by Joe Katzman | Dec 26, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Support & Maintenance, United Technologies, USA
SH-60B fires Penguin(click to view full) The Maritime Helicopter Support Co. in Woodbridge, VA recently received a $1.409 billion firm-fixed-price, performance based logistics contract to repair US Navy Seahawk helicopters, and many of their mission systems. The firm...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 26, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, General Dynamics, Germany, Remote Weapons Systems, Trucks & Transport
Latest updates: Another 195 vehicles. Eagle IV w. RWS(click to view full) The German Bundeswehr’s GFF program plans to replace the core of its wheeled and light tracked combat vehicle fleet with entries from 4 categories: the lightweight 5.3-tonne GFF 1, the...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 22, 2010 | Asia - Central, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, India, Issues - Political, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Scandals & Investigations, Specialty Aircraft, Tanks & Mechanized, Transport & Utility, USA
* UK MoD and Home Office launch a 3-month industry consultation on defense equipment, support and technology. * President Obama is expected to sign the FY 2011 defense authorization bill after the House passed the Senate version, which stripped WWII-related payments...
by Fred Donovan | Dec 21, 2010 | Airbus, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Delivery & Task Orders, Electronics - General, Helicopters & Rotary, Issues - International, IT - Cyber-Security, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Missiles - Surface-Air, Nuclear Weapons, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Rumours, Sensors - Aquatic, Signals Radio & Wireless, United Technologies, USA, WMD Detection
* Raytheon pays hefty fee of $490 million to acquire military cybersecurity firm Applied Signal after intense bidding war. * Germany’s Wegmann Group acquires Siemens AG’s 49% stake in land vehicle leader Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW). They...
by Joe Katzman | Dec 21, 2010 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, Israel, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Radars, Sensors & Guidance, Signals Radio & Wireless, Tanks & Mechanized
Elbit concept(click to view full) Elbit Systems Ltd. recently announced a $16 million contract from the Polish Ministry of National Defense to supply a testing set of mobile multi-sensor monitoring and surveillance systems for Poland’s Rosomak, a variant of...