Damaged Bushmaster(click to view full) Politicians are often very happy to commit to the press conferences and international benefits that come from international military deployments, but paying for the real cost is another matter. Equipment used on the front lines...
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Sharpen Yourself: Communicating Clearly – the BTA Example
Plain English? If you work in the defense industry, communication is part of your job. It's necessary within project teams. It's often the difference between success and failure, when you need to explain your job or your project to upper management. Its importance...
TRAX Wins Major Yuma Test Range Support Contract
JPADS 10k test, Yuma(click to view full) TRAX International Corp. in La Vegas, NV received a $222.4 million cost plus award fee contract for test and evaluation services in support of military weapons and equipment test and evaluation at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ and...
Canada Orders P-3 ASLEP Kits
CP-140 Aurora(click to view full) On Nov 18/08, the Government of Canada awarded a USD$ 156 million contract to Lockheed Martin for 10 structural life extension wing kits. Each kit includes all-new outer wings, center wing lower surface assemblies, horizontal...
Australia Insourcing Flare and Chaff Production
RAAF C-130J-30, flares(click to view full) Australia's Department of Defence has entered into a long-term agreement with Chemring Australia Pty Ltd to manufacture "pyrotechnics and air-expendable stores such as flares and chaff, deployed from military aircraft" at its...
Brazil to Sell MAR-1 SEAD Missiles to Pakistan
"Anti-radiation missiles" are designed to find, home in on, and destroy enemy air defense radars; they are often carried by specialist aircraft that accompany air strikes to perform the SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) mission. In December 2008, Brazil's...
Canada Sending Armed Bell 412s to Afghanistan
CH-146 w. (old) AN/AAQ-501(click to view full) In December 2005, "Canada Purchases $200M in Equipment for Operation ARCHER in Afghanistan" noted the issues created by Canada's complete lack of integrated in-theater battlefield helicopter support. Events since that...
UK MoD Defends Its Snatch Land Rovers
Snatch Vixen(click to view full) "UK SAS Commander Quits, Citing Inadequate Equipment" placed the UK's Snatch Land Rovers at the center of a series of controversies and senior resignations over the vehicle's lack of protection. To date, 37 British troops have been...
$33.9M to Recertify 165 Tomahawk Missiles
UGM-109 launch Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ received a $33.9 million order against a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0001) for full recertification of up to 165 All-Up-Round (AUR) Tomahawk...