International
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Business/Financial
CBP Issues Requirements For Container Security Devices
Customs and Border Protection this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for existing Conveyance Security Devices (CSDs) mounted inside cargo containers to meet requirements that appear less robust than […]
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International
DoD Announces Winning Foreign And Innovative Domestic Concepts For FY ’08
An enhanced bomb rack for the F-16 fighter aircraft, new three-dimensional displays for visualization of the battlespace, and a more sensitive biological agent sensor are among the 29 promising domestic […]
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Business/Financial
United Kingdom Requests 170 MRAP Vehicles
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Dec. 17 notified Congress of a possible $147 million Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles as […]
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Business/Financial
DoD Report Finds Little Reliance On Foreign Sources of Supply
The Pentagon continues to award the overwhelming preponderance of its prime contracts, both in percentage and dollar terms, to domestic contractors, according to the latest report on the subject by […]
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International
Japanese Aegis Destroyer Wins Test By Killing Target Missile With SM-3 Interceptor
The Japanese destroyer Kongo this week employed its Aegis weapon control system to guide a Standard Missile-3 to destroy a U.S. target missile. It was the first time that an […]
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Homeland Security
Singapore Signed Up Under U.S. Secure Freight Initiative
The United States and Singapore have agreed to cooperate on the Secure Freight Initiative, which is a Department of Homeland Security led effort at select foreign ports to scan U.S.-bound […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin To Provide AN/TPS-77 Radar To Latvia
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it received a contract valued at $44 million from the Latvian National Armed Forces for two long-range AN/TPS-77 transportable air surveillance radar systems and options […]
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Business/Financial
Morocco Spending $2.6 Billion For Aircraft, Equipment
Morocco is looking to spend upward of $2.4 billion for 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). […]
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Business/Financial
Switzerland To Spend $535 Million On F/A-18C/D Upgrades
Switzerland is looking to spend $535 million for the sale of "Upgrade 25 Program" equipment to enhance survivability and communications connectivity and to extend the useful life of 33 Swiss […]
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Business/Financial
Australia Accepts First MRH-90 Helicopters
The first two Australian Defence Force MRH-90 Multi Role helicopters (MRH) this week were accepted into service, Hon. Greg Combet MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, said. Acquired under Project […]