by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Corporate Innovations, Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, Materials Innovations, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Procurement Innovations, R&D - Contracted, Science - Basic Research
UK MoD Britain has made significant strides in changing its overall approach to defense acquisition over the past few years, from the proliferation of long-term support partnerships and a move toward true through-life equipment management for key military platforms to...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless
Fresh from its EUR 75 million acquisition of telecom and next-gen IP firm LANData in Sept 2006, Amper group is announcing two new contracts with the Spanish Army to supply next generation radio equipment with PR4Gv3 (aka. F@stnet). The contracts amount to EUR 10.5...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Contracts - Modifications, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, UAVs, USA
IGNAT-ER UAV(click to view full) General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. in San Diego, CA recently a received $14.5 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, covering contractor logistics support for I-GNAT unmanned aerial vehicle operations. The...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 24, 2006 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Striker ARFF in action(click to view full) Oshkosh Truck Corp. in Oshkosh, WI received the full delivery order amount of $5.4 million for its aircraft rescue and firefighting fire trucks. ARFF trucks are the ones used when something goes wrong at an airport, and...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 23, 2006 | Asia - Other, BAE, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Industry & Trends, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation, USA, UUVs & USVs
GDRS Concept The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, CA awarded General Dynamics Robotic Systems a $12.7 million contract for 4 Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for the Littoral Combat Ship’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Module. As...
