Romania approved for additional $280 million Patriot Air Defence System buy
The possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) from the US will cover the system and any related equipment with Lockheed Martin and RTX as primary contractors.
Marine West : Marines prepare for AN/PAS-28 deliveries
The US Marine Corps will soon begin receiving deliveries of its new AN/PAS-28 Medium Range Thermal Biocular.
‘The only two military departments that have a thermal bino requirement are [United States Special Operations Command] and the Marine Corps,’ explained Allen Horman, who works with Advanced Sighting System Products at ELCAN. ‘In the case of the Marine Corps, we received an IDIQ [indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract] for 10,000 units.’
In late January 2009, Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) announced that ELCAN Optical Technologies (a Raytheon Company) had received a $180 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the procurement, delivery, maintenance,
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