Defense Market

Joint Forces, Simulation & Training conference is designed to address the ever changing operational training needs, technological aspects & challenges within the global training & simulation community, this event will arm you with essential up-to-date knowledge. The conference will be held 26th to 27th January 2010, Hilton, Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
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BAE Systems’ recent award of the Driver’s Vision Enhancer Family of Systems (DVE-FOS) initially calls for delivery of DVEs for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). That system includes (clockwise from lower middle left): the driver’s sensor module, FMTV front mounting assembly, pan and tilt module assembly (mechanical), FMTV front mounting bar assembly, display [...]

iRobot Corp. received an order for $35.3 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren, Mich. This order falls under the $286 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) xBot contract and calls for the delivery of 486 iRobot PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit robots prior to March 31, 2010. The total contract value to [...]

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a prime contract by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide operations and maintenance support to FEMA’s chief information officer and Information Technology Division (ITD). The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one year base period of performance, four one-year options and [...]

Raytheon Company has been awarded $26.9 million for maintenance of Taiwan’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. This contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command is a modification to a technical assistance contract awarded in 2008. The additional funding is intended for in-country support as a result of the ahead-of-schedule completion of Configuration-3 [...]

Iridium defense-related revenues are on the rise. Iridium reports that revenues from its contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense grew 15.2% for the second quarter of 2009 compared to the second quarter of 2008. As previously announced, the U.S. Navy demonstrated its commitment to Iridium by awarding the company a contract to fund the [...]