by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Surface Ships - Other
The Dewayne T. Williams(click to view full) The US Military Sealift Command in Washington, DC has just spent $210 million to purchase 3 maritime prepositioning ships from Braintree Maritime Corp. in Quincy, MA. These Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) ships have been...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Ammunition, BAE, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, India, Issues - Political, Other Corporation, RFPs, Scandals & Investigations, Testing & Evaluation
Bofors’ FH-77B05 Archer DID has covered India’s $2 billion competition for 400 towable 155mm howitzers, which India hopes will outrange Pakistan’s M109A2 and M109A5 self-propelled guns. South African competitor Denel has been blacklisted from Indian...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Europe - Other, Issues - International, Legal, Specialty Aircraft, Transport & Utility, USA
CN-235 & larger C-295(click to view full) Recently, DID articles have reported on the USA’s move to block a proposed $100 million Israeli update of Venezuela’s American-bought F-16s, and also on a $2 billion Spanish sale to Venezuela of 12...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 19, 2006 | Contracts - Awards, Middle East - Other, Security & Secrecy, Security Contractor, Support Functions - Other, USA
EOD Technology Inc. in Lenoir City, TN received a $5.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for Internal Security Operations at Victory Base Complex, Iraq. the contract will expire on Aug. 27, 2006. Bids were solicited via the World Wide Web on Nov. 20, 2005, and seven...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2006 | Australia & S. Pacific, Design Innovations, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Private, Radars, Signals Radio & Wireless, University-related, USA
AN/APG-77 Test In yesterday’s issue, DID covered a request from Australia’s military for information re: combat ID and forward air controller equipment, in preparation for a procurement initiative in that area. Seems only fair that the sharing should go...
