by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
IGNAT-ER UAV(click to view full) General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. in San Diego, CA recently a received $14.5 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, covering contractor logistics support for I-GNAT unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Striker ARFF in action(click to view full) Oshkosh Truck Corp. in Oshkosh, WI received the full delivery order amount of $5.4 million for its aircraft rescue and firefighting fire trucks. ARFF trucks are the ones used when something goes wrong at an airport, and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 23, 2006 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, USA, UUVs & USVs
GDRS Concept The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, CA awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems a $12.7 million contract for 4 Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for the Littoral Combat Ship’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Module. As...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 23, 2006 | Budgets, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Forces - Special Ops, Issues - Political, Top Stories, USA
The US Department of Defense has submitted its FY 2007 budget request for $439.3 billion. This is 7% more than the FY 2006 request, but slightly less than the $441.5 billion eventually appropriated by Congress in the FY 2006 budget. Note that this is just the first...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 20, 2006 | Alliances, ECM, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Rockets, University-related, Warfare - Lessons
From the movie… NATO reports that they’ve moved a step closer to providing their helicopters with added protection from rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) thanks to the successful demonstration of prototype technology in Bulgaria. While countermeasures exist...
