by Joe Katzman | Jun 26, 2006 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Missiles - Surface-Air, Other Equipment - Land, Support & Maintenance, USA
Avenger System (click to view full) Boeing Co. in Huntsville, AL received a $30 million firm-fixed-price contract for engineering services for the Avenger fire units. The Avenger is a Hummer-mounted system that combines Stinger missiles with .50 cal machine guns for...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 26, 2006 | Avionics, Contracts - Modifications, Forces - Special Ops, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, USA
CAAS cockpit for H-47s(click to view full) Honeywell Inc. Defense and Space Electronic Systems in Clearwater, FL received a $5.2 million firm-fixed-price contract modification, exercising an option to purchase 66 embedded global positioning system/ inertial navigation...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 23, 2006 | Field Innovations, Projections & Assessments, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - RAND Corp., Transformation, USA
(click to view full) RAND’s National Defense Research Institute does a lot of work for the US military and defense intelligence communities under joint contract DASW01-01-C-0004. One recent piece addresses the future of America’s carrier fleet, whose size...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 23, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Soldier's Gear, Transformation
Modern technology gives soldiers many capabilities considered unthinkable 50 years ago, from ubiquitous night vision, to laser sighting that dramatically improves marksmanship, to GPS devices that make it possible for soldiers to know where they are at all times, and...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 23, 2006 | Helicopters & Rotary, RFPs, Turkey
S-70 Seahawk Back in May 2005, DID looked at Turkey’s launch of a $700 million helicopter competition to provide 32 military utility helicopters and 20 fire fighting helicopters. Last week, the Turkish Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM) extended the...
