by Joe Katzman | Mar 8, 2009 | Boeing, Chemicals & HAZMAT, Lockheed Martin, Support Functions - Other, USA
Worker Safety isn’t often given much thought outside the companies who build defense technologies. The dangers may not be as obvious as those facing skyscraper construction crews, but the nature of these technologies can create challenges in their own right. The...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 5, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, GE, Helicopters & Rotary, Specialty Aircraft, USA
MV-22, landing(click to view full) March 2/09: GE Aviation Systems, LLC in Grand Rapids, MI received a $12.1 million ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft recorders. The order includes 27 Crash Survivable Memory Units (CSMU) for...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 4, 2009 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Other Corporation, Submarines, Support Functions - Other
SSBN Vanguard Class(click to view larger) Britain’s 16,000t Vanguard Class nuclear missile submarine HMS Vigilant (S30) has been moved into Plymouth for a GBP 300 million (currently $422 million) overhaul that will take about 42 months to complete. At it’s...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2009 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Israel, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Other Corporation, Rumours, Russia, Tanks & Mechanized
Spike components(click to view full) In March 2009, Forecast International relayed a report from Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper, which reports that Peru has signed $73 million in contracts for 488 Israeli and Russian anti-tank missiles to equip its armed forces,...
by Joe Katzman | Mar 3, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, General Atomics, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
MQ-1 maintenance(click to view full) The Air Force recently awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego, CA a $168.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance under the MQ-1 Predator/ MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft System program. The MQ-9 Reaper...
