by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
Interceptor OTV(click to enlarge) Despite some past issues with the Interceptor vests, they are overall highly valued by soldiers in the field and ESAPI is an additional improvement. Indeed, the ESAPI ceramic plates are part of a sweeping upgrade of U.S. military body...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, USA
CH-46E Sea Knight Small business qualifier ArmorWorks, LLC in Tempe, AZ won a $5.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 164 Light Weight Armor Replacement System (LWARS) kits and six interim spares for the CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, including...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Field Innovations, Field Reports, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, People, Remote Weapons Systems, Support & Maintenance
CROWS Back on August 5/05, DID covered a $68 million contract for the CROWS system of remotely-operated machine guns that could be aimed and fired from within armored HMMWVs and M1117 Guardian ASVs. The Israelis have made use of similar systems from RAFAEL in their...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Forces - Marines, Forces - Special Ops, General Dynamics, Guns - Personal Weapons, Small Business, Testing & Evaluation
M60E4 Light Machine Gun Small business qualifier U.S. Ordnance Inc. in Reno, NV received a $5.5 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract for M60E4 7.62mm light machine guns. The M60E4 represents significant reliability and user-friendly improvements over the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 22, 2005 | Budgets, Issues - Political, Russia
Russia plans another substantial increase in defense spending next year to pay for across-the-board military upgrades, development of new weapons systems and improved social benefits for defense-sector employees. DID has noted on occasion the procurement difficulties...
