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...
by [email protected] | Aug 4, 2011 | Africa - Other, Airbus, Ammunition, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporate Financials, Daily Rapid Fire, DCNS, Europe - Other, European Union (EU), France, Helicopters & Rotary, Industry & Trends, Israel, Leadership & People, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Projections & Assessments, Rumours, Russia, Transport & Utility, USA
* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responds to the debt ceiling agreement by declaring that the Department of Defense’s spending choices must be based on sound strategy and policy and not result in the weakening of national security. * The deputy chief of...