by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Eng. Control Systems, Other Corporation, Submarines, USA
Treadwell AEOG(click for details) Submarines travel underwater, but they all need oxygen. Diesel-electric submarines need it for their engines, and must surface to get it, though modern AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) systems allow moderate power cruising for weeks...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 7, 2011 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, USA
USNA plebes say: “Thanks for nothing…”(click to view full) Zodiac of North America in Stevensville, MD receives a $10.9 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for 20 – 888 of their 7-person inflatable landing...
by [email protected] | Aug 5, 2011 | Americas - Other, Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Budgets, China, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Fighters & Attack, Helicopters & Rotary, India, IT - Cyber-Security, Leadership & People, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
* Defense Secretary Leon Panetta describes the ‘sequestration’ element of the United States’ new debt-reduction law as a ‘doomsday mechanism’ that would result in a dangerous new round of defense cuts. * The UK Opposition maintains the...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2011 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, General Dynamics, Middle East - Other, Support & Maintenance, Tanks & Mechanized, USA
Latest updates: Original Pentagon release was in error, omitted key points. M88 & M1: Need a tow?(click to view full) The M88 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Life Evacuation System) tracked armored recovery vehicle is built on a unique chassis...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 4, 2011 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Helicopters & Rotary, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Anti-Armor, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Radars, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA
Before: AH-64A(click to view full) The United Arab Emirates is best known for its city of Dubai, an ultra-modern port city that has become the trading and commercial hub of the Middle East. As a May 2005 article in National Defense Magazine notes, however, it has also...
