by Joe Katzman | Feb 8, 2017 | Brazil, Contracts - Intent, Missiles - Surface-Air, Rosoboronexport, Russia
Pantsir-S1(click to view full) Brazil needs to upgrade its ground-based air defenses, and has chosen Russian equipment to do so. Protecting the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is very much on Brazil’s mind, and so is improving anti-aircraft defenses beyond the...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2017 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Northrop-Grumman, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
Task Force One, 1964(click to view full) Enterprise redelivered to US Navy. (April 19/10) USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is currently mired in an Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA). The cost has shot...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2017 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Issues - Political, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Remote Weapons Systems, Spotlight articles, Tanks & Mechanized
Pandur II w. RCWS-30(click to view full) In January 2006, the Czech Republic selected General Dynamics’ European Land Combat Systems subsidiary Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH of Austria to supply its army with 199 new eight-wheeled Pandur II armored...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 6, 2017 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Finmeccanica, Helicopters & Rotary, Sensors & Guidance, USA
OH-58D over Tal Afar(click to view full) With the ARH-70A helicopter program on the rocks after a program cancellation and re-compete, the US Army’s over-stressed and aging fleet of armed OH-58D scout helicopters must soldier on in the face of losses and...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 20, 2017 | Avionics, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, IT - Software & Integration, New Systems Tech, Radars, Raytheon, Thales
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) received $120 million in contracts from the Swiss defense procurement agency, ARMASUISSE, to provide the Swiss Air Force with advanced Link-16 connectivity for their fighter aircraft. The funding represents a continuation of work by TRS on...
