by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2009 | Asia - Central, Germany, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, Submarines
U-214 SSK(click to view full) Dubai’s Khaleej Times relays a Der Spiegel report that Germany has approved a sale to Pakistan of 3 top-of-the-line Type 214 diesel-electric submarines with Air-Independent Propulsion. An export financing credit of EUR 1 billion...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2009 | Contracts - Intent, Design Innovations, Fuel & Power, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Materials Innovations, Medical, Partnerships & Consortia, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research, Sensors & Guidance, University-related, USA
The US Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program works to support research that involves more than one traditional science and engineering discipline. Traditional research grants can be hard to come by in these...
by Joe Katzman | May 19, 2009 | Airbus, Contracts - Awards, Germany, New Systems Tech, Radars, Trucks & Transport
BUR radar concept(click to view full) EADS will equip the German Armed Forces with a new kind of Active Electronically-Scanning Array (AESA) ground surveillance radar for reliably detecting movements both on the ground, and at low altitudes in the air. The...
by Joe Katzman | May 18, 2009 | IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Rumours, South Korea, Submarines, Thales
South Korea appears to be positioning itself to award a pair of contracts for key submarine systems to local manufacturers. The move would provide early funding for critical systems carried on Korea’s future KSS-III 3,000t submarines, which are not expected to...
by Joe Katzman | May 17, 2009 | Airbus, Britain/U.K., Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Sensors - Aquatic
Atlas Elektronik’s UK ubsidiary has reached an agreement to buy QinetiQ (pron. “kinetic”) Group plc’s underwater systems business based in Winfrith, Dorset, for a cash consideration of GBP 23.5m (EUR 26.5/ $40.2 million equivalent). That...
