by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2009 | Design Innovations, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Surface-Air, USA
F-15C launches AMRAAM(click to view full) Flight International reports that Lockheed is proposing a $137 million program to adapt its Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missiles for use on the USAF’s F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters. The missiles would reportedly...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 13, 2009 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Testing & Evaluation, USA, UUVs & USVs
(click to view larger) Work is beginning on a $9.9 million Unmanned Anti-Submarine Warfare Support Facility, which will be located at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport. A World War II era building, originally built as a steam plant on the...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2009 | Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Force Structure, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Policy - Procurement
Springer, pre-conversion(click to view full) The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) recent awarded Enhanced Protection Systems Ltd. (EPS) in Derbyshire a GBP 7 million ($10.3 million equivalent) contract for about 75 of their Springer vehicles. That works out to about GBP...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2009 | Contracts - Awards, Forces - Special Ops, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Mule 3010 4×4(click to view full) UV Country Inc., of Houston, TX received a maximum $28.4 million firm-fixed-price, 5-year indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for 1,625 Light Tactical All-Terrain Vehicles – an average of about $17,500 per...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 8, 2009 | Budgets, Contracts - Modifications, General Dynamics, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
USS Stockdale(click to view full) On April 6/09, in his FY 2010 budget preview, American defense secretary Robert M. Gates said that: “…in this request, we will include funds to complete the buy of two navy destroyers in FY10. These plans depend on being...
