by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, General Dynamics, Remote Weapons Systems, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized
Swiss Panzerjaeger(click to view larger) More than 300 Piranha-I 6×6 Panzerjagers (tank hunters) armed with TOW missiles have been in service with the Swiss Army since the beginning of the 1990s. If the design looks familiar, it’s because MOWAG’s...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 23, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, R&D - Contracted, Testing & Evaluation, University-related, USA
The Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas in Austin is being awarded a $20.3 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-01-D-6600). The money covers a 3-month extension...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 22, 2007 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, FOCUS Articles, Forces - Special Ops, General Dynamics, IT - Cyber-Security, New Systems Tech, Partnerships & Consortia, Project Successes, R&D - Contracted, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc., Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear, Thales, Transformation, USA
MBITR: Calling in…(click to view full) The AN/PRC-148 MBITR is the hand-held radio for USSOCOM, the most widely fielded multi-band portable radio in the US armed services, and is also in use by many NATO Special Forces. Special Operations Technology has...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 22, 2007 | Britain/U.K., Consulting Firms, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, USA
QinetiQ Group plc announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire the American high-tech professional services firm Analex Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, QinetiQ offers to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Analex for $3.70 per share, or an...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 22, 2007 | Africa - Other, Asia - Other, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Issues - Political, Signals Radio & Wireless, Transformation, USA
Tadiran Communications received an $20.5 million value contract modification from Israel’s Ministry of Defense for more next-generation software-definable radio communications systems. This is an add-on to a similar $19.6 million order the company received on...