$150M to Lockheed’s Team for Ship Combat Systems Training

by Joe Katzman | Jul 21, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, IT - General, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Combat, T&C - CSC, Training & Exercises, USA

A team led by Lockheed Martin was awarded a $150 million US Navy Seaport-e task order to provide training support to Sailors across the full spectrum of surface ship combat systems. Training will encompass the AEGIS Combat System, Ship Self Defense System, Littoral...

Israel Discovering Transformation’s Limits?

by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Israel, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Ballistic, Rockets, Transformation

Hezbollah/Iran’s rockets DefenseTech brings us reports that American and Israeli intelligence seriously underestimated the amount and quality of weapons Hezbollah’s state sponsors have managed to smuggle to them, including advanced anti-ship missiles and...

LITENING for UK’s Eurofighters

by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Israel, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance

Eurofighters w. LITENING(click for full picture) Ultra Electronics Holdings announces that its Sonar & Communication Systems business, based in Greenford, Middlesex, has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defense to supply and support LITENING III variant...

Russia Commits to Multi-Year Buy of 67 Mi-28 Attack Helicopters

by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Force Structure, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Russia

Mi-28NE If the latest Russian order for 67 helicopters holds up, it could be the lifeline that Rostvertol’s Mi-28N attack helicopter has waited a decade for. The Mi-28A “Havoc” first appeared at the Paris Air Show in 1989, but was never produced in...

Hybrid-Drive SEP Vehicles Receive Votes of Confidence from Sweden, BAE

by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Tanks & Mechanized

SEP: tracked, or wheeled(click to view full) The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has placed a development order valued at around 500 million Swedish Kronor ($68.8 million equivalent) for SEP hybrid drive armored vehicles from BAE Systems Hagglunds. Final...