Wiesel 2 from CH-53G(click to view full) Germany’s BWB (Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement) has ordered 15 more Wiesel 2 tracked armored vehicles from Rheinmetall Defence. Rheinmetall will supply the Bundeswehr with 13 field ambulances, as...
Perot Systems Corporation recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire QSS Group, Inc. in Lanham, MD for $250 million in cash. Perot Systems expects to close the acquisition during January 2007 and complete the integration later that year. The release adds that...
More on the way(click to view full) In our September 2006 article “C-17 Adds Orders on Talent, Not Luck,” DID noted that “Senator Talent [R-MO] announced that he has secured funding for a total of 10 more C-17s in the Senate-House Defense...
In October 2005, we covered a $1.5 billion share buyback plan from Northrop Grumman Corporation, representing nearly 8% of its 355 million shares outstanding. On December 14, 2006, the firm’s board of directors approved a new $1 billion share repurchase...
MOUT Training(click to view full) RQ Construction Inc. in Bonsall, CA received an $11.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a Military Operations Urban Terrain Facility at Fort Irwin, CA. Work is expected to be complete by Dec. 13, 2007. Bids solicited via the World...