by Joe Katzman | Feb 12, 2008 | Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA, WMD Proliferation
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir, VA leads US Department of Defense efforts to stop the global spread, transfer, and usage of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Recently, they issued a $6.1 million contract to...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2008 | Budgets, Coastal & Littoral, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
LCS-1, Pre-launch(click to view full) Back on July 24/07, in a statement to Congress, the Congressional Budget Office had this to say [PDF] about the Littoral Combat Ship program: “The first FFG-7, including its combat systems, cost a total of about $650 million...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 11, 2008 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Legal, USA
CH-47F, Ft. Irwin(click to view full) On February 1/08, the Pentagon’s DefenseLINK announced “a large firm-fixed price contract [for 10] CH-47F new build production helicopters.” This new variant of the CH-47 Chinook incorporates a slew of...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 10, 2008 | Airbus, Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Domestic Security, Europe - Other, Guns - 60+ mm direct, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Signals Radio & Wireless, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport
Anibal Spain’s armed forces have recently placed a wide range of orders for vehicles, radios, ammunition, and other supplies and services, which are worth about EUR 250 million (currently $363 million) taken together. Items include: Note that all linked...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 10, 2008 | Africa - Other, Ammunition, Germany, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Shells & Mortar Rounds
G6 SP Howitzer(click to view full) In September 2005, “South Africa’s Denel Forced Into Strategic Shift” examined the changed business landscape for the firm, which was suffering from the collapse of its domestic arms market as a source of guaranteed...
