by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2005 | Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica group company SELEX Sistemi Integrati has been chosen to build an automated radar surveillance system (ZSRN) for Poland’s coastal waters. The contract is worth around EUR 30 million, and will see SELEX Sistemi Integrati act as representative of a...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2005 | Contracts - Modifications, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Specialty Aircraft, USA
E-2C Hawkeye Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Bethpage, NY received a $22.6 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) to design, develop, produce and test an On-Board Oxygen Generating System for the Navy’s...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
Small business qualifier Matthews Associates Inc. in Sandford, FL received a maximum $6.2 million firm-fixed-price, definite-quantity contract for non-rechargeable batteries for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The other location of performance is...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 21, 2005 | Britain/U.K., Budgets, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Nuclear Weapons, Official Reports, Support & Maintenance
A GBP 1.05 billion ($1.83 billion) package has been finalized to ensure the continuing safe maintenance of the UK’s nuclear warheads for the rest of their intended service lives. In light of the UK’s ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 21, 2005 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, South Korea, Transformation
Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung recently reaffirmed his commitment to reform South Korea’s Army-dominated military to achieve a better balance between the Army, Navy and Air Force. South Korea has 690,000 troops, the sixth largest military in the world,...