Americas Northrop Grumman won a $9 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract. This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure the necessary hardware and associated...
Training & Exercises Articles
Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)
AEGIS-BMD: CG-70 launches SM-3 (click to view full) The AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System seamlessly integrates the SPY-1 radar, the MK 41 Vertical Launching System for missiles, the SM-3 Standard missile, and the ship's command and control system, in order to...
Raytheon Tapped For Zumwalt Modernization | Iran Unveiled Bavar-373 | Spain Acquires Additional NASAMS from Kongsberg
Americas Raytheon Missiles & Defense won a $212.5 million for an option exercise of combat system engineering, miscellaneous material, and travel supporting combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization...
The USA’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Program: Dead Aim, Or Dead End?
67% of the fleet (click to view full) DID's FOCUS Article for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class "destroyer" program covers the new ships' capabilities and technologies, key controversies, associated contracts and costs, and related background resources. The ship's prime...
Flexible G/ATORs: The USMC’s Multi-Mission AESA Ground Radars
G/ATOR diorama (click to view full) The US military's long run of unquestioned air superiority has led to shortcuts in mobile land-based air defenses, and the US Marines are no exception. A December 2005 release from Sen. Schumer's office [D-NY] said that: "Current...
DoS Approved BT-67 FMS To Argentina | Lithuania To Spend $16M For Ukraine Rehabilitation | Japan Orders THeMIS
Americas Lockheed Martin won an $88.3 million Captains of Industry contract for the overhaul of B-2 digital receiver and legacy defense message system. This contract provides for overhaul, management, and material lay-in. Work will be performed at Owego, New York, and...
USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availability
All together now... (click to view full) Britain's practice of "contracting for availability" for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where older air, sea, and...
USN Gets First Two T-54As | Russia Received New Su-35s | Ghost Sharks Revealed By Anduril
Americas The US Navy marks a new chapter in multi-engine pilot training with the arrival of its first two T-54A trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Apr. 18th. The T-54A, a modified Beechcraft King Air 260 designated for the Navy, replaces the...
V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys, 2008-2021
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...