by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2006 | BAE, Delivery & Task Orders, Guns - 20-59 mm direct, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Remote Weapons Systems, USA
Mk 38 Mod 2 concept(click to view full) BAE Systems in Minneapolis, MN announced a $39 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to deliver 67 of its Mk 38 Mod 2 gun mounts to go aboard cruisers, destroyers and Landing Ship Transport Dock (LPD) ships for reliable...
by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Missiles - Air-Air, New Systems Tech, Raytheon, USA
AIM-120C from F-22A(click for missile zoom) Designation-Systems notes that AIM-120D (aka. AIM-120C-8) is a development of the F-22 optimized AIM-120C with a two-way data link, more accurate navigation, an expanded no-escape envelope, improved High-Angle Off-Boresight...
by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2006 | Airbus, Asia - Other, Design Innovations, Expeditionary Warfare, Industry & Trends, Medical, New Systems Tech, Other Equipment - Land, Power Projection
Deployed TransHospital(click to view expanded) EADS’ TransHospitals are a modular system that can clip convenient ISO Standard 20x8x8 container modules together in order to assemble field medical facilities of any size. TransHospital is just one of EADS...
by Joe Katzman | May 12, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Engineer Units, Small Business, USA
Couldn’t resist including this one. Small business qualifier Bickerstaff Brothers Inc. in Batesville, MS received a $5.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for flood control measures… in Water Valley, MS. Sounds like they have their work cut out for them....
by Joe Katzman | May 11, 2006 | Airbus, Alliances, BAE, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement
F-35 JSF(click to view full)Guest article by Endre Lunde Mixed signals have been coming from several of the embattled JSF program’s foreign partners, including Britain and Norway. In an apparent response to the Norwegian announcement that they might be...