by Joe Katzman | Sep 13, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Elbit Systems, Electronics - General, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, USA
M1064, Fallujah, Iraq(click to view full) M95 and M96 MFCS systems equip mechanized 120mm mortar carriers. The M95 can be found on the tracked M1064 M113 variant, and on wheeled M1129 Strykers. The M96 equips the M577 fire direction center M113 variant. Components...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 12, 2010 | Airbus, Alliances, BAE, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, Japan, Mergers & Acquisitions, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, USA
* UK-based BAE Systems is putting up to $2 billion worth of its North America commercial aerospace businesses up for sale – money the company might sink into expanding in emerging defense markets, the Wall Street Journal reports. * Come Together: Boeing’s...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 12, 2010 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Iraq, Logistics, Other Corporation, Trucks & Transport, USA
Afghan 7000 series(click to view full) In May 2008, the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command awarded Navistar Defense a multi-year $1+ billion follow-on contract to provide medium tactical trucks and spare parts to the Afghanistan National Police, Afghan...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 9, 2010 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Budgets, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Equipment - Other, Fighters & Attack, Industry & Trends, IT - Cyber-Security, L3 Communications, Leadership & People, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Ballistic, Nuclear Weapons, Policy - Personnel, Russia, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, USA
* Despite overseeing drastic cuts at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Gates is supported by many US defense industry execs, who do not want to see his early departure. * Watching the Watchdog: US Sen Grassley (R-IA) issues scathing report [PDF] charging that the DoD...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 9, 2010 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Financial & Accounting, Other Corporation, T&C - Booz Allen, T&C - CSC, USA
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded 4 contracts worth up to $1.5 billion to provide financial management services in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program. The MDA is expected to spend more $100 billion over the lifetime of the BMD program. The...
