by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 10, 2004 | Contracts - Awards, Land Equipment, Logistics, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Bloomberg: Armor Holdings Could Boost Humvee Armor Output 22% Contractors that sell armor to the Pentagon to reinforce its vehicles in Iraq say that they are able to increase their production almost immediately, if asked. In answering a question from a soldier in...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 9, 2004 | China, European Union (EU), Issues - International, Lobbying
Financial Times: EU stalls over lifting China arms embargo Gerhard Schröder visitedChina last weekAlthough French and German officials have gone on the record as strongly supporting the lifting of an E.U. arms embargo on China, a meeting yesterday with Chinese prime...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 9, 2004 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat
CNW: Raytheon Awarded $44.6 Million Contract to Upgrade Canada’s Naval Phalanx Radar and Gun System Canada exercised its option to engage Raytheon Canada to repair, overhaul and upgrade its 16 Phalanx Close in Weapon Systems (CIWS). The contract lasts to 2009...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 9, 2004 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Naval Equipment, Surface Ships - Combat
NineMSN: Govt commits $65m to win naval contracts The West Australian government brokered a deal with its South Australian equivalent in which the regions will push for shipyards in the West district to win an upcoming $2 billion dollar contract for amphibious vessels...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 9, 2004 | Contracts - Awards, Intelligence & PsyOps, Land Equipment
AP: Flir Gets $75 Million Defense Contract Flir imageInfrared imaging device maker Flir Systems said it received a Defense Department contract for its 9-inch stabilized electro-optical surveillance system. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract could...