by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Elbit Systems, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Israel, Tanks & Mechanized, Warfare - Trends
Keshef fires Cardom(click to view full) In September 2011, Elbit Systems announced a 4-year, $40 million Israeli contract for its Soltam Systems Ltd. subsidiary’s “Cardom” (Eng. “Hatchet”) 120mm mortar systems. Built around Soltam’s...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2011 | Asia - Central, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Mines & Countermine-IED, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, USA
Minehound VMR2 W.M. Robots, LLC in Colmar, PA already supplies their Vallon GmbH subsidiary’s hand-held mine detectors to the US military, and in September 2011 they added a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract from...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 20, 2011 | Asia - Other, Avionics, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, Finmeccanica, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Specialty Aircraft, Trucks & Transport, USA
* ST Kinetics announces a S$ 68 million (about $57 million) contract from Singapore’s MINDEF for its new Spider LSV wheeled scout/ special ops vehicles. Delivery will take place during 2013-14. * BAE is partnering with Northrop Grumman for the USA’s T-X...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 19, 2011 | BAE, Daily Rapid Fire, Fighters & Attack, GPS Infrastructure, Issues - Political, Satellites & Sensors, Scandals & Investigations, USA
* Did the White House lobby military officials to downplay concerns that the broadband satellite firm Lightsquared, owned by a major campaign donor, would disrupt GPS signals within its coverage? See Daily Beast article, House Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 18, 2011 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, R&D - Contracted, Support Functions - Other, USA
AH-64D Apaches(click for full view) Boeing in Mesa, AZ receives a $60 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification, which will finance efforts to improve the attack helicopters’ existing reliability rate, ease of maintenance, and...
