by Joe Katzman | Jun 7, 2007 | Asia - Other, Design Innovations, Domestic Security, Industry & Trends, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Remote Weapons Systems, Transformation, Warfare - Trends
Golan w. Samson Jr. RWS(click to view full) Remotely-operated Weapons Systems (RWS) like Recon/Optical’s CROWS, Kongsberg’s Protector, Thales’ SWARM, BAE’s LEMUR, and larger versions like RAFAEL’s RCWS-30 and Elbit’s ORCWS have...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Fuel & Power, Other Corporation
CH-124 & FFH:HMCS St Johns(click to view full) Back in 1994, Canadian Forces Base Shearwater was downsized and most of its tenants moved to nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia on Canada’s east cost. The base, which had been active since 1918 and supported the RCAF...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 6, 2007 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Design Innovations, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
CVN 77, Aug 2005(click to view full) W.F. Magann Corp. in Portsmouth, VA won a $23.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for dry dock modernization at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for an extension to Dry Dock #8 to “service the new...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2007 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Thales, Trucks & Transport
Iraq, 2005(click to view full) The Australian government has ordered another 143 Bushmaster mine-resistant vehicles under the existing LAND 116 Bushranger contract, adding to its existing force of 300. The A$ 99 million order (about $82.5 million) covers 5 variants...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2007 | Australia & S. Pacific, China, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, USA
On May 24/07, Australia’s Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Mr Peter Lindsay MP signed a statement reaffirming the importance of the Australian Department of Defence’s 2000 Enterprise License Agreement and relationship with Microsoft...
