by Joe Katzman | Oct 13, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, USA
M119 howitzer, Iraq(click to view full) Small business qualifier HRU Inc. in Lansing, MI received the full delivery order amount of $25 million on a firm-fixed-price contract for engineering and manufacturing support services in support of the 105mm M119 towed field...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, USA
TOW Launch(click to view full) Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ adds more depth to a September 20, 2006 DefenseLINK release, noting that the $18.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for “TOW 2B Aero and TOW 2B Aero Gen 2 Missiles” is actually part of...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 12, 2006 | C4ISR, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), Industry & Trends, Interoperability, New Systems Tech, Soldier's Gear, Transformation
The global trend toward “future soldier” infantry ensembles has swept many countries up in its wake, but issues remain. National Defense Magazine examines some of them in a recent article, and the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency has added a...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2006 | Budgets, Europe - Other, Issues - Political
Norway’s government has proposed a defence budget for 2007 amounting to NOK 31 billion (about $4.65 billion), with increases in a number of areas. DID has covered their upcoming choice of a new fighter, the new hybrid-power patrol vessels being introduced, and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 11, 2006 | Americas - Other, Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
M1126 Stryker ICV(click to view full) General Dynamics announced that the U.S. Army has placed its FY 2006 order for 306 Stryker wheeled combat vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems. The order is valued at $463.9 million, and is an extension of a November 2000...
