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$109.9M for Advance Work On New LHA-R Ship Class (defense procurement, defence acquisition, military purchasing)

https://web.archive.org/web/20060114015018/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/07/1099m-for-advance-work-on-new-lhar-ship-class/index.php

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) in Pascagoula, MS received a $109.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for advanced planning, long lead time materials, systems engineering, and special studies for the first LHA(R) Flight 0 Amphibious Assault…

Bunker Hill, Revisited: CG-52’s Modernization

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/31m-to-bae-for-cg-52-modernization-04604/

USS Bunker Hill, a CG-47 Ticonderoga Class AEGIS cruiser, was launched in 1985. The Ticonderoga Class remains critical to American seapower, functioning as the fleet's most powerful anti-air defense, and contributing substantial anti-ship and

ALAS: the Missile Cometh

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/alas-the-missile-cometh-010230/

The usefulness of over the horizon light precision strike weapons is becoming clear to navies, recently became clear to land forces, and was always clear to air forces. Serbia's Yugoimport has been working on an "Advanced Light Attack System" missile that

Return Sender: India Rejects Kilo/Klub Sub & Missile Upgrades

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/return-to-sender-india-rejects-kiloklub-sub-missile-upgrades-04581/

Russia's Type 877 Kilo Class diesel-electric submarines have gained a reputation as extremely quiet boats, and are in service with Russia (24), China (2), India (8), Iran (3), Poland, Romania and Algeria. India's Type 877EKM Sindhugosh Class submarines

Germany to Sell 298 Leopard 2 Tanks to Turkey (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military procurement)

https://web.archive.org/web/20070608102926/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/11/germany-to-sell-298-leopard-2-tanks-to-turkey/index.php

Leopard 2(click to view full) Reuters in Berlin reports that Germany has finalized a long-delayed deal to sell 298 surplus Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Turkey. German defense group Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) will now modernize the tanks and...

$96M to DS2 for LAIRCM Aircraft Defense System Support

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/96M-to-DS2-for-LAIRCM-Aircraft-Defense-System-Support-06289/

Defense Support Services (DS2), a Greenville, SC-based venture between Lockheed Martin and Day & Zimmermann, received a $96 million contract to provide support for the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) System. Northrop Grumman's

France’s Future SSNs: The Barracuda Class

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/frances-future-ssns-the-barracuda-class-02902/

SSN Barracuda cutaway In December 2006, France's Defense Ministry awarded a contract for nuclear-propelled fast attack submarines to state-owned warship builder DCN and nuclear energy group Areva-TA. The contract's total value could be as high as EUR…

China Gearing up to Export HQ-9 Anti-Air Missiles

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/china-gearing-up-to-export-hq-9-anti-air-missiles-05319/

Kanwa Asian Defense reports that the China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation has put CASIC's HQ-9 surface-to-air missile on the export market, under the name FD-2000. "Brochures advertising China's latest missile appeared at the most recent

A Spookier Spooky, 30mm at a Time? Nope.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/a-spookier-spooky-30mm-at-a-time-03023/

In 2006 GD was contracted to repackage A-10 ammo for AC-130 Gunships. As is so often the case, there's a story behind the story. The USA's fearsome AC-130U "Spooky" Hercules gunships were having their old 40mm

Honeywell Lands FCS Class I UAV Contract (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military procurement)

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070610212720/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/05/honeywell-lands-fcs-class-i-uav-contra

Class 1 MAV Backpack(click to view full) In

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