by Joe Katzman | Jul 24, 2008 | Coastal & Littoral, Engines & Propulsion - Naval, Forces - Special Ops, Support & Maintenance, USA
Mk.V launches ScanEagle(click to view full) Western Branch Diesel, Inc. in Portsmouth, VA received a $10.2 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity requirements contract. They will perform maintenance services, engine overhaul, and repair of...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 23, 2008 | Britain/U.K., France, Industry & Trends, Partnerships & Consortia, Russia, Thales
Over at Moscow Defence Review, Sergey Denisentsev’s “Thales Group in Russia” notes that: “Few Western companies can boast of the same experience of broad and productive cooperation with Russian aerospace and defense enterprises as the Thales...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, L3 Communications, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, T&C - CSC, Transformation, USA
(click to view full) The USA’s Contract Field Teams (CFT) Program quickly deploys skilled technicians on site to accomplishes depot and organizational level inspection, maintenance, modification and repair at operational Government locations worldwide. The...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Middle East - Other
Civil AW139(click to view full) Fresh from its purchase of 2 C-17 strategic airlifters, Qatar’s Emiri Air Force signed a EUR 260 million (currently about $400 million) contract with AgustaWestland in July 2007 for 18 AW139 medium twin helicopters (formerly the...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 22, 2008 | Europe - Other, Events, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Other Corporation, Security & Secrecy, Signals Intercept, Cryptography, etc.
Think of RFID (Radio Frequency I.D.) as a bar code that can be read at a distance, instead of having to be scanned directly. RFID is becoming a pervasive feature in the American defense supply chain, and is beginning to make inroads into other markets as well. While...
