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”)...
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,...
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...
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...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 6, 2006 | FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Official Reports, Policy - Doctrine, Policy - Procurement, Think Tanks, Top Stories, Transformation, USA
As of Friday, February 3, 2006, the USA’s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review has been released. As Title 10, Section 118 stipulates, the QDR’s Congressional mandate is: The Secretary of Defense shall every four years… conduct a comprehensive examination...