by Joe Katzman | Nov 29, 2010 | Bases & Infrastructure, Contracts - Awards, Small Business, Support Functions - Other, USA
White Sands Missile Range(click to view full) New Mexico Technology Group, LLC in El Paso, TX recently won a 6-year, $84.4 million cost-plus-award-fee contract for mission support services, to support the testing mission at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The 3,200...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 28, 2010 | Asia - Other, Britain/U.K., China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Force Structure, Forces - Land, France, Issues - Environmental, Issues - Political, IT - General, Lockheed Martin, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, Transformation, USA
* Playing the field: Only weeks after the US Congress broke the deadlock on $100 million in military aid to Lebanon, Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri visits Tehran and appeals for closer military cooperation with Iran. * Red flag: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says China is...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 28, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Other Corporation, Rockets
AT4 firing -note backblast(click to view full) Sweden’s Saab Bofors Dynamics recently announced a SEK 150 million ($18.6M/ EUR 14M) order for its AT4-CS infantry rockets. This is France’s 4th order for the unguided system, following purchases in 1996,...
by Joe Katzman | Nov 28, 2010 | Contracts - Modifications, Engines - Aircraft, Fighters & Attack, GE, USA
F-16C Block 30s(click to view full) General Electric Aviation of Cincinnati, OH received a $50.5 million contract modification which will provide newly redesigned High Pressure Compressor and High Pressure Turbine assemblies, newly redesigned Aging Engine Upgrade...
by Fred Donovan | Nov 24, 2010 | Airbus, Alliances, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, C4ISR, Daily Rapid Fire, Electronics - General, Europe - Other, Forces - Special Ops, France, Fuel & Power, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, IT - General, Missiles - Anti-Armor, Pre-RFP, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Washington crosses the Korea Strait: US sends nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) from Japan to participate in joint exercises with South Korea. * Hairy, Audacious Goal: European defense giant EADS wants to reach $10 billion in non-Airbus...
