by Joe Katzman | Apr 6, 2008 | Alliances, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Finmeccanica, Force Structure, Issues - Political, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Rumours, Surface Ships - Combat
Italian FREMM(click to view full) The Franco-Italian FREMM (FREgate Multi Mission or FREgata Multi Missione) program is designed to create an affordable and somewhat flexible naval combatant that offers good to very good performance in the 3 key fleet roles of...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 3, 2008 | Ammunition, Asia - Central, Europe - Other, Events, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, USA
AEY Betrayal?(click to view full) Reports surfaced in late March 2008 that a company with several hundred million dollars worth of contracts, acting as the main supplier of munitions to Afghanistan’s army and police forces, has been delivering substandard...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 3, 2008 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Finmeccanica, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Training & Exercises, UAVs
Mirach target(click to view full) The UK Armed Forces face a wide variety of aerial threats, with variables that include speed, stealth, and flight profiles. Attack helicopters can have a speed of zero, for instance, while some anti-ship missiles can exceed Mach 3....
by Joe Katzman | Apr 3, 2008 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
US SOUTCHCOM Hensel Phelps Construction Co. in Orlando, FL won a $91.3 million firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of a building complex to support United States Southern Command and their collaborative partners. SOUTHCOM handles US security...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 3, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, T&C - Microsoft, USA
The Defense Security Assistance Management System (and see DISAM Journal 2000 review) is a worldwide automated information system that is used for managing the USA’s multi-billion Foreign Military Sales Program. Legal restrictions concerning military technology...
