by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA, Warfare - Trends
Excalibur 155mm(click to view full) April 4/11: Raytheon in Tucson, AZ receives a $172.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for “a block” of M982 Excalibur GPS-guided 155mm artillery shells. They are especially important given restrictive rules of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Finmeccanica, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
(click for explanation) DRS Systems, Inc. in Parsippany, NJ has received a series of contracts for satellite-based internet-broadband service and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network in support of deployed military personnel. Later announcements make a clearer...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 10, 2011 | ABM, Contracts - Modifications, Outer Space, Radars, Raytheon, USA
COBRA DANE(click to view full) March 29/11: Raytheon Technical Services Co. in Dulles, VA receives an $11.9 million firm-fixed-price radar operations and maintenance contract modification. The firm will ensure the availability of the COBRA DANE radar facility, to a...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 7, 2011 | Ammunition, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Israel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Soldier's Gear, Tanks & Mechanized
In June 2009, Elbit Systems in Haifa, Israel, agreed to pay $18 million for a 19% stake in fellow Israeli defense firm Mikal Ltd., the country’s 2nd largest privately owned defense conglomerate. The Mikal group operates through 3 main divisions: Soltam Systems,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 5, 2011 | Contracts - Intent, Iraq, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Raytheon, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Thales, Training & Exercises, USA, Warfare - Lessons
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Artillery-locating radars like the AN/TPQ-36 and TPQ-37 Firefinder radars, and the lighter LCMR, automatically detect, track and locate enemy mortars, artillery and rocket launchers. Once incoming rounds are picked up, the radar system backtracks...
