by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Airbus, Boeing, FOCUS Articles, Issues - Political, Lobbying, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Power Projection, Pre-RFP, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
KC-135 over Mt. Rushmore(click to view full) It has been a long road for the USA’s aerial tanker replacement competition. After the Darlene Druyun scandal and the linked but separate withdrawal of Boeing’s KC-767 lease proposal, the USA continues to...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Boeing, Contracts - Modifications, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
ScanEagle returns(click to view full) Boeing contractor support personnel like the one pictured above have been involved in front-line support for their ScanEagle UAVs for some time now, and those UAVs have proven useful in campaigns like Fallujah and al-Anbar,...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 20, 2006 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Japan, Missiles - Surface-Air, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Launch(click to view full) Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems in Portsmouth, RI received a $13 million firm-fixed-price contract for the fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery of 52 MK 20 MOD 1 canisters on behalf of the Governments of Japan...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 19, 2006 | Britain/U.K., C4ISR, ECM, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., USA
L-3 Communications has completed the acquisition of British firm TRL Electronics plc. On May 18, 2006, the two firms announced agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by L-3 agents Lehman Brothers of GBP 3.60 (US $6.78) in cash per share, which valued the...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 19, 2006 | Ammunition, Contracts - Modifications, Guns - 60+ mm direct, Other Corporation, Tanks & Mechanized, Training & Exercises, USA
M1A1, making tracks(click to view full) Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) in Plymouth, MN received a $17.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M1002 120mm cartridges. The M1002 TPCSDS-T 120mm Cartridge is a Training Cartridges for the tactical M830A1...
