by Joe Katzman | Jul 2, 2007 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, Partnerships & Consortia, Protective Systems - Naval, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, USA
RIM-162 ESSM launch(click to view full) Raytheon Company in Tucson, AZ received a $223 million firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5431) to procure 294 Evolved SEASPARROW Missiles (RIM-162 ESSM), 68 shipping containers, and spares...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 2, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, DID site
The A-10 isn’t the only platform these days these days maintaining its outer appearance while receiving significant upgrades underneath. DID returns this Monday with the same look, but a completely new back-end system. The site appears to be working smoothly in...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 29, 2007 | Delivery & Task Orders, General Dynamics, Small Business, Trucks & Transport, USA
Iraq: US Cougar 6×6,Polish M1114 HMMWV,Iraqi police van(click to view full) Small business qualifier Force Protection Industries, Inc. in Ladson, SC has received a $221.7 million firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 under previously awarded contract...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2007 | Budgets, France, Issues - Political, Surface Ships - Combat
Still sailing?(click to view full) French President Nikolas Sarkozy spent time with aerospace & defense industry leaders at the Paris Air Show on June 23rd. The speech took place a week after recent Parliamentary elections that featured a center-right majority,...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 28, 2007 | Asstd. Support Equipment, Britain/U.K., Consulting Firms, Contracts - Awards, Corporate Innovations, Events, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Project Successes, Transformation
DE&S HQ(click to view full) As anyone who has ever dealt with them knows, national defense organizations aren’t exactly paperless. Over in Britain, Ministry of Defense officials in Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) realized that several MoD...
