by Fred Donovan | Sep 14, 2011 | Boeing, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, Forces - Land, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, People, R&D - Contracted, Robots, Soldier's Gear, T&C - SAIC, Trucks & Transport, UAVs, USA
Latest updates: With SUGV pending wind-down, early materials order for SUGV sets 2-3. BCTM B-Kit in Hummer(click to view full) Concerns about cost overruns, vehicle design, and contract structure prompted the Pentagon to cancel the US Army’s Future Combat System...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 14, 2011 | C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, USA
In September 2011, PAR Government Systems Corp. in Rome, NY received a $42.5 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. One of the firm’s specialties is software related to video, geospatial information systems, and surveillance, and this award is...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 14, 2011 | Britain/U.K., Daily Rapid Fire, Europe - Other, France, Memoriam, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, Simulation & Training, Surface Ships - Other, USA
* KMW introduces a new variant of their blast-resistant Dingo vehicle. The Dingo-2 Heavy Duty increases payload carriage to 3 tonnes. * Immersive simulation: not just for fighter pilots any more. Quantum 3D and Intelligent Decisions partner [PDF] to provide the US...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 13, 2011 | Americas - Other, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Environmental, France, Fuel & Power, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Surface Ships - Combat, Trucks & Transport
* James Hasik looks at future options for the American super-carrier fleet, and delivers a preliminary cost analysis for various scenarios – including a scenario that involves halting the new CVN-21s after the 2nd-of-class CVN 79, mothballing 2 existing Nimitz...
by Joe Katzman | Sep 12, 2011 | Avionics, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Force Structure, Other Corporation
SPRP MiG-29(click to view full) As former Warsaw Pact neighbors like Bulgaria grapple with affordable solutions to their aged fighter fleets, Poland is choosing to modernize half of its MiG-29 interceptor fleet, which serves alongside 48 F-16C/D Block 52 fighters as...
