’s SkyLite B for a likely EUR 23 million, 55-system contract. The contract signing is...
by Joe Katzman | May 1, 2012 | Budgets, Guest Articles, Industry & Trends, Other Corporation, USA
(click to view full) Guest Article by Lou Crenshaw, Vice Admiral U.S. Navy (ret.) The 2011 defense budget was characterized as a budget about uncertainty. Budget officials struggled to make ends meet in what seemed to be an endless stream of continuing resolutions...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 30, 2012 | Airbus, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, India, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Legal, Northrop-Grumman, People, Raytheon, UAVs, USA
* Here are the PPT slides from the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Industry Day held by the US Army last week. The Defense Acquisition Board is expected to follow up on the future of this tentative MDAP by the end of the current fiscal year. There’s...
