by Joe Katzman | Jun 12, 2011 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, France, Helicopters & Rotary, Iraq, Issues - International, Lobbying, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other
Jordanian EC635 SAR(click to view full) Iraq’s air force is growing, slowly. The force still has no fixed-wing combat aircraft, but a handful of helicopters, transports, and surveillance aircraft have created a set of limited core capabilities. Bell...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2011 | Naval Equipment, Radars, Small Business, USA
TLI concept(click to view full) Defense contracts can be important without being glamorous, and it takes a lot of “boring” ancillary equipment to keep the flashy big-ticket items working. The best militaries invest in the “boring” stuff,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Materials Innovations, USA
Titanium May 25/11: Small disadvantaged business qualifier Universal Technical Resource Services in Cherry Hill, NJ wins a $9.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the Pentagon’s Titanium Extraction, Mining and Process Engineering Research Program....
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2011 | Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Intent, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, USA
FNSS’ Pars 8×8(click to view full) In April 2010, Britain’s BAE Systems Plc and Turkey’s Nurol Holding AS reportedly signed a letter of intent worth up to $500 million, to help supply about 250 armored vehicles to the Malaysian government...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2011 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, Raytheon, USA
350-ISR layout(click to view full) June 1 /11: Raytheon Co. in McKinney, TX receives a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract award to buy 2 used commercial Beechcraft airliners, then refurbish the airframes, add special mission equipment and components, and cover...
