by Joe Katzman | Apr 26, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Canada, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Raytheon, Shells & Mortar Rounds, USA
Canadian M777s(click to view full) April 25/11: Raytheon in Tucson, AZ receives an $8.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from Canada for its GPS-guided M982 Excalibur Block LA-2 155mm artillery shells. Canada has been using earlier Excalibur versions in Afghanistan,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 26, 2011 | Avionics, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Rolls Royce, Specialty Aircraft, Support & Maintenance, Training & Exercises
Latest updates: OC2 upgrades: good news, bad news? High-end Hawk(click to view full) In 2006, Great Britain signed a GBP 450 million contract to buy another 28 advanced Hawk trainers, as the first step toward a public-private partnership that would provide military...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 25, 2011 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Delivery & Task Orders, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, IT - Cyber-Security, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, USA
* USAF announces acquisition strategy to recapitalize its HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter and to replace the UH-1N fleet with the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform. * Teri Takai, DoD’s CIO since October 2010, is cautious about cloud computing and its security...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 25, 2011 | BAE, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, FOCUS Articles, General Dynamics, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Helicopters & Rotary, Policy - Procurement, Procurement Innovations, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, Trucks & Transport, USA, Warfare - Trends
Final update: article wrap-up as this fiscal period has come to an end. USMC M1A1 settles afirefight in Fallujah(click to view full) The RESET process takes used vehicles apart, inspects the parts, then replaces any defective parts and refurbishes the equipment to...
by Fred Donovan | Apr 24, 2011 | Alliances, Ammunition, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Explosives, Fuel & Power, General Dynamics, IT - General, Japan, Logistics, Pre-RFP, R&D - Contracted, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, University-related, USA
* Researchers find that helmets with 1/8 inch more foam padding would offer better protection against soldiers’ brain injuries. * DoD issues 27 contracts totaling $191 million under the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program for academic...
