by Joe Katzman | Jan 6, 2009 | Asia - Central, Events, Industry & Trends, Logistics, Policy - Procurement, Security Contractor, USA, Warfare - Trends
Afghan accident(click to view full) Shortfalls in allied helicopter contributions to Afghanistan have been an issue for several years now. The USA ended up having to extend some of its Chinook fleet’s time in theater to make up the shortfall, but the longer term...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, Trucks & Transport, WMD Detection
DURO NBC Lab(click to view full) General Dynamics European Land Systems subsidiary MOWAG GmbH recently received a CHF 260 million (EUR 160M, $190M) order from the Swiss Armasuisse procurement agency. The firm will deliver 220 GMTF(Geschutztes...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 4, 2009 | DID site
While many of our readers spent time on Winter break, Defense Industry Daily continued to cover developments and contracts in the defense sector. It was a relatively busy time. Readers interested in catching up on what they missed can click on DID’s December...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 4, 2009 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M88 & M1: Need a tow?(click to view full) BAE Ground Systems Division in York, PA received a $13.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for 8 M88A2 HERCULES vehicles. Work will be performed in York, PA and is expected to be complete by Dec. 30/10. One bid was...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 4, 2009 | Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Guns - Personal Weapons, Iraq, Other Corporation, USA
M203 on M4 Carbine(click to view full) In March 2008, “Iraq’s military requested $1.39B in weapons, vehicles, and equipmentin a decisive shift to the M-16/M4 family of weapons for its soldiers. Previous DSCA purchase requests in October 2007 and September...
