Eurofighter Typhoon to begin deployment
GRAZ, Austria, June 30 (UPI) -- Austrian defense officials announced Tuesday marks the first day the new Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft will be deployed for securing Austrian airspace.Nice to support Houston emergency system
RA'ANANA, Israel, June 30 (UPI) -- Houston security authorities have contracted Nice Systems to support the Houston Emergency Center with communication technologies.U. of Texas contracts for alert system
SARASOTA, Fla., June 30 (UPI) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio has contracted Cooper Notification for wireless outdoor campus emergency notification technology.VT selects Colfax as preferred pump vendor
RICHMOND, Va., June 30 (UPI) -- British Royal Navy shipbuilder VT Shipbuilding has named Virginia-based Colfax Corp. as its preferred marine pump provider.Contracts for June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News
Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News
Outside View: Iraq realities — Part 2
By DOUGLAS MACGREGORUPI Outside View CommentatorWASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The suppression of violence and the reduction in U.S. casualties in Iraq over the past year and a half was not U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker's or U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus' accomplishment. It was achieved by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Outside View: Fighting pirates — Part 2
By ILYA KRAMNIKUPI Outside View CommentatorMOSCOW, June 30 (UPI) -- A major reason for the continuing international problem of piracy on the high seas in the 21st century is that the world's leading nations do not have a common strategy and tactics to deal with the scourge that would prevent piracy in key regions. As a result, the pirates almost always go unpunished.
Air Force executes JASSM production option
June 28, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Alabama, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force, production program
Filed under: Alabama, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force, production program
Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract by the US Air Force for production of 111 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and related services. The contract has a value of $107 M. See the press release here. The missiles will be produced at the company’s facility in Troy, AL. The JASSM has now had over a 1000 units ordered with a production goal of 4,000. For more on the system you can read Wikipedia here.
DoD buys drugs
June 28, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Express Scripts, logistics, medicine
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Express Scripts, logistics, medicine
Express Scripts corporation was awarded a one year contract with four option years to provide prescriptions to DoD members, retirees and dependents. See an article here. If the full value of the contract is executed it will be worth about $2.8 B. DoD has been moving steadily to outsource a great deal of its medical care over the last thirty years and this is a continued part of that. This is continuation of work that Express Scripts has been doing since 2004.
Contracts for June 27, 2008
June 27, 2008 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News
Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
Filed under: Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Syndicated Industry News
BAE contracted for OTV components
PHOENIX, June 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has contracted BAE Systems for the company's outer tactical vest components to protect soldiers from threats in combat zones.BAE contracted for OTV components
PHOENIX, June 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has contracted BAE Systems for the company's outer tactical vest components to protect soldiers from threats in combat zones.BAE awards long-term deal to AxleTech
TROY, Mich., June 27 (UPI) -- Michigan-based AxleTech International has been contracted to supply BAE Systems with axle technologies for use on mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.BAE awards long-term deal to AxleTech
TROY, Mich., June 27 (UPI) -- Michigan-based AxleTech International has been contracted to supply BAE Systems with axle technologies for use on mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.Air Force contracts for 3-D maintenance
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted XeDAR Corp. to develop an interactive three-dimensional maintenance training program.Outside View: Iraq realities — Part 1
By DOUGLAS MACGREGORUPI Outside View CommentatorWASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- In his famous work "The Peloponnesian Wars," written more than 2,000 years ago, the classical Greek historian Thucydides argued that states go to war for one or all of three reasons. States fight against threats. States fight for profit. Or, states fight for honor.
DSS contracts SAIC for sustainment support
MCLEAN, Va., June 27 (UPI) -- Science Applications International Corp. has been contracted to support the U.S. Defense Security Service with sustainment and operational services.3-D version of Raytheon’s TDF released
TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 27 (UPI) -- Massachusetts-based Raytheon has launched its tactical display framework military situational awareness technology with a three-dimensional extension.Outside View: Fighting pirates — Part 1
By ILYA KRAMNIKUPI Outside View CommentatorMOSCOW, June 27 (UPI) -- An international squadron of warships armed with state-of-the-art weapons and electronic detection equipment is essential to effectively fight the modern scourge of piracy on the high seas.
BMD Focus: Sarkozy’s vision — Part 2
By MARTIN SIEFFUPI Senior News AnalystWASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to reverse more than 40 years of French skepticism and suspicion of U.S. defense policies and develop a more ambitious and comprehensive BMD system than any major European nation has ever dreamed of: The odds against him appear daunting, but he has a lot going for him too.
BAE grows in the US
June 27, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Acquisitions, Arizona, BAE Systems, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Federal Budget Process, Military Aviation, development program, logistics, production program
Filed under: Acquisitions, Arizona, BAE Systems, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Federal Budget Process, Military Aviation, development program, logistics, production program
This article discusses the effect BAE has had on Phoenix, AZ. It also illustrates how the non-US company has grown through the acquisitions of US companies and has gained more and more US defene business. In Phoenix alone the number of BAE employees has tripled in the last five years or so, and the company has been buying facilities and companies. The article also shows how some in Congress feel a British company is better than a joint German and French, making it easier for BAE to continue to gain work in the US.
BioNeutral selects military sales director
NEWARK, N.J., June 26 (UPI) -- New Jersey-based chemical technology developer BioNeutral has announced the appointment of a director of sales for government and military markets.Army contracts for M795 projectile parts
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to provide M795 projectile metal parts for use in active combat.DuPont, SFC partner on wearable power tech
BRUNNTHAL, Germany, June 26 (UPI) -- DuPont and Germany-based SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG have partnered to deploy a fuel cell technology for the U.S. Army.Team to develop automated weapons assembly
WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- Canadian company Braintech Inc. has joined BAE Systems, PaR Systems and Carnegie Mellon University to develop an automated weapons assembly project.
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