Iraq To Buy Ukrainian Military Equipment Shutting Out U.S. Again

December 11, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: BNET 
Iraq signed a contract with several Ukrainian companies to provide military hardware such as tanks and transport aircraft. The deal might be...

Oshkosh Wins Another Contract

Following up on its recent MRAP-ATV and heavy truck contracts Oshkosh announced that they have been awarded another contract to build Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks and trailers. This contract is called the rebuy program. If all options are exercised over the next five years the contract could be worth up to $2.6 billion.

The initial order is for about $280 million worth of the vehicles. The rebuy seems to indicate that this contract is to begin replenishing the supply of the vehicles in the Army. The U.S. lost a great deal of vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan to IED and mines. These were of all types including tanks, armored personnel carriers and logistic support vehicles like the FMTV.

Royal Navy awards test contract

September 3, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, England, QinetiQ, S&T, SETA, development program 

The British Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy awarded QinetiQ a contract to provide test and ship design support. QinetiQ used to be the part of the British military providing test services they are contracting to get access to facilities they built and used for several decades. This fifteen year, $300 M contract will allow ship and submarine models to be tested in QinetiQ’s tanks.

See Telegraph.uk.com for more on this contract.

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