Defense Industry Daily

While many of our readers spent time on Winter break, Defense Industry Daily continued to cover developments and contracts in the defense sector. It was a relatively busy time. Readers interested in...

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THAAD on HEMTT (click to view full) With its bridge buy of FMTV medium trucks in place and the re-compete proceeding, and initial awards for the potential JLTV Hummer replacement designs underway,...

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RQ-7 Shadow (click to view full) In 2007, US Army RQ-7 Shadow battalion-level UAVs saw their use increase to up 8,000 flight hours per month in Iraq, a total that compares well to the famous MQ-1...

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GMD missile launch (click to view full) Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in Huntsville, AL received a $397.9 million not-to-exceed award under a cost plus award fee, cost plus fixed fee contract...

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OH-58D over Tal Afar (click to view full) With the ARH-70A helicopter program on the rocks after a program cancellation and re-compete, the US Army’s over-stressed and aging fleet of armed...

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M88 & M1: Need a tow? (click to view full) BAE Ground Systems Division in York, PA received a $13.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for 8 M88A2 HERCULES vehicles. Work will be performed in...

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SU-33s: folded, landing (click to view full) Near the end of October 2006, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper revealed that Russian state-run weapon exporter Rosoboronexport is completing...

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M203 on M4 Carbine (click to view full) In March 2008, “Iraq’s Military Requesting $1.39B in Weapons, Vehicles, and Equipment” discussed that country’s decisive shift to the...

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Giuseppe Ceracchi: “Minerva as the Patroness of American Liberty” (click to view full) In this day and age, more people associate “Minerva” with a strict teacher at a...

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T-50 Golden Eagle (click to view full) Korea’s defense industry is advancing on all fronts these days. On the armored vehicle front, vehicles like the XK2 tank and K9/K10 self propelled...

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CH-148 Cyclone (click to view full) Canada’s Maritime Helicopter Replacement Program has been a textbook military procurement program over its long history. Unfortunately, it has been a...

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USCG CN-235 (click to view full) The Korean Times reports that South Korea is looking to improve its Coast Guard, which currently consists of 15 helicopters and just one patrol plane. To that end, a...

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Used to be ours… (click to view full) Back in 1991, Canada’s Mulroney government sold the country’s CH-47 Chinook medium-lift helicopter fleet to the Dutch. They cost a lot to...

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CC-115, BC coast (click to view full) The USA isn’t the only country whose SAR aircraft program is having a hard go of it lately. In 2004, Canada announced a program to replace its aging DHC-5...

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P-8A Poseidon (click to view full) Many people would contend that the P-3 Orion is the greatest maritime patrol aircraft ever flown. These aircraft entered service in 1959 and will continue to serve...

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EMALS Components (click to view full) As the US Navy continues to build its new CVN-21 Gerald R. Ford Class carrier [CVN 78], few technologies are as important to their success as the...

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SSBN Vanguard Class (click to view larger) Dec 23/08: General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, CT receives a $75.6 million sole-source, cost plus fixed fee contract to perform concept...

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The entire fleet (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. The prime missions of the new DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class destroyer...

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This DID series looks at the TSAT programs, its challenges, and the potential futures of U.S. military communications. Sections will be added each publishing day until the feature is complete....

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EA-6B Prowler (click to view full) With the retirement of the US Air Force’s long-range EF-111 Raven “Spark ‘Vark,” the aging 4-seat EA-6B Prowlers are now the USA’s...

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