by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2006 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, USA, WMD Detection
ScanEagle BCAS(click for alternate view) Boeing Phantom Works and a team of U.S. bio-defense companies have been given a two-year $8.2 million Phase I contract to modify the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to look for biological warfare agents as...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 8, 2006 | Financial & Accounting, Legal, United Technologies, USA
United Technologies Corp., whose subsidiaries include Sikorsky and Pratt & Whitney, has entered into a $283 million settlement of government contract accounting matters with the U.S. Department of Defense. The agreement ends litigation over Pratt &...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | BAE, Budgets, Europe - Other, Force Structure, Guest Articles, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Thales
F312 KNM Otto Svedrup(click to view full) Guest Article by Endre Lunde On June 1st, The Norwegian navy sailed its newest acquisition, the KNM Fridtjof Nansen, into the heart of Oslo. The stealthy 5,100 tonne Spanish-built frigate marks the beginning of its class,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Events, Forces - Space, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Japan, Legal, Outer Space, Satellites & Sensors
Not yet. Japan is finding itself hemmed in these days by increasingly hostile and dangerous neighbours. Whether the issue is the unstable Kim Jong-Il of North Korea with his drive for nuclear weapons and penchant for launching missile tests that travel over Japan, or...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2006 | Asia - Other, Boeing, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Intent, Issues - International, Missiles - Anti-Ship, Missiles - Precision Attack, Specialty Aircraft, USA
AGM-84 Harpoon launch(click to view full) The Defense Security Cooperation Agency informed Congress of a request from Pakistan for 50 UGM-84L (submarine-launched), 50 RGM-84L (surface-launched), and 30 AGM-84L (air-launched) Block II Harpoon missiles; 5 Encapsulated...
