by [email protected] | Jun 6, 2011 | Aircraft, Americas - Other, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Corporation, Daily Rapid Fire, Elbit Systems, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, Israel, MBDA, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle East - Other, Naval Equipment, Other Corporation, Rockets, Russia, Soldier's Gear, UAVs, USA
* Elbit Systems wins contract to supply an unnamed Latin American country with its Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract also includes complementing ground control stations, payload systems and radars. Previous reports peg Chile as the customer for...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2011 | Asia - Other, BAE, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Intent, Issues - Political, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Policy - Procurement, Support Functions - Other, Tanks & Mechanized, Thales, USA
FNSS’ Pars 8×8(click to view full) In April 2010, Britain’s BAE Systems Plc and Turkey’s Nurol Holding AS reportedly signed a letter of intent worth up to $500 million, to help supply about 250 armored vehicles to the Malaysian government...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2011 | Africa - Other, Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Industry & Trends, Middle East - Other, Raytheon, USA
350-ISR layout(click to view full) June 1 /11: Raytheon Co. in McKinney, TX receives a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract award to buy 2 used commercial Beechcraft airliners, then refurbish the airframes, add special mission equipment and components, and cover...
by Joe Katzman | Jun 5, 2011 | Contracts - Awards, Delivery & Task Orders, Environmental, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, USA
(click to visit) Defense purchase coverage often focuses on weapons, but in FY 2010, weapon procurement is actually only 20.1% of the Pentagon’s budget. By comparison, “Operations and Maintenance” took up 34.7%. That $180+ billion total includes a...
by [email protected] | Jun 5, 2011 | Aircraft, Americas - Other, Asia - Other, Bases & Infrastructure, Boeing, Clothing, Daily Rapid Fire, Design Innovations, Field Innovations, Fighters & Attack, Forces - Air, Forces - Land, India, Materials Innovations, Power Projection, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, Specialty Aircraft, Think Tanks, USA
* A new report [PDF] from the unaligned CSBA think tank states that “the growth and proliferation of anti-access/area-denial capabilities, together with short-range guided munitions, have the potential to bring the era of the aircraft carrier to an end, obviate...
