by Joe Katzman | Oct 29, 2009 | Asia - Central, BAE, Britain/U.K., Issues - Political, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft
Nimrod MR2 – incoming!(click to view full) On Sept 3/06, an RAF Nimrod MR2 sea control aircraft was flying near Kandahar, Afghanistan, using its advanced sensors and long endurance in support of NATO ISAF forces on land. The aircraft moved to take on additional...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 28, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Remote Weapons Systems, Warfare - Trends
HITROLE Light(click to view larger) Finmeccanica subsidiary Oto Melara and the Italian Ministry of Defense recently signed a sole-source EUR 20 million (currently $29.7 million) contract to acquire 81 HITROLE Light turrets for Italy’s Light Multirole Vehicles...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 27, 2009 | Food-related, Guns - Personal Weapons, Issues - Political, Legal, Middle East - Other, Policy - Procurement, Rockets, Scandals & Investigations, Security Contractor, Support Functions - Other, USA, Warfare - Trends
(click to visit) “Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets” says the ProPublica headline. They’re talking about a firm called Triple Canopy, a security contractor who replaced Blackwater (now...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 26, 2009 | Alliances, Israel, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Tanks & Mechanized, Turkey, UAVs
Turkish M-60T Sabra(click to view larger) Global weapon sales are always subject to political influences. For many years, Turkey and Israel have maintained a close defense relationship that extended to training in Turkey and large procurement deals. Turkey’s...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 22, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Lockheed Martin, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Transformation, Transport & Utility, USA
A400M: The real target?(click to view full) From “C-130J Acquisition Program Restructured”: “[The C-130J Hercules] has since been deployed into theater by the USAF, where its vastly improved performance in “hot and high” environments has...
