Israel, India to Cooperate on Long-Range Barak Naval SAM

by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, India, Israel, Issues - Political, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Project Failures, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted

Barak Components(click to view full) In December 2005, DID discussed a number of India’s indigenous missile projects, and the fact that over their 20+ year development histories, the country had frequently needed to buy substitutes abroad. The exception was the...

EDO’s AVEL Missile Ejection System: Extending the Raptor’s Claws

by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Design Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Project Successes, Simulation & Training, USA

F-22, showing us his(click to view full) EDO Corporation has been awarded a not-to-exceed, $17.2 million contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for continued production of its LAU-142/A AMRAAM Vertical Ejection Launcher (AVEL, pron. “ayy-vell”)...

$271M for MH-60S Knight Hawk Helicopters

by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Helicopters & Rotary, United Technologies, USA

MH-60S(click to view full) Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $271.4 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Knight Hawk Helicopters (MH-60S). The MH-60S Knight Hawk is one of the US Navy’s new multi-role helicopter variants,...

$34.7M to Prepare for USS Toledo Maintenance

by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Northrop-Grumman, Submarines, Support & Maintenance, USA

USS Toledo w. SH-60(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Newport News Corporation in Newport News, VA received a $34.7 million fixed-price incentive delivery order under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract N00024-04-D-4409. The order...

Czech APCs to Carry RAFAEL’s RCWS-30

by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Israel, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Remote Weapons Systems, Sensors & Guidance, Tanks & Mechanized

Pandur II w. RCWS-30(click to view full) During DID’s coverage of the Steyr Pandur II’s $1 billion contract win in The Czech Republic, DID noticed and described RAFAEL’s RCWS-30 as the weapons system mounted on top of Steyr’s press release...