by Joe Katzman | Oct 9, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, Delivery & Task Orders, Explosives, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, USA, Warfare - Trends
(click to view full) The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington in Washington, DC has issued contracts for construction of facilities at Indian Head, MD related to explosives disposal and counter-IED work. NAVSEA’s Energetics Center also resides at...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 9, 2006 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Sensors - Aquatic, UUVs & USVs
Double Eagle Mk.III UUV(click to view full) Saab Underwater Systems will upgrade all of the Royal Danish Navy’s Double Eagle UUV(unmanned underwater vehicles). The order is worth more than SEK 100 million including options (about $13.7 million). The Double Eagle...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2006 | Americas - Other, Asia - Central, BAE, Field Reports, Think Tanks, Trucks & Transport, Warfare - Lessons, Warfare - Trends
USMC RG-31, IEDed in Iraq(click to view full) Canadian military think tank CASR notes that: “On 26 September 2006, a suicide bomber attacked a Canadian convoy 2km from Kandahar Airfield. The bomber detonated a explosives-laden minivan while trying to ram an...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2006 | Airbus, BAE, Mergers & Acquisitions
In April 2006, DID covered and analyzed BAE Systems’ proposed sale of its 20% stake in Airbus. BAE now confirms that it has issued a Put Option Intention Notice to EADS, a process contemplated in the Airbus Shareholders Agreement signed in 2001. Wikipedia...
by Joe Katzman | Oct 6, 2006 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Other Corporation, Sensors - Aquatic, Submarines, Thales
SSN Astute Class concept(click to view full) Thales UK has been awarded a GBP 30 million contract (about $55 million) for a major enhancement to the Trafalgar Class and new SSN Astute Class submarine sonar suites as the lead sonar provider and lead system integrator....
