by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Field Reports, Guns - Personal Weapons, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA
Enter sand, man?(click to view full) TACOM Rock Island Arsenal has awarded five-year indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract W52H09-05-D-0328 to Airtronic Services, Inc. in Elk Grove Village, IL for the production of Beretta M9 Pistol Magazines. The contract...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Expeditionary Warfare, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Equipment - Land, Rockets, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
M142 HIMARS(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Corp. in Grand Prairie, TX recently received a pair of different but related contracts. One was for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a cut-down, truck-mounted, C-130 transportable version of the...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2006 | Boeing, Delivery & Task Orders, Engines - Aircraft, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
SOCOM’s MH-47E Chinook The H-47 Chinook served in Vietnam, and modern versions of that aircraft are set to be the US Army’s medium-lift helicopter into the 2030s. As recent articles covering Australia’s CH-47 upgrades, and Canada’s lack of...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2006 | Asia - Other, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Transport & Utility
French AF CN-235(click to view full) Defense-Aerospace.com reports that Thailand has ordered ten CN-235 aircraft from Indonesia. Six of the planes will be operated by Thailand Ministry of Defence, while the other four will be flown by Thailand’s Ministry of...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 5, 2006 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, ECM, Israel, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Singapore
Elbit Systems Ltd. reported that its 40%-owned subsidiary, Tadiran Communications Ltd., announced yesterday that it signed an agreement valued at $55 million with “an Asian country.” Under the agreement, Tadiran will provide the customer with...
